Houston TEXANS (the newest NFL expansion team) who will they draft?

[MadRat]

Only two months to go. The GM is probably already set on a short-list of players to draft. If you were the GM then who would your short-list be???

Short List of top players by position:

QUARTERBACKS
College Seniors: David Carr, Fresno State; Eric Crouch, Nebraska; Woody Dantzler, Clemson; Rohan Davey, LSU; David Garrard, East Carolina; George Godsey, Georgia Tech; Joey Harrington, Oregon; Patrick Ramsey, Tulane
Veterans: Tony Banks (Washington), Dave Brown (Arizona), Randall Cunningham (Baltimore), Trent Dilfer (Seattle), Gus Frerotte (Denver), Kent Graham (Washington), Jim Harbaugh (Carolina), Paul Justin (St. Louis, IR), Jim Miller (Chicago), Rick Mirer (San Francisco), Scott Mitchell (Cincinnati), Doug Pederson (Green Bay), Rodney Peete (Oakland), Jonathan Quinn (Jacksonville), Mark Rypien (Indianapolis), Alex Van Pelt (Buffalo), Danny Wuerffel (Chicago)

RUNNINGBACKS
College Seniors: Damien Anderson, Northwestern; DeShaun Foster, UCLA; Ennis Haywood, Iowa State; Dave Minnich, Washington State; Maurice Morris, Oregon; Adrian Peterson, Georgia Southern; Ken Simonton, Oregon State; Travis Stephens, Tennessee
Veterans: Rabih Abdullah (Tampa Bay), James Allen (Chicago), Terry Allen (Baltimore), Fred Beasley (San Francisco), Donnell Bennett (Washington), Antonio Carter (Denver), Ki-Jana Carter (Washington), Greg Comella (Giants), Terrell Fletcher (San Diego), Clif Groce (Cincinnati), Derrick Harris (San Diego), William Henderson (Green Bay), Chris Hetherington (Carolina), Skip Hicks (Tennessee), Robert Holcombe (St. Louis), Travis Jervey (Atlanta), Glyn Milburn (Chicago), Brian Mitchell (Philadelphia), Harold Morrow (Minnesota), Michael Pittman (Arizona), Daimon Shelton (Chicago), Antowain Smith (New England), Lamar Smith (Miami), Mack Strong (Seattle), Ricky Watters (Seattle), Jermaine Williams (Kansas City), Moe Williams (Baltimore)

WIDE RECIEVERS
College Seniors: Kelly Campbell, Georgia Tech; Andre Davis, Virginia Tech; David Givens, Notre Dame; Ron Johnson, Minnesota; Freddie Milons, Alabama; Cliff Russell, Utah; Javon Walker, Florida State; Marquise Walker, Michigan
Veterans: Corey Bradford (Green Bay), Germane Crowell (Detroit, IR), Sean Dawkins (Jacksonville), Tim Dwight (San Diego), Bert Emanuel (Detroit), Bobby Engram (Seattle), Brian Finneran (Atlanta), Jammi German (Cleveland), Jacquez Green (Tampa Bay), Az-Zahir Hakim (St. Louis), Karl Hankton (Carolina), Donald Hayes (Carolina), Willie Jackson (New Orleans), Nate Jacquet (Minnesota), Pat Johnson (Baltimore), Reggie Jones (San Diego), Joe Jurevicius (Giants), Tony Martin (Atlanta), Eric Metcalf (Washington), Jeff Ogden (Miami), Jerome Pathon (Indianapolis), David Patten (New England), Keith Poole (Denver), Ricky Proehl (St. Louis), Jake Reed (Minnesota), Mikhael Ricks (Kansas City), Bill Schroeder (Green Bay), Bobby Shaw (Pittsburgh), Tony Simmons (Indianapolis), Torrance Small (New England), Chris Thomas (Kansas City), Hines Ward (Pittsburgh), Michael Westbrook (Washington), Alvis Whitted (Jacksonville), Karl Williams (Tampa Bay)

TIGHT ENDS
College Seniors: Chris Baker, Michigan State; John Gilmore, Penn State; Daniel Graham, Colorado; Robert Royal, LSU; Tim Stratton, Purdue; Tracey Wistrom, Nebraska
Veterans: Stephen Alexander (Washington), Mike Bartrum (Philadelphia), Marco Battaglia (Cincinnati, IR), Luther Broughton (Carolina), Steve Bush (Arizona), Byron Chamberlain (Minnesota), Cameron Cleeland (New Orleans), John Davis (Minnesota), Tyrone Davis (Green Bay), Christian Fauria (Seattle), Terry Hardy (Arizona), Damon Jones (Jacksonville), Andrew Jordan (Minnesota), Brian Kozlowski (Atlanta), Itula Mili (Seattle), Marcus Pollard (Indianapolis), Jeff Robinson (St. Louis), Rod Rutledge (New England), O.J. Santiago (Cleveland), Kaseem Sinceno (Chicago, IR), David Sloan (Detroit)

