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[2023 NFL Draft/1-3] Will Anderson Jr., EDGE, Alabama

Discussion in 'Houston Texans' started by J.R., Apr 27, 2023.

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Do you like the trade up and selection of Will Anderson Jr.?

Poll closed Sep 11, 2023.

  1. YES

    143 vote(s)
    83.1%

  2. NO

    29 vote(s)
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  1. Texanstradamus

    Texanstradamus Member

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    we still have a full draft class next year and we added possibly the best Player in the class along with arguably the best Qb in this class
     
    #141 Texanstradamus, Apr 29, 2023
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    u still have Cleveland’s 1st next year Lmao and they have over 100 mil in cap might as well get ur 2 corner stones now and still have a complete draft board 1-7 next year
     
    #142 Texanstradamus, Apr 29, 2023
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  3. Texanstradamus

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    u still have Cleveland’s 1st next year Lmao and they have over 100 mil in cap might as well get ur 2 corner stones now and still have a complete draft board 1-7 next year
     
    #143 Texanstradamus, Apr 29, 2023
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  4. DonnyMost

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    This dude is legit scary. What a beast.
     
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  5. Buck Turgidson

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    That's not true.

    3#1 minus 2#1 = Anderson + 1#1, right?
     
    #145 Buck Turgidson, Apr 30, 2023
  6. Buck Turgidson

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    As a sophomore he was the best player in college football and should have won the Heisman.
     
    #146 Buck Turgidson, Apr 30, 2023
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    Just a side note. Caserio recouped a 3rd rounder in next year’s draft to soften the blow of this trade. I love this draft by Demeco & Nick. Nice work!
     
    #147 TEXNIFICENT, Apr 30, 2023
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  8. Rudyc281

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    Time to bring this back
     
    #148 Rudyc281, Apr 30, 2023
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  9. Rudyc281

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    And this
     
    #149 Rudyc281, Apr 30, 2023
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  10. houstonstime

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    This takes the cost out of the equation. (For me at least)
     
    #150 houstonstime, Apr 30, 2023
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  11. Sooty

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    This dude is straight football. He lives and breaths it. Not just for himself but for his teammates and how they can affect the QB and elevate the defense.

    He won’t fail for a lack of hard work. Love three players he emulates his game on is Khalil Mack, Von Miller and Joey Bosa - how they have a good mix of speed to power packages!

    I am glad we picked him up!
     
    #151 Sooty, Apr 30, 2023
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  12. Marshall Bryant

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    Let's see what I can complain about... We should have taken Anderson at 2 and CJ at 3. How's that?
     
    #152 Marshall Bryant, May 1, 2023
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    No. He's counting the #33 pick as virtually the same as a late 1st since it was only 1 slot away from it. (mia. forfeited their 1st).

    Since the 3rd we gave up next year is basically a wash for the high 4th we got this year that leaves Ari. trading us the #3(W. Anderson) for #12, #33, and our 1st next year.
    I have NO problem whatsoever calling that 3 first rounders!


    I just hope we don't end up giving them a top 5-ish pick next year.
    Can you imagine how much MORE insufferable the Williams/Maye/anyone else next year-only faction will become!
     
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  14. houstonstime

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    To be fair, when I tried to say the panthers gave up 3 first rounders. I was quickly corrected that you don’t count their #9 as that is the “moving up” part. So we gave up #33 and next years first to move up from 12 to 3. Which doesn’t sound near as bad haha.

    and like I posted earlier, Demeco saying “will Anderson exemplifies EVERYTHING I want in a defense” makes whatever the cost was, worth it.
     
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    https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/05/01/2023-nfl-draft-albert-breer-winners-and-takeaways

    There’s as much pressure on Anderson as there is on Stroud in Houston. The reason why relates back to the Deshaun Watson trade. Bottom line, when a GM deals off a quarterback who accomplished what Watson did as a Texan (regardless of the circumstances), he will probably be defined by what he does with the return—and Nick Caserio will be defined by this draft.

    Caserio got three first-round picks, a third-rounder this year and a pick swap next year.

    Kenyon Green was the first of those first-round picks. You can see Anderson as, essentially, the last two (even if it was the Texans’ own 2024 first-rounder going to Arizona in the deal), if you assume Stroud would’ve been taken second regardless, and consider how losing the extra first-rounder next year robs Houston of valuable flexibility in what’s expected to be a very strong first round. Which means, yes, Caserio needs to be right on Anderson.

    Will he be? It did seem like momentum slowed for the Alabama star in the weeks leading up to the draft, with the concern being that Anderson was like a lot of Crimson Tide prospects—maxed out by Nick Saban’s development machine, with the upside there nearly fully tapped. The flip side of that argument in the result for Anderson, and that the Texans went to No. 3 to get him, would be that between Caserio, a certified FON (Friend of Nick), and DeMeco Ryans, a Tide legend, probably have the very best intel on just how far Saban thinks Anderson can go.

    Either way, again, this is one Caserio needs to get right.

    And I say that with the acknowledgment, too, that it was smart to take Stroud first before Anderson as a way of short-circuiting the market the Cardinals had for the third pick, and making it easier for the Texans to pursue.
     
    #155 J.R., May 1, 2023
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  20. red5rocket

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    There was no doubt Nick Caserio and Demeco loved Will Anderson from the start. Part of me believes CJ Stroud was Cal's pick but I'm okay with that because I value QB more.

    Every year, a team at the top has to pick between franchise QB or DE (pass rusher) and we came out on top with both. Outstanding!
     
    #160 red5rocket, May 2, 2023
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