TST Community Mock Draft: Pick 20

by Ryan Van Bibber on Apr 11, 2010 10:00 PM CDT in 2010 Community Mock Draft

Rounding out the top 20 of the TST Community Mock Draft, it's the Houston Texans. Here with their pick is Danteslion.

The Houston Texans, with the 20th pick, select Ryan Mathews, RB, Fresno State.

Alright this pick came down to the wire, I narrowed it down to two player Mathews and CB Kyle Wilson from Boise State. Ultimately this came down to a size issue, i wasn't comfortable taking Wilson because being only 5'10" i had concerns with how he would match up against bigger physical receivers. i.e Randy Moss etc.....Ryan Mathews is a beast imagine SJax's size minus 3 inches he has a pretty decent 40 time at 4.49. the only question mark i have with him is he doesn't catch many balls, but with Slaton also on the roster I dont foresee this being much of a problem. Wilson has amazing speed dont get me wrong he would be a decent pick but ive seen him over pursue ball carriers by quite a bit because of it.......in the end Slaton's sophomore season didnt give me much hope for the future and i think the trio of Schaub, Mathews, and Johnson could be great for years to come.........

VanRam: Like this pick. Danteslion got the second best RB in the draft, a player that could put that team over the top for the playoffs next season.

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Dangerous.

To send a young, strong runningback with nothing but upside to go get mind-fragged by Gary Kubiak.
The less-than-stellar sophomore season of Slaton’s was largely due to Kubiak’s mishandling of the entire situation, calling him out publicly, giving carries to Chris Brown etc… Slaton had 1200 yards and 10 TDs his rookie year, and the coaching staff hung ‘em out to dry. If this is the pick Houston makes, I hope they don’t have the same screwjob in mind.

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by mooseknuckles41 on Apr 11, 2010 10:31 PM CDT reply actions