As you might imagine, Robert Quinn has taken the lead in the latest 2011 Texans Mock Draft Tracker update. Sadly, my personal favorite Marcell Dareus has rightfully fallen off the board completely, and there are a couple of new faces that have shown up as well. Click the above link or hit the permanent graphic [...]

Just to make sure you don’t miss any of the weekend material I’ve been writing over at SBN Houston, I’ll be doing a weekend “roundup” of sorts to point you to the Texans-related items I’ve written: The debut of the Texans on Twitter Power Rankings, which is something I had been meaning to do for [...]

Now that the NFL Combine is in the rear view, I did a 2011 Mock Draft Tracker update. Prince Amukamara and Robert Quinn are moving up, while predictably, Von Miller and Marcell Dareus are slip-sliding away *sniffle*. Irritatingly, Aldon Smith is hanging around. I wag my finger at that pick. Click that link or hit [...]

Stephanie Stradley notes as part of her excellent NFL Combine entry that both Gary Kubiak and Rick Smith have recently downplayed the need for a big, wide-bodied nose tackle. It’s a fight many of us have been fighting for years… we all want a big fat guy to plug the middle and tie up blockers. [...]

Curtis asks: I know we have plenty of spots to fill on defense, but would you move up to get Von Miller and give up a 3rd round pick? Nope. I wouldn’t. As you said, the Texans just have too many needs on defense. Miller is probably the best rush 3-4 OLB in the draft, [...]

By now your early first round favorites are starting to fall into place. With the Combine wrapping up this week, our wishlists will start to solidify, and then we’re in for two months of repeated arguing (and agreeing) with each other. It’s what we do. BUT WHAT OF THE SECOND ROUND!?!?! I’ll kick off some [...]

Those of you that have been around a few years already know what this is… the rest – well, it’s pretty self explanatory. I’ll be updating the Mock Draft Tracker approximately once per week leading up to the draft. The first table is a breakdown of how many times a particular player has been picked [...]

We’ve had a little bit of back and forth on this site about Brian Cushing’s role in Wade Phillips’ 3-4 defense going forward. I’ve always been of the opinion that he’d be positioned on the inside alongside DeMeco Ryans, while others say he’s a better fit to be an outside linebacker. This isn’t a definitive [...]

Alan Burge summed up a lot of Texans fans’ feelings nicely on GM Rick Smith’s eyebrow-raising “this is my first exposure to a 3-4 defense” comments. Equally as alarming was a quote in the same interview that went a little something like this: “So I’ve spent hours in the room with Wade, talking to him, [...]

Let’s do this quick, because we don’t have a lot of time before the end of the world. I suspect that most of you would trade Mario. I’m asking for two reasons. Reason 1 – “Goud” commented in the previous entry asking the same question, and it got me curious. Actually, he asked “would you [...]