2025 NFL Draft Thread

Ditto!

 

Iirc weren’t most of if not all our 30 visits last year guys with character issues?

 

Dude was a traffic cone against Jack Sawyer in the CFB semi, 3 sacks.

 

Some decent names for top 30.


Houston Texans

• DT Michael Hall Jr. (Ohio State)
• LB Edgerrin Cooper (Texas A&M)
• OT Travis Glover (Georgia State)
• CB Qwan'Tez Stiggers (CFL)
• DE Adisa Isaac (Penn State)
• LB Jamal Hill (Oregon)
• DE Mohamed Kamara (Colorado State)
• WR Javon Baker (UCF)
• OT Kingsley Suamataia (BYU)
• LB Jordan Magee (Temple)
• RB Ray Davis (Kentucky)
• DE Jalyx Hunt (Houston Christian)
• OT Roger Rosengarten (Washington)
• QB Spencer Rattler (South Carolina)
• S Javon Bullard (Georgia)
• DB Jaylin Simpson (Auburn)
• RB Isaac Guerendo (Louisville)

 

Elic Ayomanor and Tetairoa McMillan with Golden and Egbuka are my guys at wr

 

Is anybody bot coming off an ACL? Talk about a widespread problem...

 

With an eye toward CJ & Area 51 extensions on the horizon, IMHO BDN needs to draft some productive & cheap talent in next 2 drafts.

2025 Needs
RB
WR
OT
IOL (2)
IDL

2026 Needs
WR
TE
OT
IOL
Edge
IDL
LB (2)
CB
SAF

 

I would go up for Banks. Not so much for Golden or even Booker. But wouldn't mind if either fell to us.

 

Trade back and pickup another 3rd and a 2026 2nd

 

I can see your point. I'm thinking about where the Texans pick in the 2nd round. Jayden Higgins ran a 4.47 in the 40 at the combine and had better athletic measurables than Tee Higgins, Davante Adams, and Courtland Sutton. DK ran a 4.33, but there was a lot of concern on whether he could run a route tree. At the time DK was looked as a go route only WR.

 

I don't believe that's accurate. If memory serves, Sawyer was on the other side going against Cameron Williams. There's also this:

 

The knock on Norman-Lott is his run defense and tackling. And according to this source, his bench press is only at the 9%. Maybe those things can be fixed.

https://www.nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/Omarr-Norman-Lott-DL-ArizonaState

 

Honestly, my hope is to get Banks with our first and then a high-quality OT with our second. I'm not sold on Higgins with our #2. I'd like to get at least two high-quality OL and three if we're lucky!

 

I don't know if I like the tiers either.

I like Loveland, but I don't think he is needed. If the Texans draft a TE they need a blocking TE like Jackson Hawes who they could draft in the 4th or 5th round. I really like Zabel. He's got the talent to be the next Bruce Matthews. I know the Texans really like Booker, but he's going to be off the board at 25. Golden will most likely be off the board. Egbuka is not twitched up for a smaller receiver and I would wait for him in the 2nd round. Josh Simmons looked great on tape, but I'm not drafting a player who has not fully recovered from a major knee injury in the first round.. With Banks, I am not really impressed with his tape. To me he looks like he would be an average Right tackle in the league.

Tier 1
WR Jayden Higgins Iowa State
OG Grey Zabel North Dakota State
OG Donovan Jackson Ohio State
DB Will Johnson Michigan

Tier 2
OT Aireontae Ersery Minnesota
OT Kelvin Banks Texas
DT Kenneth Grant Michigan
CB Maxwell Hairston Kentucky

Tier 3
WR Jaylin Noel Iowa State
OT Josh Conerly Oregon
RB TreVeyon Henderson Ohio State

 

If we want a WR and OL, we’ll have to trade up to the top of the second for the one we didn’t draft in the first. A developmental WR that’ll take a few years isn’t going to help.

Nico hasn’t played a full season and Kirk hasn’t since 2022

 

What do you mean about Emeka Egbuka?

 

Egbuka is 6-1, 205, ran a 4.3-40 and caught more passes at Ohio State than anyone in the history of their program. He is smooth and polished and will definitely be picked in the 1st.

https://www.nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/Emeka-Egbuka-WR-OhioState