Damn! Although the Houston Texans aren't my favorite NFL team, I was selfishly hoping they would take Reggie Bush with the 1st pick of this year's draft so that I might be able to catch him in person a time or two this season. And, although I'm not going to lose any sleep over it, the armchair GM in me still wonders why they didn't trade down to stockpile another pick or two. The demand for Reggie must not have been as high as most people thought in a pick-for-pick(s) trade. Makes sense with the Saints representing that they were not actively looking for a RB (although they must have had their fingers crossed pretty tight to have Reggie fall into their lap) and the Titans in dire need of a QB if they want to be able to continue to mistreat McNair, but I was very surprised the J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets didn't move up to get Reggie and let the Texans move down for Mario or D'Brick. Mario may have gone to the Saints in a move-down scenario, but D'Brick would have still been there at 4, and H-town could have helped their big picture by increasing their number of picks. According to the Pick Value Chart, the difference between the 1st and 4th pick is 1200 points. So the Jets would have had to give up their other 1st Rounder (29th pick) and their first 2nd Rounder (35th pick) to get to 1190 points. The Texans probably wanted something else thrown in for the price of poker, but the Jets still would have had a 3rd, two 4ths, a 5th and a 7th left, so I'm thinking they screwed the pooch on this one but, like I said, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. The only effect it has on me is that my boys have to play Reggie twice a year, but I'm thinking Monte Kiffin can handle it.
Speaking of the Bucs, they picked up some much needed help on the O-line, some youth on the D-line and a monster receiver in former Nittany Lion Maurice Stovall, who fell to the third round. Mo was somewhat overshadowed by the Great White Hope, Jeff Samardzija, last year, but managed nearly a 17 yard per catch average and has great size (6'4"/220). On top of that, he played against some real competition last year, including Michigan, USC, Tennessee and The Ohio State University, and while strength of college schedule is not something that gets a lot of PT from "Pompadour" Mel Kiper, it is a decent predictor of the amount of time it will take a player to acclimate to the speed, skill and ferocity of the NFL game.
If you don't know, now you know...
Speaking of the Bucs, they picked up some much needed help on the O-line, some youth on the D-line and a monster receiver in former Nittany Lion Maurice Stovall, who fell to the third round. Mo was somewhat overshadowed by the Great White Hope, Jeff Samardzija, last year, but managed nearly a 17 yard per catch average and has great size (6'4"/220). On top of that, he played against some real competition last year, including Michigan, USC, Tennessee and The Ohio State University, and while strength of college schedule is not something that gets a lot of PT from "Pompadour" Mel Kiper, it is a decent predictor of the amount of time it will take a player to acclimate to the speed, skill and ferocity of the NFL game.
If you don't know, now you know...
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