LOL I know. That means Mohammed Sanu will be available. Of I were Rick Smith, I'd be giving him a call.
Yep. He will most likely go late first or early second, especially after the combine. But I got laughed at for saying he's a sleeper pick for the Texans in the first round. Now, less than a week later, he's sneaking into mocks.
I laughed because you were reacting just like I saw others on the interwebs reacting to his senior bowl practices. And I actually said I expect a team to reach for him, I just hope it's not the Texans.
I wasn't talking about you in paeticular, though. I just feel like a te am is going to fall in love with him as a gadget guy, and someone will take him late first, early second. Someone like O'Brien, Bellicheck, or Pete Carrol would love a guy like that.
I'm with you in that he's a versatile player that has value. Where the disconnect comes in is the fact that the Texans CANNOT afford to spend their first round pick on a "gadget" player. They have way too many legitimate weaknesses that need to be addressed before going for someone who may or may not surpass Jaelen Strong on the depth chart.
Look at Phillip Dorsett last year to the Colts. Last year before the Senior Bowl he was penciled in as a third round pick. A bunch of mocks had him going to Houston in the third. Then Senior Bowl Week happened. Then they had him going somewhere in the 2nd, but a bunch of people had decided he was a third rounder and it was all a smoke screen. Half the world kept pushing him up draft boards, and half the world refused to move him at all. A few days before the draft it came out that a bunch of teams had fallen in love with him, and he was at least a second rounder, maybe a first, but it was 50/50 as to whether people believed it. There were people around here penciling him in as the Texans' 3rd rounder, whose minds were blown when Indy took him. Senior Bowl and the Combine are major new data points when it comes to evaluating draft stock. Teams get up close and personal with hte draft eligable players in a way that they haven't before. Ignore the buzz at your own peril. If you need another example look at Aaron Donald in 2014, who went from a probable mid second rounder before the Senior Bowl, and the combine, after which he became the most loved thing by NFL teams since the introduction of Deca Durabolin or Dianabol. The week after the Senior Bowl he went from just another big guy in a college uniform to a lock as first DT and a guaranteed top 15 pick. And, of course, he won defensive rookie of the year, so maybe when teams incorporate new data into their thinking, maybe, just maybe, they know what they are doing?
go get em sam oo god sam no no noo sam just stay down pls.. make it happen nfl gods :grin::grin::grin::grin::grin:
Bradford will not get anything what he's expecting, but I honestly do see the Texans looking at him. He's better than Fitz or Hoyer, and we saw what kind of years those bad QB's had under BOB. I would be okay with signing Bradford to one of those contracts where you can cut him at anytime without taking a huge cap hit, then drafting Hackenberg in then 2nd. The Texans are in a desperate position to at least have average QB play.
Probably not going to happen. That's the kind of contract we signed Mallett and Hoyer to. Bradford's contract demands may not be realistic, but he's not going to go from wanting $25M/year to taking a 2 year deal with no guaranteed money after the first.
I think Braxton is more Dorsett and less Aaron. Donald led the NCAA in tackles for loss, forced fumbles, and was too 10 in sacks. He was an all-American and won a bunch of awards including the Lombardi and the Bednarik. All in his last year. He accomplished a lot and we could see why he would have been drafted in the 1st. Braxton Miller didn't catch 30 passes last year. He might have raw skills but we have yet to see it consistently on the field during games.
He's not getting $25/year from anyone. I think his agent is putting the big number out there hoping for about half that. I can see him getting around $10-14 million per year from a team.
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