It's very consistent until it isn't. I just got a shot at Armand Membou at 25 who is usually a top 10 pick. Needless to say, I jump on those we need who usually aren't available.
I'm usually making a choice between him and 84 Bech who often falls down to 89 while at 91 Pierce is more often there. It's a tough choice if i take a non OL at 79 since there are no good OL between 79 and 89. Emery Jones sometimes falls that far, but I didn't read DAWG language in his write ups.
Mock Draft Simulation 25 WR Matthew Golden (TX) 32 OL Donovan Jackson (OSU) wanted to secure that 5th year contract option 47 CB Darien Porter (ISU) 130 IOL Caleb Rogers (TT) 161 OT Logan Brown (KS) 185 RB Jaydon Blue (TX) 210 QB Riley Leonard (ND) 236 TE CJ Dippre (AL) 241 DB Caleb Ransaw (TUL) 243 WR Dont'e Thornton (TN) UDFA IDL Zeek Biggers (GT) IOL Eli Cox (KY)
Love doing the mock simulator. Best I've gotten doing trades, gave up 2026 2nd to move up for Campbell. 13 Will Campbell, LSU OT 48 Grey Zabel, NDSU OC 86 Deone Walker, Kentucky DT 93 Jalen Royals, Utah State WR 117 Andrew Mukuba, Texas S 151 Mitchell Evans, Notre Dame TE 189 Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Kentucky LB 204 Pat Bryant, Illinois WR Also saw that Drew Kendall, Boston College OC and Jaydon Blue, Texas RB didn't get drafted. Would be priority UFA gets. Here's a more realistic mock without movement. 25 Tyler Booker, Alabama OG 58 Tre Harris, Ole Miss WR 79 TJ Sanders, South Carolina DT 89 Wyatt Milum, West Virginia OT 166 Mitchell Evans, Notre Dame TE 236 Brashard Smith, SMU RB 243 Drew Kendall, Boston College OC
Normally you want to draft the offensive Tackle in the first round, but with this years I wouldn't unless your trading up for Banks. Membou is a top 10 pick. Will Campbell is not a fit. He's a finesse player with zero nastiness. Banks is a fit, but he's not going to last to the 25th pick. There's no way I would draft Josh Simmons. Torn patellar tendon injury is just nasty and players will have pain and knee function issues for the rest of there career. He won't be the same player afterwards that you saw on tape. Conerley and Ersery would work but you can trade back for those guys.
I love playing too. But for every one I post, I've run 100 which I didn't. The really fun ones have a high value player falling to available at 25 and then a series of great trade value offers because they are after players you don't have special interest in. There is a special category of player who falls to you who is too good to pass up, even though in an area of current strength.
Reports on Camobell are all over the place from no nastiness like yours to an offensive tone setter like WAJ is on defense. I just don't know and I wonder if the Longhorn Lovers around here might venture in with an honest appraisal on this. I'd love a glass eater tone setter on our OL. In the best of both worlds, we could find a glass eater with self control, or at least able to hide the nastiness from officials.
Your draft blows. There's no long snapper on any of your mock drafts. Texans biggest hole is at Long Snapper.
We already have our LS on the Reserve/Futures squad. Tucker Addington $1.1M plus incentives. Caserio planned ahead just in case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Addington
This is an intriguing and unexpected draft: 25. Matthew Golden WR Texas - I can't pass on Golden like I can on Egbuka and Burden because Golden is a true field stretcher. While Egbuka and Burden can stretch the field, they are more likely to do it from the slot like Kirk.While a natural X receiver, he should be able to fill both X and Y routes as needed. Collins does tend to miss some games during a season. 58. Jaxson Dart QB Ole Miss - This is an all in move in the event C J is out for an extended time. He's just more likely to make the throws with accuracy like C J than Mills who can manage games effectively, but is subject to accuracy problems. To be clear, this is a return to a three QB Roster with possible 79. Jack Bech WR TCU - This may be a true Utility Receiver with evidence of ability to rotate in or replace X, Y, Z and TE with a 91 Hands and 81 Blocking rates with 87/92/92 S/I/D Route success. 89. Hollin Pierce OT Rutgers 166. Jack Nelson OT Wisconsin 236. Jalen Travis OT Iowa State 241. Willie Lampkin OG North Carolina While inexperienced in the NFL, both Pierson and Travis are prototype OT candidates in both stature and disposition. Pierson has 36" arms, 341 Lbs - Brings a brawler's mentality to the run game, finishing blocks with nastiness and showing a genuine desire to bury defenders into the turf when given the opportunity. Travis has 34 7/8" arms, 339 Lbs - Mauler mentality in the run game, especially effective as a down blocker, creating significant displacement on gap scheme plays. Nelson can move inside with 33 1/2" arms, 314 Lbs - Nasty anchor that stuns opposing bull rushers in their tracks, showing impressive flexibility to contort his upper body and negate hand placement advantages even when initially caught off guard. Lampkin is smaller with 32" arms, 270 Lbs, but a leverage beast. - Uncanny natural leverage allows him to consistently win the battle at the point of attack despite severe size disadvantages against much larger defenders. This is supported by his Wrestling background which manifests in perfect weight distribution and hand-fighting techniques that neutralize stronger opponents. Lampkin dominated his one-on-one matchups against top defensive tackle prospects. His 61 career starts across three different interior positions (26 at left guard, 21 at right guard, 14 at center) speak to both his versatility and durability as he now sets his sights on continuing to defy odds at the professional level. He will need to make full use of the body shaping of a modern NFL team to maximize his natural abilities and mitigate his size limitations. This supports Ryan's Swarm mentality and makes facing the brawlers like the Ravens a more realistic contest.
One thing I haven't considered is the 5th-year option for being in the first round. I like Darien Porter, but I always overlook CBs when I do a mock.
That's a pick I hope we avoid. I'd rather draft a healthy player to start immediately. Of all common football injuries, the patellar tendon rupture has long offered the lowest rate of recovery to pre-injury effectiveness. The patellar tendon anchors the thigh's quadriceps muscle to the shin, allowing the knee to flex and extend. Because it's so integral to running and cutting, it's not usual for strength and explosiveness to return at a reduced level. Sure, there are exceptions like Jimmy Graham, but the risk of him returning at a reduced level, whenever that may be just worries me when our offensive line needs the best we can get to start the season.
The other thing that bothers me is the Minnesota Vikings. They have the pick before the Texans in the first round. But the Vikings only have 4 draft picks in the entire draft. So the Vikings will be looking to trade back and whoever is looking to trade up is doing it to get in front of the Texans and take their pick.
Nothing is new...i don't think I've remember a draft where some team doesn't jump ahead of the Texans.
