Media going to play big part in #1 pick in draft..

I'm all for taking Reggie Bush, but with all of the hype surrounding him some team may be willing to overpay to get him. If a team is willing to do that then we should trade the pick because of all the holes on this team. I would ask for at least a teams 1st, 2nd, 3rd round picks in 06 and their 1st in 07.

 

I'm pretty sure that we will not make a draft pick just because the media will think we're "stupid" if we don't. In sports, name calling is for sissy girls. But then again, what are the Texans....?\

 

It's obvious that Casserly doesn't care what the media thinks. Nobody had Bennie Joppru rated higher than Witten, Seth Wand as a 3rd rounder, Tony Hollings as a 2nd rounder, etc. etc. etc.......

 

Thats probably the only way I'd be okay with not drafting Reggie. Even then, I still kinda want Reggie...hate to give away such a stud and have Casserly pick a bunch of random players with the picks we get in return.

 

Pretty simple.

If you have the #1 pick, you select Bush.

If you don't someone will select him first.

 

We'll get some Bush, but I don't think Casserly and Capers knows what to do with it.

 

Its a no brainer, thats why the media is saying it. They aren't "pushing" anyone to select the best college football player we have seen in the past 10 years or more.

 

Bush would definitely be worth the pick, but I'm not so sure the Texans are gonna pick him.

I'm pretty sure the Texans are gonna shop the pick and if the right deal comes along, I could see them making a deal. Teams are going to be drooling at the chance to get Bush or Leinart.

What if this deal was offered: #1 Pick for a Top5 pick + 2nd Roudner + 1st Round pick in next years draft?

 

this is obviously your first draft following the texans. here's a quick primer: charley casserly is smarter than you, me and every media member ever, and will never do anything even remotely conventional. how else is he going to prove how smart he is? if bush is the obvious choice, then casserly will use the first pick on an obscure prospect from some directional school who lost his arm in a tragic disposal accident but wowed coaches at the senior bowl with his effort and discipline.

he'll then turn the talentless nobody over to the new coach and then act surprised when the coach is unable to keep the guy on the field, whispering in bob mcnair's ear that it's not his fault this one-armed, inexperienced, overwhelmed prospect isn't performing, because, after all, he is the smartest GM in history, and drafting the one-armed, inexperienced, overwhelmed prospect is proof because he outraced everyone to nab him when, in reality, no one had even heard of him, save for dallas, who had planned to invite him to training camp as an undrafted free agent.

 

Willis Mcgahee, Ricky Williams, Ladanian Tomnlinson and Ron Dayne all had better college careers WITHOUT another Heisman winner and 1,000-yard rusher in the backfield to help out. Mcgahee and Dayne were the only ones who had as good an offensive line as USC's, but all the others usually faced 8-9 guys in the box every given play with an average to above average O-line. But it's hard to get on Sportscenter when you're LT and you get 6 yards on a busted play as opposed to Bush's 20 yards with wide open lanes.

This hype is gettting out of control. I hope Tennesee/SF feel the same way you do and give up their entire draft a la herschal Walker/Ricky Williams-type deal to trade up.

 

i have to say. the hype is pretty high. i think i'd like to take reggie. but the gale sayers comparisons??? come on.

 

Those comparisons are not off base. Watch footage of Sayers, and then watch footage of Bush, their running styles are nearly exact.

 

so are we talking about just what he looked like?

the biggest difference is that the guys sayers was lined up against all had pro uniforms and logos on their helmets while the guys Bush was lined up against were wearing college jerseys.

 

I'm all for drafting Reggie Bush, but I was thinking, we already have a very very good running back in Domanyck Davis. Yet our quarterback sucks. Maybe we should draft Matt Leinart? It might get us a winning team a little quicker.

 

I will take a chance and say that Leinart would not perform as well as Carr if he had the same OL.

Just a hunch.

 

Thanks for pointing out the obvious Max. I think everyone that makes those comparisons understands that aspect. But the two are so eerily similar in their running styles you would think someone superimposed Bush in a Bears uniform and vice versa with Sayers.

 

No joke!

How about three first day picks for P. Buchanon
How about trading up for Jason Babin
How about with over 30 picks in 4 drafts we have just 9 starters and 5 of them are below average.
How about not one free agent who is an impact player on the entire team
How about the worst offensive line in the league
How about the worst run defense in the league

Where is the talent?

Lombardi, Landry and Shula combined couldn't turn this talent around.

We need a GM in the worst way.

Capers is fine if he stays or if he goes but if Casserly stays - another weird draft on the way.

 

While I'm feeling it...

You want to know what C. Casserly has done here just look at our draft day needs-

We need 2-3 offensive linemen badly
We need to upgrade both safeties
We need a starting cornerback
We need an edge pass rusher for the 3-4
We need run stoppers on the line at least 1-2
We need another quality wide out (opposite Andre J.)
And it wouldn't hurt to have some quality depth after meeting all those needs.

We have only two impact players on the field- D. Robinson and A. Johnson

Nice, it took us 4 seasons to end up with expansion team talent.

 

The only person out of this list that can challenge Bush's skill set is LT. The other guys have nothing on him. If you watch Reggie run, its very easy to see that he is a player that comes along every decade or so. He is just filthy, sick, and nasty.