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Value of Things: Draft Wish List

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What positions are the biggest positions of need coming into the draft?

I make no bones about the fact that I am not a college football expert. I watch my TCU Horned Frogs whenever I can and occasionally tune into a big game, but when talk comes of specific prospects my eyes generally glaze over. I am assuming I am like many of you when it comes to draft talk.

It is exciting because there are any number of possibilities that could come, but I am not going to get into specific names. Even when I argue for positions, I am not suggesting that this is the order that the Texans should go. I am rank ordering the positions by the importance that they hit in the draft.

Whether they select this position in the first or sixth round doesn’t particularly matter. What we know is that there is always a run on certain positions during the draft. Priority One: Center You can talk me into calling every other position on the offensive line average or better.

You can talk me into calling every single other position on the field for both offense and defense average or better when it comes to the starter. It is hard to make that argument at center. Jake Andrews was below average last season.

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