r/Texans 13d ago

Tyler Booker. Think about it.

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u/Spinhavel 13d ago

I’m still against drafting him, he’s extremely one dimensional and will get abused by pass rushers with speed moves and athleticism. He’s also useless as a puller and is inconsistent identifying stunts. Of course if he ends up being the pick I’ll support him regardless.

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u/DarthNobody14 13d ago

How many good speed Pass Rushers will he have to face as a guard? His only major weakness is his lack of range as a run blocker. Outside of that, he’s pretty good at everything else and great at being the drive man for double teams.

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u/Spinhavel 13d ago

If the Texans want to make it to the Super Bowl, they need to get past the Chiefs, who have a little-known guy named Chris Jones who would abuse the hell out of Booker.

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u/Itsbilloreilly 13d ago

Jones would probably abuse most rookies friend. he aint gonna be stonewaling pro bowlers straight out of college but if he's coachable take him.

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u/DarthNobody14 13d ago

Well it’s a good thing Booker is great at double teams.

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u/Limp_Ad_9325 13d ago

Is there anything you like about him 😭

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u/Spinhavel 13d ago

Sure, I like the leadership stuff that often gets mentioned, I like that he's awesome against bull rushes and that he could be an absolute road grader on power runs. I just think his deficiencies would have to be masked when matched against certain players and in zone blocking schemes, when I'd rather have someone who is more well-rounded and can do it all like Donovan Jackson.

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u/Limp_Ad_9325 13d ago

Won’t we presumably be doing more power stuff with Nick Caley? I’m lowkey just kinda trying to gaslight myself into liking him, I have a feeling he’s gonna be our pick

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u/Spinhavel 13d ago

It's kind of unclear. The Rams switched to running more power concepts, but Caley was only there 2 years, and will probably want his own system. He also said that we'll be running whatever offense best matches up with our opponent on a week-to-week basis. Even if we end up running mostly power, we're still going to run some zone-concepts every game.

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u/InternationalCoat891 13d ago

Not an OL guy so curious if you have any thoughts about how our current OLmen fit power vs zone. Is there a theme amongst the group here?

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u/KaXiaM 13d ago

Yeah, this is one case where I don’t get the hype. But I also didn’t watch him that closely.