Yeah, everyone believes that Levis is squarely QB4, but after I heard Lance Z mention that he played in an NFL offense that had lengthy play calls and NFL reads, I think a lot of teams will like that. He definitely has the tools, and he's further a long than Josh Allen was at this stage in his career. I don't really want him, but I definitely have read enough to see why the teams would...
I'm all for trading back if they don't like Stroud, but this is D-hop trade bad. The writer has to be a Vikings fan.
my expectations are now so low I would be happy with any scenario that does not involve the Texans drafting Will Levis
lol what would it take to move up from 23 to 2 or 3? Has there ever been such a jump? How many consecutive seasons can a team trade their first round picks?
Promoting a paywall site. Not gonna happen. I'm too cheap. Eastcoast Sports and Politics Network will never get a $ from me.
A guy coming off a fractured foot and a 25-year old rookie coming from a one-read offense and off an ACL injury. Should we fire Caserio now or the day after? https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/04/24/fmia-peter-king-mock-draft-bryce-young-panthers/ 1. CAROLINA: Bryce Young, QB, Alabama. 2. HOUSTON: Tyree Wilson, edge rusher, Texas Tech. I’ve gone back and forth, forth and back, on this pick and this slot. In the end, I think two things: One, GM Nick Caserio trained under Bill Belichick and learned that just because you have a crying need at a position, you don’t force yourself to choose a player you don’t love in order to fill that hole, because you may end up needing to fill the same hole again two years down the road. Two: The Texans might see Wilson filling the mold of Nick Bosa, a difference-making quick-twitch rusher, more than Will Anderson. Coach DeMeco Ryans loved the impact of Bosa in San Francisco and knows that, aside from quarterback, the hugest hole on his team is at pass-rusher. The rush depth chart for the Texans is putrid. But obviously this pick would be a vote against C.J. Stroud as much as a vote for Wilson. Things to watch for here: Is there a team, even with all the smoke about Stroud, that would want to trade up for him with Houston or Arizona? And would the Texans risk passing on a quarterback here or with their second pick in the round (12th)? Seems incredible to think Houston might exit the top 10 without a quarterback, flawed though they are. One other point to make here is that Anderson would win over Wilson—who also is recovering from a foot injury—in a vote of 31 GMs if the question was, Who’s the better pro prospect—Anderson or Wilson? 3. TENNESSEE (trade with Arizona): C.J. Stroud, quarterback, Ohio State. 4. INDIANAPOLIS: Will Levis, quarterback, Kentucky. 5. SEATTLE: Jalen Carter, defensive tackle, Georgia. 6. DETROIT: Will Anderson, edge rusher, Alabama. 7. LAS VEGAS: Devon Witherspoon, cornerback, Illinois. 8. ATLANTA: Bijan Robinson, running back, Texas. 9. CHICAGO: Paris Johnson Jr., tackle, Ohio State. 10. PHILADELPHIA: Nolan Smith, edge rusher, Georgia. 11. ARIZONA (trade with Tennessee): Christian Gonzalez, cornerback, Oregon. 12. HOUSTON: Hendon Hooker, quarterback, Tennessee. Guess which AFC South team has been doing work on Hooker in the last week or so? A clue: It’s the team that’s passing on C.J. Stroud. Houston has a surplus of picks and no long-term quarterback, and the Texans simply couldn’t come out of having seven picks in the top 50 of the ’22 and ’23 drafts without one of them being a quarterback. Imagine the draft actually falls this way. The AFC South would have four quarterbacks picked in the top 12 (Trevor Lawrence, Stroud, Levis, Hooker) of recent drafts, and all under 26. For the Texans, DeMeco Ryans prided himself on adding teachers to his coaching staff, and offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik and QB coach Jerrod Johnson will be assigned their most important student, as he rehabs for part or most of this season from a 2022 ACL injury, if this pick goes down. 13. N.Y. JETS: Broderick Jones, tackle, Georgia. 14. NEW ENGLAND: Peter Skoronski, tackle/guard, Northwestern. 15. GREEN BAY: Dalton Kincaid, tight end, Utah. 16. WASHINGTON: Brian Branch, safety, Alabama. 17. PITTSBURGH: Jaxon Smith-Njigba, wide receiver, Ohio State. 18. DETROIT: Deonte Banks, cornerback, Maryland. 19. TAMPA BAY: Darnell Wright, tackle, Tennessee. 20. SEATTLE: Zay Flowers, wide receiver, Boston College. 21. L.A. CHARGERS: Jordan Addison, wide receiver, USC. 22. BALTIMORE: Emmanuel Forbes, cornerback, Mississippi State. 23. MINNESOTA: Anthony Richardson, quarterback, Florida. 24. JACKSONVILLE: Lukas Van Ness, edge rusher, Iowa. 25. N.Y. GIANTS: Michael Mayer, tight end, Notre Dame. 26. DALLAS: Joey Porter Jr., cornerback, Penn State. 27. BUFFALO: Josh Downs, wide receiver, North Carolina. 28. CINCINNATI: Luke Musgrave, tight end, Oregon State. 29. NEW ORLEANS: Myles Murphy, defensive end, Clemson. 30. PHILADELPHIA: Jahmyr Gibbs, running back, Alabama. 31. KANSAS CITY: O’Cyrus Torrence, guard, Florida. San Francisco: The Niners pick at 99, 101 and 102 thanks to the God of Compensatory Picks, or sooner if they deal Trey Lance. I’d say the chances of a Lance trade are about 7.86 percent. You’d think the Texans or Colts would at least show some interest in Lance, and maybe they will. But so far, crickets. Of course, it’s impossible to know what Lance is right now. He’s thrown a total of 420 passes in the five years since leaving high school. Sounds incredible, but you can look it up.
