Round 1 - Kareem Jackson - CB - Alabama
Round 2 - Ben Tate - RB - Auburn
Round 3 - Earl Mitchell - DE - Arizona
Round 4 - Daryl Sharpton - ILB - Miami
Round 4 - Garrett Graham - TE - Wisconsin
Round 5 - Sherrick McManis - CB - Northwestern
Round 6 - Shelley Smith - OT - Colorado State
Round 6 - Trindon Holliday - RB/WR/KR - LSU
Round 7 - Dorin Dickerson - TE/WR - Pittsburgh
Review
The 2010 draft for the Houston Texans shook out to be a strange one for most onlookers. They got what they needed in CB Jackson from Alabama in the first. They got another target in Tate out of Auburn in the second. However, they lost out on RB Ryan Matthews from Fresno State in the first when the Chargers jumped from a below 20 pick to 12 to nab him. CJ Spillers and Earl Thomas were also gone, so they had to regroup. They had a shot at Toby Gerhart in the 2nd but traded back with Minnesota to get an extra third, but Minnesota surprised us by taking him with our second round pick. We had to think quickly and trade back up by giving away our extra third pick and get Tate who seems like a good fit. They pretty much surprised me after those two picks all the way down the draft board. I would have taken someone as DE prospect who was nasty out of a nasty defense, but apparently they thought Mitchell was good enough for what they wanted on passing downs rushing the QB. Everything after that was a complete shock. Two more TEs, a LB, and an OT. Well, there was one non-shocker and that was the CB McManis in the later rounds. I would have thought the Texans wanted to get an Guard instead of a tackle and take one of those later picks and get a FS prospect since our last year's 7th was spent on Troy Nolan out of ASU who spent the season in IR. Oh well, overall the draft experts gave the Texans a B grade and the best in the AFC South. We'll see what these draft picks pan out to be early on in the 2010 season since we start off with Indy in our first game and then have a brutal schedule all year long. Good luck, and Go Texans!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
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