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But was he a team captain?
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I'm with you, D. Houston is the pick if he is there. The Chiefs can get a WR, C, NT in the next few rounds but they can't get a player anywhere close to what Houston brings to the table.
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I'd be okay with the choice, but he looked like crap at the combine when he was doing the open field drills. I don't think he can run with a TE.
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Justin Houston is enormous. His legs are the size of tree trunks. They ran him in a passing drill at the combine and you could see the ground shake. He didn't look very good out in space. There is no possible way he's going to have the fluidity and change of direction capability to effectively be a three down, standup strong side, outside linebacker in a 3-4 defense, and since we've already got a former 4-3 defensive end that was second in the league in sacks and first in forced fumbles, that's where Houston would have to play for the Chiefs. (Unless you want Hali to move over to the strong side to play Vrabel's position.)
I simply do not see Houston being effective in zone pass coverage that the position will demand a lot of the time. The guy bulked up for the combine, came in at 270 lbs. and looks like he's positioning himself as a 4-3 defensive end. You spoke of rolling out the offensive line in 2011 unchanged from 2010, saying that they were adequate for the task, but yet you still want to draft Houston while we have Studebaker and Sheffield on the roster with Stud getting more and more reps as the season progressed in 2010. At least to me, the OLB position seems to have better depth and developing experience than a number of other positions on the team. To pick a guy that is going to be a project for a position that we already have a All-Pro level player at in his prime seems a bit redundant, especially considering that there are a number of positions that could stand an immediate upgrade. Drafting Hali's replacement now would be a bit silly. |
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I'd love for us to draft this guy, however, I don't see it happening. In that we agree.
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I share your hesitation with Houston being unable to keep up with tight ends and the like. I do think if he rounded down a few pounds he'd be better suited to do so. My question, though: do you think Hali has been a net positive or a net negative for the defense this year? Your answer to that is my answer to this issue. Hali is pretty freaking lousy at dropping into coverage, but his passrushing makes everybody's life easier. Adding another amazing passrusher will have the same effect. Especially when we do drop Hali, we'll at least know somebody else can get to the QB. When Hali dropped in 2010, we got bupkiss. Regarding the offensive line... I do believe our OL can hold together one more year, warts and all. I do not share that confidence with our OLB corps. Hali -- All Pro Vrabel -- purely mentor role, can do nothing on the field Studebaker -- the OLB you guys seem to want, good at dropping and decent at playing the run, but is not a reliable passrusher Sheffield -- huge question mark coming back from the injury We definitely need help at the position, and if Houston drops to us we're lucky. |
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I don't see how the Chiefs can draft a project at that position (and Houston will be a project as he's never been asked to do anything other than rush the passer from a three point stance) when there are bigger holes on the roster. If a guy like Reed or Acho is there in the second, or Herzlich in the fourth (who, if he checks out medically, is prototype for the strong side OLB spot) or Keiser (who played a OLB in a 3-4 for Stanford this past season) in the fifth, then sure, but the first rounder needs to plug a gap where we have a real need. OT, NT, WR, C all have priority over drafting a guy who looks to be the same type of player as Hali is, without the proven track record of what Hali has accomplished in the NFL. I don't want Hali on the strong side. I definitely don't want Houston on the strong side as a 3-4 OLB. And I don't think that Houston wants to do anything other than rush the passer, which is why he showed up at 270 lbs. You go to the combine with a specific agenda. If he wanted to show 3-4 teams he could be a standup OLB, he would have came in a 250/255. The guy obviously wants to be a designated pass rusher in a 4-3. And I don't blame him. It's what he's done his entire college career. |
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Well, I'm of the opinion that most 3-4 OLBs are ****ing terrible in coverage.
I love this guy and I think our pass rush would go from mediocre to dynamite overnight. My only concern is that he only played one year in the 3-4. Quote:
But seriously, you spend a first round pick on a 3-4 OLB, and you're worried about him in coverage? Uh, hello...if it's a passing play, I want him heading TOWARDS the QB.
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First of all, let me agree with you that he's not going to be in a Chiefs uniform, much as it breaks my heart (I felt the same way about my #2 and my #3 preferences last year, Clausen and Spiller). Houston's weight gain, even if it is muscle, is certainly a red flag to Pioli. It shows a degree of inconsistency, and while Crennel and Haley could likely pound the guy back to the 255 range if they had to, Pioli wants a guy you don't have to pound, Pioli wants a guy who pounds himself. Er... you know what I mean. Three quick points where we disagree: 1. As I detailed in my OP as to the importance of OLB, you truly need worldbeaters at the OLB position. It's that important. You can't have a great defense with just one world-beating passrusher anymore than you can have a great offense with a mediocre QB. 2. I have to go with Claythan on this issue with Stude. You know I love Stude, but he's a backup. He comes in spot situations, gives you the occasional rush, drops into coverage some, ****s up shit on special teams. He's not somebody who's going to give you much in passrushing, and he's definitely not somebody the defense has to adjust for. Just roll your fullback out to take him on and you're fine 90% of the time. Meanwhile, you can concentrate on where Hali is and double- and triple-team Dorsey. Putting another blue chip at the position makes everybody else on the defense play far more impressively. 3. Every passrusher is a project when you line up a 3-4 defense. There is no such thing as a readymade 3-4 OLB prospect in the NFL. Houston is far more geared with the format than 99% of the passrushers in this draft. I'll take those odds. By the way... I like Acho and really like Reed. Neither will last until our second. And everybody else you mentioned is a backup at the NFL level. If you want a stud starter at OLB, you must drop a 1st for one. |
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Hell, that's what I want. But in Crennel's system, you need an OLB that can cover. He doesn't send both the LOLB and ROLB after the QB all that often. Vrabel's cover skills are what made him so valuable in the Patriots system. He only had one season in which he had 9.5 sacks (2003) in Crennel's system, while Willie McGinest had one season in which he had 9 sacks (2002). The remaining seasons they had around 5 sacks each, because Crennel had one or the other in coverage most of the time.
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Good player that i would love to have.. if it wasnt for our system. no way he can rush the passer and cover equally well in the nfl..
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I like Houston but I can't see his big ass in coverage. And Studebaker is the Thiggy of LB's...The fans root for him, but in reality he is not that good |
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