Trey Lance is interesting at the right price. So far, there is no evidence they will accept anything close to the right price. So far it's like trying to explain a budget to a 3 year old.
Forecasting Houston Texan Fan Reaction to Five NFL Draft Night Scenarios "THE CHALK on MOCK DATABASE" SCENARIO – Texans draft STROUD 2nd, and Ohio State WR JAXON SMITH-NJIGBA 12th overall Look, a fair amount of Texans fans are still miffed at the team for winning in Week 18, and thus, blowing their chance at taking Bryce Young first overall. I think many of those same fans have arrived at a place where they view Stroud as a reasonable consolation prize, and the ability to add one of Stroud's favorite targets from his days as a Buckeye with the team's other first round pick is enticing. Also, it would mean that all the exhausting fretting over the team declining to take a QB would be over, and for naught. Overriding Emotion: RELIEF "THE RUMORS ARE TRUE" SCENARIO – Texans draft Alabama DE WILL ANDERSON 2nd overall, and take best player available 12th overall This is the what the oddsmakers see as most likely right now, and thus many Texans fans (and media members, like yours truly) have been using this last week to try to be okay with this. Hey, Anderson seems to have great potential — I like Texas Tech's Tyree Wilson more as an edge rusher, but whatever — but why are the Texans overthinking things again? Overriding Emotion: CONFUSION "THE HORROR" SCENARIO –Texans draft Kentucky QB WILL LEVIS 2nd overall, and take best player available 12th overall Okay, this scenario proves that Texan fans don't just want a quarterback in the first round, but they want a specific quarterback, like Stroud or maybe Anthony Richardson from Florida (assuming Young goes to the Panthers first overall). Texan fans are terrified of the team selecting Levis, a Penn State transfer to Kentucky, whose final season in Lexington was littered with injuries and underperformance. Plus, his personality seems, at the very least, annoying. Overriding Emotion: ANGER "THE SHOCK WAVE" SCENARIO – Carolina passes on BRYCE YOUNG and he is there there at 2nd overall for the Texans Okay, while Young appears to be a lock to go first overall to the Panthers, nothing has been confirmed yet, and while the odds of Young becoming a Panther are a virtual lock (-2000 as of Friday), they are not a LITERAL lock. What if the whole thing in Carolina was a smokescreen to try to get the Texans to trade up? If this happens, the Texans could draft tennis players for the rest fo the weekend, and Texan fans would still give this draft an A+. Overriding Emotion: ORGASMIC JUBILATION "A CURVE BALL AT 12" SCENARIO – Texans take Texas RB BIJAN ROBINSON with the 12th overall pick So the Texans may completely botch the 2nd overall pick, or they may hit a home run. Either way, the attention will quickly shift to the 12th overall pick, one fo the picks they received in the Deshaun Watson trade. One scenario that I would LOVE to see is for the Texans to go a little unconventional, and take Texas stud RB Bijan Robinson with that pick. He plays a position that is not a premium draft position, but he is by far the bets player at said position, and in the offense that DeMeco Ryans wants to run, he could be a monster. I would love this, and at the very least, people who aren't on board with it have to at least be intrigued by it. Overriding Emotion: INTRIGUED
See this is what I can't believe has not been talked about more. I'm not that scared about Hooker's ACL but Wilson's fractured foot is a big yellow flag for me! Could we really roll the dice on a severe injury like that TWO YEARS IN A ROW at the top of the draft? I SURE WOULDN'T! Maybe like Lovie knew he wouldn't be around Nick KNOWS something and this is his big FU on his way out! j/k.............I hope! lol The obvious correct answer is 1 week BEFORE the final game of the season last year!!!
Pretty much where I am at. I have actually gotten to the point watching Anthony Richardson film, that I wouldn't have to take BP meds if they did take him in the first round. Actually has some WOW plays in the pocket that suggest he has a small likelihood to be what Cam Newton was pre injuries.
If you are the Texans, you can't take that trade. You could trade them your 12th, for two first and a second. That could happen if one of the QB prospects are still hanging around later in the draft. WR right now is pretty deep this year and I think there will be some guys available in the 20's. Absolutely not at 2 though, you will miss all of top prospects. We would be the OKC Thunder of the NFL where we just own everyone's picks.
No, not everyone has him QB4. That isn’t remotely true. He’s had two years of actual QB play, one under a competent NFL scheme and one not. Has just as much upside as AR
Injuries wouldn’t be my top concern with these picks but Caserio drafting three of our last four 1st rounders coming off serious injuries would be the most Texan thing to do.