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
College Seniors: (Tackles) P.J. Alexander, Syracuse; Joaquin Gonzalez, Miami; Jermese Jones, Virginia; Levi Jones, Arizona State; Bryant McKinnie, Miami; Victor Rogers, Colorado; Frank Romero, Oklahoma; Langston Walker, California, Mike Williams, Texas (Guards) Martin Bibla, Miami; Kendric Fairchild, Mississippi State; Jonathan Goodwin, Michigan; Antwan Kirk-Hughes, Texas; Ben Mast, Michigan; Fred Weary, Tennessee (Centers) Andre Gurode, Colorado; Melvin Fowler, Maryland; Steven Grace, Arizona; Seth McKinney, Texas A&M; Jon Rutherford, Nebraska
Veterans: (L-Tackles)Flozell Adams (Dallas), Ben Coleman (Washington), Jason Fabini (Jets), Spencer Folau (Miami), Tarik Glenn (Indianapolis), Jimmy Herndon (Chicago), Rod Jones (St. Louis), Chad Overhauser (Seattle), Pete Pierson (Tampa Bay), Marcus Spears (Kansas City), Barry Stokes (Green Bay), Harry Swayne (Miami), Grant Williams (New England); (L-Guards)Joe Andruzzi (New England), Calvin Collins (Minnesota), David Diaz-Infante (Denver), DeMingo Graham (San Diego), Bob Hallen (Atlanta), Kerry Jenkins (Jets), Matt Joyce (Detroit), Steve McKinney (Indianapolis), Jim Pyne (Philadelphia), Raleigh Roundtree (San Diego), Tony Semple (Detroit), Trey Teague (Denver), Mike Wahle (Green Bay); (Centers)Billy Conaty (Buffalo), Mark Fischer (Washington, IR), Mike Flanagan (Green Bay), Roman Fortin (San Diego), Aaron Graham (Oakland), Olin Kruetz (Chicago), Kevin Long (Tennessee), Bubba Miller (Philadelphia, IR), Jeremy Newberry (San Francisco), Cory Raymer (Washington), Jeff Smith (Jacksonville), John Wade (Jacksonville, PUP), Todd Washington (Tampa Bay); (R-Guards)Chris Banks (Atlanta), Frank Beede (Seattle), Kerlin Blaise (Detroit), Orlando Bobo (Baltimore), Gennaro Dinapoli (Tennessee), Kendyl Jacox (San Diego), Tre Johnson (Cleveland), Larry Moore (Indianapolis), Phil Ostrowski (Denver), Nathan Parks (Oakland), Scott Rehberg (Cincinnati), Mike Sheldon (Chicago), Barry Stokes (Green Bay), Ron Stone (Giants), Donald Willis (Kansas City); (R-Tackles)Darryl Ashmore (Oakland), Anthony Clement (Arizona), Earl Dotson (Green Bay), Marcus Price (New Orleans), Ephraim Salaam (Atlanta), Jamain Stephens (Cincinnati), Todd Weiner (Seattle), Sammy Williams (Baltimore)

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
College Seniors: (ENDS) Alex Brown, Florida; Kenyon Coleman, UCLA; Kalimba Edwards, South Carolina; Joey Evans, North Carolina; Dwight Freeney, Syracuse;Will Overstreet, Tennessee; Bryan Thomas, UAB (TACKLES) Wendell Bryant, Wisconsin; Dorsett Davis, Mississippi State; Eddie Freeman, UAB; Alan Harper, Fresno State; John Henderson, Tennessee; Ryan Sims, North Carolina; Jeremy Slechta, Nebraska; Larry Tripplett, Washington; Anthony Weaver, Notre Dame
Veterans: (ENDS) Chidi Ahanotu (St. Louis), Bert Berry (Denver), Dorian Boose (Washington), Lorenzo Bromell (Miami), Greg Jefferson (Philadelphia), Kenard Lang (Washington), Leonard Little (St. Louis), Rick Lyle (Jets), Keith McKenzie (Cleveland), Kenny Mixon (Miami), Eric Ogbogu (Jets), Brad Ottis (Arizona), Rich Owens (Kansas City), Bryan Robinson (Chicago), Fernando Smith (Minnesota), Greg Spires (New England), Mark Thomas (Indianapolis), Steve White (Tampa Bay), Chuck Wiley (Atlanta), Reinard Wilson (Cincinnati); (TACKLES) Gilbert Brown (Green Bay), James Cannida (Tampa Bay), Martin Chase (New Orleans), Larry Chester (Carolina), Lional Dalton (Baltimore), Josh Evans (Tennessee), Jason Fisk (Tennessee), Jim Flanigan (Green Bay), Grady Jackson (Oakland), Edward Jasper (Atlanta), Travis Kirschke (Detroit), Steve Martin (Jets), Brandon Mitchell (New England), Mike Mohring (San Diego, PUP), Sean Moran (St. Louis), Michael Myers (Dallas), Chuck Osborne (New England), Riddick Parker (New England), John Parrella (San Diego), Carl Powell (Chicago), Shawn Price (Buffalo), Kelvin Pritchett (Detroit), Derrick Ransom (Kansas City), Joe Salave'a (Tennessee), Mark Smith (Cleveland), Glen Steele (Cincinnati), Shawn Swayda (Atlanta), Mike Thompson (Cleveland, Reserve-Injured)


