Following 4 post...... As for Rick Smith as a GM. Is he the greatest..? No. However......Rick Smith's weakness in the draft has really been the 3rd round of the draft. However, his first rounds are maybe the best in the league. Also, he has a knack for finding Undrafted FAs that contribute (Arian Foster, anyone?). 9 of the 10 first rounders drafted by Rick Smith.......ARE STILL ON THE TEXANS and are key players. 2013 is probably his worst draft. 2014 may turnout to be his Best. Note: Head Coaches and D-Coordinators have big say in players picks (Wade Phillips lobbied for JJ Watt). Head Coaches probably have final say.....although this is unclear. Texans' draft since Rick Smith has been GM: First Rounders: 2007 10th overall (from Atlanta)Amobi Okoye DT Louisville 2008 26th overall (from Baltimore)Duane Brown OT Virginia Tech200915th overall Brian Cushing LB Southern California 2010 20th overall Kareem Jackson CB Alabama 2011 11th overall J.J. WattDE Wisconsin 2012 26th overall Whitney Mercilus OLB Illinois 2013 27th overall DeAndre Hopkins WR Clemson 2014 1st overall Jadeveon Clowney DE South Carolina 2015 16th overall Kevin Johnson CB Wake Forest 2016 21st overall (from Washington)Will Fuller WR Notre Dame
Full Drafts: Round/Pick Player Position College 1/10 (from Atlanta)Amobi Okoye DT Louisville 3/73 Jacoby Jones* WR Lane 4/123 (from New Orleans)Fred Bennett CB South Carolina 5/144 Brandon Harrison S Stanford 5/163 (from New Orleans)Brandon Frye OT Virginia Tech 6/183 Kasey Studdard OG Texas 7/218 Zac Diles LB Kansas State 2008[edit] Further information: 2008 NFL Draft Round/Pick Player Position College 1/26 (from Baltimore)Duane Brown OT Virginia Tech 3/79 Antwaun Molden CB Eastern Kentucky 3/89 (from Baltimore)Steve Slaton RB West Virginia 4/118 Xavier Adibi LB Virginia Tech 5/151 Frank Okam DTTexas6/173 (from Baltimore)Dominique Barber S Minnesota 7/223 Alex Brink QB Washington State 2009[edit] Further information: 2009 NFL Draft Round/Pick Player Position College 1/15 Brian Cushing LB Southern California 2/46 Connor Barwin* DE Cincinnati 3/77 Antoine Caldwell C Alabama 4/112 Glover Quin* CB New Mexico 4/122 (from Minnesota)Anthony Hill TE North Carolina State5/152 James Casey TE Rice 6/188 Brice McCain CB Utah 7/223 Troy Nolan S Arizona State 2010[edit] Further information: 2010 NFL Draft Round/Pick Player Position College 1/20 Kareem Jackson CB Alabama 2/58 (from New England)Ben Tate RB Auburn 3/81 Earl Mitchell DT Arizona 4/102 (from Kansas City)Darryl Sharpton LB Miami (FL) 4/118 Garrett Graham TE Wisconsin 5/144 (from Kansas City)Sherrick McManis CB Northwestern 6/187 Shelley Smith OG Colorado State 6/197 (from San Diego)Trindon HollidayWR LSU 7/227 Dorin Dickerson TE Pittsburgh
2011[edit] Further information: 2011 NFL Draft Round/Pick Player Position College 1/11 J. J. Watt DE Wisconsin 2/42 Brooks Reed LB Arizona 2/60 (from New England)Brandon Harris CB Miami (FL) 4/127 (from Washington)Rashad Carmichael CB Virginia Tech 5/144 (from Washington)Shiloh Keo SIdaho5/152 (from Washington)T. J. Yates QB North Carolina 7/214 Derek Newton OT Arkansas State 7/254 Cheta Ozougwu DERice 2012[edit] Further information: 2012 NFL Draft Round/Pick Player Position College 1/26 Whitney Mercilus LB Illinois 3/68 (from Tampa Bay)DeVier Posey WR Ohio State3/76 (from Philadelphia)Brandon Brooks OG Miami (OH) 4/99 (from Tampa Bay via Philadelphia)Ben Jones C Georgia 4/121 Keshawn Martin WR Michigan State 4/126 (from New England via Denver and Tampa Bay)Jared Crick DE Nebraska 5/161 Randy BullockPKTexas A&M 6/195 Nick Mondek OT Purdue 2013[edit] Further information: 2013 NFL Draft Round/Pick Player Position College 1/27 DeAndre Hopkins WR Clemson 2/57 D.J. Swearinger S South Carolina 3/89 Brennan Williams OT North Carolina 3/95 Sam Montgomery DE LSU 4/124 Trevardo Williams DE Connecticut 6/176 (from Tennessee via Minnesota, Arizona, and Oakland)David Quessenberry OT San Jose State 6/195 Alan Bonner WR Jacksonville State 6/198 (from Atlanta via St. Louis)Chris Jones DT Bowling Green 6/201 Ryan Griffin TE Connecticut 2014[edit]
2014 NFL Draft Round/Pick Player Position College 1/1 Jadeveon Clowney DE South Carolina 2/33 Xavier Su'a-Filo OG UCLA 3/65 C. J. Fiedorowicz TE Iowa 3/83 (from Pittsburgh via Cleveland and Philadelphia)Louis Nix III DT Notre Dame 4/135 Tom SavageQBPittsburgh 6/177 Jeoffrey Pagan DE Alabama 6/181 (from Oakland)Alfred Blue RB LSU 6/211 Jay Prosch FB Auburn 7/216 Andre Hal CB Vanderbilt 7/256 Lonnie Ballentine S Memphis 2015[edit] Round/Pick Player Position College 1/16 Kevin Johnson CB Wake Forest 2/43 Benardrick McKinney ILB Mississippi State 3/70 Jaelen Strong WR Arizona State 5/175 (Compensatory Selection) Keith Mumphery WR Michigan State 6/211 (Compensatory Selection) Reshard Cliett OLB South Florida 6/216 (Compensatory Selection) Christian Covington NT Rice 7/235 Kenny HilliardRB LSU 2016[edit] Round/Pick Player Position College 1/21 (From Washington) Will Fuller V WR Notre Dame 2/50 Nick Martin CNotre Dame 3/85 (From Atlanta) Braxton Miller WR Ohio State 4/119 Tyler Ervin RB San Jose State 5/159 K. J. Dillon SS West Virginia5/166 (From New England) D. J. Reader DT Clemson Look at the Last 3 drafts. Those are REALLY Good.
Rick Smith is fine. People focus on the QB because it is the hardest position to find. How many team continue to look for QBs for YEARS. The Colts got lucky.......sucking in the right year, as did the Titans. Look at other teams........the high rate of Bust of drafting QBs high. Hell, The Raiders have been looking for YEARS before Carr (DeMarcus Russell, anyone?).
Yay hopefully godsey will still be the offensive coordinator. I couldn't handle a high octane offense at my age.
Yet all three teams are currently doing worse than the Texans. Everyone thought the Colts would dominate the division once they got Luck yet the Texans have won more division titles as the Colts with Luck.
They're suggesting we could get the Colts first rounder or more? I really like BOB, but I think we have to make that deal.
either fire Bill O'Brien and hire Kyle Shanahan, or demand O'Brien hire an OC the offensive playcalling is amateur hour
Play calling was good tonight. I want to ask you this though. What happened when the playbook was opened up or aired out? 3 bad interceptions.
Not sure what you mean since you 'definitely' don't know who built this roster. I know you hope with all your heart that it was BOB so you can blame him for something, but you just don't know. This doesn't even begin to address the fact that 'building the offensive roster' in NE basically means lucking into Tom Brady.
