The Texans #1 Draft Pick Thread

Carr is the guy that will be there. I'm open to it for Carr. It'd be fun to move there to grab Serafin-Jenkins (before we signed Graham) or maybe Nix. But I think Carr is underrated.

 

So now it's Clowney, Manziel, Bortles?

 

Bridgewater was probably the only QB I would've been comfortable with the 1st. But now with all the questions piling up, I'd rather go somewhere else.

 

Those questions piling up are just media hype. Other sources have said that he had a pretty good pro day.

 

LOL, oh yeah? Who?

 

Tweets in the Bridgewater thread.

 

Well I'm not sure I've seen them unless you are trying to say that Gil Brandt saying that he's not "as down on Bridgewater as some" was him saying "he had a pretty good pro day".

Keep spinning.

 

No. I'm talking about the one where he mentioned Norv Turner being somewhat impressed.
Also, let me ask you a question. Would Bridgewater, with O'Brien, be better than the QB's we currently have? In your honest opinion.

 

Hard to say, it's possible, but not a given. Bridgewater is a project and honestly shouldn't be asked to start in the NFL for at least a year or two, possibly even three if you want to get something positive out of him. If he was thrown to the wolves day one, I'd take Schaub or Keenum over him probably.

 

And thats it. That indecision is why i am sticking with my choice for Bridgewater at #1 because all this team needed last season was a better QB than what we had. Bridgewater looks the part.

 

So the fact that he may or may not be better than what we have now currently on the roster is why you want to take him with the first overall pick in the draft? Also, if you think that "all this team needed" was better QB play, then we might as well not continue this because you missed the boat. If Foster and Cushing stay healthy and the Texans are capable of generating a pass rush without having to blitz every down, they make the playoffs.

 

I actually think he would be starting day 1. With a good OL, he can be all the player he was in college.
Also, Foster had a mediocre season and Cushing had nothing to do with not being able to score. The three QB's we have now are pretty much the same. Neither really steps out.

 

Well I doubt it, but even if he was, it would probably be short lived because he's not built to take hits in the NFL and I doubt he'd even be as accurate as Schaub.

Cushing had a lot to do with other teams scoring on us though....if he doesn't go down, the Texans beat the Seahawks, the Texans had them on the ropes and it wasn't until Cushing got injured that they began to be able to move the ball. Beat the Seahawks and who knows what the rest of the season would have looked like.

Also, as much as some like to bash Schaub, who put up over 300 yards in the air against the Seahawks last year? Only Schaub and Brees. His confidence clearly died, and he needed to be pulled, but a lot of people go over the top with their bashing him.

 

I hope it's trade down personally. Not even Clowney make me feel that excited. He gives off too much of a Mario Williams vibe to me.

And if we want a QB, I definitely prefer to trade down first and grab one with with a pick in the ~10 range. #1 overall

 

Yes. Trade down... pick up an offensive lineman, a CB, and another QB....in the first couple of rounds.

 

Pro Days are 20% of the evaluation, tape is 80%. Bridgewater completed 71 percent of his passes for 31 touchdowns and four interceptions last season.

I'm not really advocating for Bridgewater but I'd guess a good QB coach understands mechanics are teachable but the mental acuity required for pattern recognition and decision making is not. Great modern NFL QB's come in all shapes and sizes, some with rocket arms and some not, but they all have the mental abilities to execute complex decision making, at high speed, under pressure.

I'd think Teddy's interview and whiteboard sessions will have a bigger impact on his Pro Day evaluation than anything he did physically. Coach BOB is going to want a personality he can spend more time with than his wife, one who he feels can absorb the information he gives him and execute it on the field.

And we won't know anything about what he thinks until they announce the pick.

 

I can agree with that, but even then if he got, say 75 points from tape and 5 from pro day, that only puts him at 80. That's not bad if his goal is being a first round pick, but not for being the overall top pick.

 

Depends on how you evaluate the tape. The knock on Bridgewater is he can't drive the ball. On tape he has a lot of outside short throws and or throwing to spots and his receivers beating the defense to the spot and making a play on the ball (he does show great touch on tape though). Teams wanted to see him drive the ball down the field on his pro day and he didn't. Payton Manning didn't have a good pro day but his tape showed he can drive the ball. Teddy is going to have to be lights out on his individual work outs if he wants to be considered with a high pick.

 

It sounds ironic to say it, but Clowney might be the safe pick at #1.