INSIDE/MIDDLE LINEBACKERS
College Seniors: Rocky Calmus, Oklahoma; Chad Carson, Clemson; Justin Ena, BYU; Bradley Jennings, Florida State; D.D. Lewis, Texas; Billy Silva, Northwestern; Robert Thomas, UCLA
Veterans: Sam Cowart (Buffalo, IR), Bryan Cox (New England), Jamie Duncan (Tampa Bay), London Fletcher (St. Louis), Earl Holmes (Pittsburgh), Robert Jones (Washington), Pete Monty (Minnesota), Adrian Ross (Cincinnati), Jeremiah Trotter (Philadelphia), Artie Ulmer (Atlanta), Kailee Wong (Minnesota)

OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS
College Seniors: James Allen, Oregon State; Rocky Boiman, Notre Dame; Levar Fisher, N.C. State; Scott Fujita, California; Napoleon Harris, Northwestern; Quincy Monk, North Carolina; Jashon Sykes, Colorado
Veterans: (OLB)Allen Aldridge (Detroit), Shawn Barber (Washington, IR), Tedy Bruschi (New England), Cornell Brown (Baltimore), Glenn Cadrez (Kansas City), Mike Caldwell (Philadelphia), Henri Crockett (Atlanta), Gerald Dixon (San Diego), James Farrior (Jets), Greg Favors (Tennessee), John Fiala (Pittsburgh), Jason Gildon (Pittsburgh), Darren Hambrick (Dallas), Anthony Harris (Cleveland), Greg Jones (Chicago), Lenoy Jones (Cleveland, PUP), Terry Killens (San Francisco), Scott Kowalkowski (Detroit), Eddie Mason (Washington), Mike Morton (Indianapolis), DeShone Myles (New Orleans), Roman Phifer (New England), Ryan Phillips (Indianapolis), Jeff Posey (Philadelphia), Ike Reese (Philadelphia), Tarek Saleh (Cleveland), Chris Slade (Carolina), Zack Walz (Arizona), Brian Williams (New Orleans), Lee Woodall (Denver)

SAFETIES
College Seniors: Kevin Curtis, Texas Tech; Chris Hope, Florida State; Michael Lewis, Colorado; Edward Reed, Miami; Chris Young, Georgia Tech
Veterans: Brent Alexander (Pittsburgh), Myron Bell (Pittsburgh), Calvin Branch (Oakland), Eric Brown (Denver), Lance Brown (Buffalo), Chris Carter (Cincinnati), Scott Frost (Cleveland), Corey Harris (Baltimore), Tim Hauck (Philadelphia), Chris Hudson (Atlanta), Carnell Lake (Baltimore), Kwamie Lassiter (Arizona), Keith Lyle (Washington), Tremain Mack (Cincinnati), Scott McGarrahan (Green Bay), Chris Oldham (New Orleans), Tony Parrish (Chicago), Perry Phenix (Tennessee), Daryl Porter (Tennessee), Izell Reese (Dallas), Damien Richardson (Carolina), Lance Schulters (San Francisco), Frankie Smith (Chicago), Pat Tillman (Arizona), Eric Vance (Tampa Bay), Brian Walker (Miami), Shaun Williams (Giants)

