Saturday, May 3, 2014

RamView Accu-Draft 2014: Pick #1: Houston

Sports Illustrated
Jadeveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina

I promise a strange, unpredictable draft every year, and 2014 is no exception, really, even though there's consensus what player's going to be picked first. The big question is what team is going to draft first.

Clowney is the best overall player in the draft, and he appears to have the kind of talent seen in a player only every decade or so. The Texans are justified to keep the #1 pick and take him. It looks silly - they need a QB much more than they need a pass-rusher who doesn't fit their system - but when you have the chance to get the rare player, you take the rare player. Right?

But since Clowney's not a great need fit for the Texans, they're almost as justified to trade out of this pick, which is my guess at this time. Atlanta seems the likeliest to pull this off. Detroit has also been rumored. (Clowney, Suh and Ziggy Ansah on the same d-line? Good night.) If nobody pulls it off, Houston's best move will be to take him for themselves. Either way, I don't see Clowney as a factor for the Rams.

And they're up next.

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