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Old 02-26-2014, 05:48 PM   #17
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Re: Free Agency Predicitons

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Originally Posted by blackceasar
Honestly while I'm NOT a Texans fan.. they should just draft Clowney and let him and Watt wreck havock on the QB's in their division. Sign Michael Vick, let him be a serviceable QB.. trade up or draft AJ McCarren at the top of the 2nd round if he's still there.. and if not you still have next year to try and get a long term solution at QB. Teddy and Johnny Football arent better QB's than Clowney is a DE.
I just don't like the fit with Clowney in the 3-4, because he's too slim / not strong enough to play DE in the 3-4 and very rarely, if at all, drop into coverage to play a 3-4 OLB. (Watt is 6' 5" 290lbs, and Clowney is 6' 6" 250lbs) I see Clowney as a taller Dwight Freeney, who was very quick off the edge(4.48: 40 yard dash in 2002.) Freeney moved from 4-3 to 3-4 and he dropped off the face of the Earth. Clowney is the purest form of a 4-3 DE, it's quite amazing.

Michael Vick is passed his prime as a starting QB, as he can't stay healthy, and when he is on the field, he turns the ball over a lot. While I like AJ coming out, giving up on him after one year after basically being a first round pick would just be beyond dumb, they wouldn't draft a QB the following year after getting AJ at the top of the 2nd.

While Manziel / Bridgewater aren't as an elite prospect as Clowney is, a QB is such an important piece, especially the Texans, where they have a bunch of talent, just not at the QB position. While I don't think any QB in this class is an elite of prospect that Stafford / Luck were coming out of college, they have a projection to be a Top 10 ~ Top 12 QB and combine that with what they have on that team, that could be deadly.

I think they should think about trading down a couple of picks and maybe pick up either of the Tackles or Mack / Barr to play OLB for them. Mack would be awesome for them, as he's an outstanding pass rusher.
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