With the current excitement swirling around the latest mock drafts from big name mockers like Mel Kiper, Bucky Brooks, Lance Zierlein and others, the vacuum of quality football news is currently sucking in nothing but speculation.
In order to properly predict a draft, it’s best to look at available talent, team needs and historic trends, particularly those in recent history. But, at the end of the day, most “draft gurus” aren’t any more successful at predicting what player gets drafted by what team than any random guy at the local sports bar.
So, to that end, let’s see about rolling out a mock draft that mocks the process by applying what we’ve seen from the Houston front office over the last five years and go from there, shall we?