CORNERBACKS
College Seniors: Rashad Bauman, Oregon; Sheldon Brown, South Carolina; Chris Cash, USC; Keyou Craver, Nebraska; Mike Echols, Wisconsin; Quentin Jammer, Texas; Mike Rumph, Miami; Lenny Walls, Boston College
Veterans: Robert Bailey (Detroit), Lance Brown (Buffalo), Terrell Buckley (New England), Lamar Campbell (Detroit), Tom Carter (Cincinnati), Corey Chavous (Arizona), Terry Cousin (Miami), Eric Davis (Denver), Conrad Hamilton (Atlanta), Walt Harris (Chicago), Artrell Hawkins (Cincinnati), Ray Hill (New England), Raymond Jackson (Cleveland), Brian Kelly (Tampa Bay), Tom Knight (Arizona), George McCullough (San Francisco), Emmanuel McDaniel (Giants), R.W. McQuarters (Chicago), Allen Rossum (Green Bay), Dainon Sidney (Tennessee), Jason Simmons (Pittsburgh), Thomas Smith (Indianapolis), Duane Starks (Baltimore), Deshea Townsend (Pittsburgh), James Trapp (Baltimore), Eric Warfield (Kansas City), Fred Weary (New Orleans)

PLACEKICKERS
College Seniors: Jeff Chandler, Florida; Tim Duncan, Oklahoma; Hayden Epstein, Michigan; David Greene, Virginia
Veterans: Gary Anderson (Minnesota), Cary Blanchard (Arizona, IR), Jason Elam (Denver), Mike Hollis (Jacksonville), Todd Peterson (Kansas City), Adam Vinatieri (New England)

PUNTERS
College Seniors: Aaron Edmonds, BYU; Jeff Ferguson, Oklahoma; Craig Jarrett, Michigan State; Adam Stiles, Baylor
Veterans: Lee Johnson (New England), Sean Landeta (Philadelphia), Scott Player (Arizona), Kyle Richardson (Baltimore), Matt Turk (Miami)

 

[punkrawket]

when do they start playing??
next season?

 

[Dedpuhl]

QB - Drew Bledsoe

 

[XMan]

They get the first and last pick in each round, correct?

I'd say their first pick would probably be Julius Peppers, DE, North Carolina, unless they trade down for multiple picks and/or players.

 

[b0mbrman]

I'd take DeShaun Foster...

 

[ucvb6]

it would be interesting to see how things turn out for this new houston team.

although i know nothing about football, the reason i am interested is that the owners of the new houston team was a joint deal between two companies(Dynergy and Enron)

as many of you know, Enron got in trouble with the SEC regarding misstated financial statements and so the merger between Dynergy and Enron is off because most likely, Enron is headed towards bankruptcy.


let's see how things turn out

 

[MadRat]

Dom Capers, head coach, is already holding tryouts for special teams players. After December 27th the GM can begin signing FREE AGENTS. The trouble is every other NFL team can sign players NOW, making any deals strictly preliminary. In February, the Texans will start stocking their roster with players from the NFL's 31 other teams. I think in the draft they are allowed to steal non-protected players from other teams provided they match salaries.

The coaches so far:

Dom Capers, Head Coach
Chris Palmer, Offensive Coordinator
Dan Riley, Strength & Conditioning Coach
Kevin Bastin, Head Athletic Trainer

Texans 2002 preseason schedule

Monday, August 5: vs. New York Giants at Canton, Ohio (7 p.m., ABC)

 

[Argo]

Harrington for the QB, dunno about the rest.

 

[pecel]

Rocky Calmus (Oklahoma) Butkus Award Winner
Jeff Ferguson (Oklahoma)
Tim Duncan (Oklahoma)

Go SOONERS !!

 

[Burnt]

Not Mike Bartrum! He's the long snapper for the eagles!

 

[NeoV]

I don't think any of the college QB's are really worthy of being the top pick in the draft this year....Julius Peppers is the best player in the draft, I would guess that if they keep the pick, he will be their #1 choice....McKinnie, the OT from Miami, is also going to go very high...

Remember that Chris Palmer worked with Drew Bledsoe before, so he could very well end up down there.....

 

[Squisher]

Hopefully they'll leave someone good for my Lions to draft second.

 

[UNCjigga]

ROFL, I just remembered that night I saw Peppers dancing to that fad "Cha Cha Cha" song at 'Players'--I laughed at him and then he looked at me and I nearly sh!t my pants...

 

[MadRat]

I wonder if they could steal Barry Sanders (retired) from Detroit? He'd probably play for anyone but Detroit.

 

[Goldfish]

I hope they get the safety from Oklahoma first, Roy Williams is his name?

In all likelyhood they will trade their number one pick for a couple late first round picks or a first round and a second round pick.

 

[Dark54555]

QB - Major Applewhite

 

[MadRat]

Applewhite would be the next Jake Plummer... great, but ends up broken by every single QB sack.