Some teams are good enough they can afford to draft someone like Richardson and wait and hope he can develop. The Texans aren’t one of those teams.
There's no body in this damn draft worth trading multiple picks to move up from #2 to #1. Some of y'all are too desperate.
#32 ? Keion White, DE, Georgia Tech White is projected by some scouts to go as high as the first round. But if he falls to the second, the Texans ought to take a look at him. The Texans hold the 32nd pick in the second round. They moved up one spot because the Dolphins forfeited their first-round pick as a result of tampering sanctions from last offseason. The Texans got decent production from their defensive ends when healthy this season, but both Jerry Hughes, who will be 35 next season, and Jonathan Greenard are entering the final year of their deals. Defensive end Ogbo Okoronkwo, who came on strong at the end of the year, is a free agent this offseason. It’s unclear if White will fall to the second. A lot will be determined between now and the draft. But he would be great value there. White, who is 6-foot-5 and 286 pounds, showed a combination of strength and speed when he went up against offensive tackles in practice. He was dominant in one-on-one drills. “I see myself playing wherever, and being flexible and mobile and to go at any position where the team needs me,” White said. White had 54 tackles and 7½ sacks during his senior season at Georgia Tech. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/te...-nfl-draft-prospects-senior-bowl-17758135.php
Richardson is going to test perhaps better than any QB ever has tested at the combine. If you go look at his actual film, he is not nearly as raw as one may expect. Someone on Twitter mentioned that Malik Willis was sacked like 55 times his senior year to Richardson's 16 in the SEC at that. Richardson threw the ball away under pressure as opposed to taking a sack at a very high rate. He also lost 5 of the top 6 receivers through the year and had over 30 drops on the season. Go look at his actual tape. He's not Bryce Young ready, but he's not just some raw dude throwing missiles around the field and hitting hot dog vendors in the stands with them. He makes some mistakes, but he has touch, he reads the field, he makes good placement on a lot of balls, he's about 6'4" 240 pounds and runs sub 4.5 and he has an absolute cannon for an arm. Ian Wharton has a thread on Twitter devoted to Richardson. I suggest everyone go take a look at it.
I can see this being the mentality for any Texans fan and rightfully so, but the hope here is that change starts now with Demeco and a new staff that will grow and develop with the team. That goes for taking a more pro ready rookie QB like Stroud or Levis too. I see no reason why we have to throw a rookie qb into a bad situation and possibly ruin his confidence and career upside and have to start all over and find another qb again and dispose of the ruined ones. Too many teams keep doing that. There's a few vet QB's available for the rookie to develop behind for a few seasons. So i believe we can afford to draft anyone to develop for 2 seasons.
Brees was barely six feet tall and weighed 207 at the combine. Young is just shy of 6 feet and weighs 190 or a little more and says he is shooting to be a little above 200 by the combine.
Young will most likely be under 5’10 or barely 5’10. Brees was 6’ 1/4” and more sturdily built. Height isn’t as big an issue as his slight frame imo, if he does add weight is it going to affect his mobility?
Highly doubt adding 10 to 15 pounds will affect his mobility. Just curious, if Brees was over six feet tall and weighed barely over 200 pounds how could he be that much more of a sturdy build than Young?
Frame. Bryce seems maxed out on his frame, he’s a very slight built guy. And adding 10-15 lbs can affect any athlete.
Once again his slight frame, you keep referencing, hasn’t seemed to impact his performance in a conference that easily provides the most NFL players. Some of you act like he is going to **** his pants when he sees a NFL defensive player running at him. In addition to opposing teams, he faces NFL caliber players every single day in practice.
He’s had a talent advantage surrounding him his entire career though, he won’t have that in the pros. It’s ok to critique him you know, he is r a perfect prospect.
