Nick Martin - Texans 2nd round pick, 50th overall

Great pick. Needed to upgrade up front and was able to do that.
A- Sounds about right.

 

Right position but in no way were the Jets picking a Center. Bizarre.

 

Whenever they trade up its also because they get word another team is trading up as well... Not simply the team that they immediately pass.

 

We gave up a sixth to move up and potentially get a guy that could start for us for a long time. Hopefully he turns out like or better than his brother

 

Great trade. All 3 picks great so far.

 

All you do in every post is suck off the Texans. Do you work for them?

 

It's common knowledge that when you trade up, you're also trying to beat other teams trading up to take the same player.

 

I love that all the core OL are still under contract for multiple years.
Brown 3 yrs
XSF 2 yrs
Martin 4 yrs
Allen 4 yrs
Newton 4 yrs
Clark 2 yrs
Bergstrom 2 yrs

A great way to develop continuity.

 

So whats our OL depth chart now?

Brown
XSF
Bergstrom/Martin
Allen
Newton

 

I'll be disappointed if Martin doesn't win a starting job

 

I feel like we have this discussion every time we draft an OL in the top 3 rounds.

People expect them to start right away, and they typically don't. And if they do, they struggle quite a bit.

I'm not going to be disappointed if Martin doesn't start at C right away. That is the 2nd hardest learning curve behind LT.

I assume we signed Bergstrom because we felt he was capable of starting, so we should have a serviceable person in the position regardless.

 

Can bergstrom play guard?

 

Good need pick to fill in a void.

 

Took Duane like 3 years to become an above average LT. Very few make the transition like his brother did and become Pro Bowlers right away (if Martin was not a Cowboy he wouldn't have been a Pro Bowler at all).

XSF should be a cemented starter next year. Martin will take till mid next year to see progress out of him. Anything before that is gravy.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bill O'Brien on Nick Martin: Starting off we'll put behind a couple guys at center. He'll have to earn it like everyone else. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texans?src=hash">#Texans</a></p>&mdash; SiriusXM NFL Radio (@SiriusXMNFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/SiriusXMNFL/status/727259018247454730">May 2, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Texans sign C Nick Martin.</p>&mdash; John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/McClain_on_NFL/status/731191815144099840">May 13, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Very true. I do think interior linemen typically have less of a learning curve than the guys on the edges, so that should work in Martin's favor.

 

Gonna be a player if he stays healthy. He's got "it".

 

What a ****ing BEAST