Hogs Haven Mock Draft: Picks 9-16

wait until the draft when Jordan gets picked somewhere in the late teens, early 20’s.

and the Jags arguably one of the best DEs in the draft

Maybe one of the better 3-4 DE’s. Definitly not one of the best 4-3 DE’s.

Plus, doesn’t Minny have Loadholt and McKinnie at T’s?

He is my Madden quarterback.

I don’t really think Julio is all that good. I’m thinking big time bust as in Charles Rogers, Mike Williams (this past year is irrelevant, he is a bust)…etc.

and solid reasoning. I think Lions fans would be pleased with those.

Personally, I think that they need to draft OL help as badly as we do, but they keep hiding behind the misleading sack stats that their line put up last year. Somehow, they didn’t give up many sacks but they’re going to be rebuilding for the next 6 years if they don’t find a way to keep Stafford alivehealthy.

Ken is scared. Tiller shouldnt get any votes b/c he gave the Cowboys a much needed OL (I would have gone Jake Locker or Kyle Brotzman there).

damn…i was going to retire with all my winnings. I see Kevin has voted already

I’ll hold off my opinion on Miller until after the combine. For me, he needs to show me he can add weight, and maintain that weight to be considered an OLB in our 3-4.

FWIW, I really do like Miller a lot. I just have durability concerns we him as it related to his lack of size as a 3-4 OLB.

If he proves me wrong at the combine, I may change my mind.

For OLB, a guy who may(and this is a big MAY)be around in the 2nd round is Justin Houstin from Georgia. He would be an option if he were avaliable.

The compliments go something like “Hey RAK, great sack!”… …..“Thanks Vonny, you had a great sack before mine as well.”

Then yes, this would be a good pick…

Seriously though, any offense only has so many players to commit to a rush. If we had two stud LB’s rushing on either end OR rushing and stunting on the same side, blocking both would be difficult at best

I’ve always looked at the draft as a gambling game for teams, you don’t only need to look at your team but see what you can maybe get down the road based on the needs of other teams. Let’s face it Houston doesn’t need much on the offense and they need a lot of help on defense especially switching to the 3-4. My first thought was Nose Tackle, but guys like Powe, Ellis, and Paea should still be around in the 2nd when the Texans are up, based on the other teams need in the first. So I decided to take Smith and focus on a dire need for the Texans in the secondary.

I like Smith, he’s a big, physical corner.

He a big reach. Mainly because he is going to be a two-down player. Teams usually don’t spend that high a pick on a player who is not considered to be on the field every down.

Some are comparing him to Raji, but those comparisons are unfair. Raji was at a whole different level when he got drafted.

or go the FA route.

I still thing they need a CB with the 1st two picks.

I really didn’t like the OT’s enough to give them one at #13. I think Solder is the best OT in the draft, and I still felt he was a slight reach to the Cowgirls.

No joke…I spoke to him on a 15 minute call about 2-3 weeks ago and he indicated he thought they would end up with additional picks there. So that is first-hand. I have also heard where some of the beat guys have been told that as well. GP on 106.7 and Chris Russell on 980 I think both were told similar things, though I could be wrong. It could be just wishful thinking, but who knows?

not feeling the Minny pick, and Cam Jordan to Jax is questionable as well. I had to go with Ken in this round. I think Parks picks have the most potential to be great picks, but Ken did us a solid with Von Miller and Julio Jones to STL is a no-brainer. Basically, Ken’s picks are guaranteed to work out, but Parks has the boom-or-bust factor. Tiller did a nice job too. Nothing surprising about his picks, good or bad, they are pretty standard fare for both of those teams. I think that those teams would do better in the 1st round if the positions that they drafted were flipped, though (DE to Dallas and OT to Detroit.)

that made me call you the ‘boom or bust’ guy. (From what little I know about him) Smith could come in and be really good, or he could show that he was a huge reach in the 1st round. I think the more likely thing is that he comes in and is solid, but Houston’s defense continues to stink it up so badly that its hard to tell any real improvement.

but other than that, Landry was pretty brilliant. At least some of that has to be from the DC.

Lets be honest, Haslett didn’t have the greatest tools in the world to work with this past year for a 3-4, so I’m going to give him more time before I hang him. Some will point at STL or NO. But he actually did a pretty damn good job in New Orleans with a crazy owner.

You didn’t like our amoeba defense versus Indy? I think we should do that full time.

I’ll remind you of a little thing called the swimsuit competition