I'm most disappointed with our 2014 rookie class. I had so much excitement over every selection coming into the season. Alfred Blue in the sixth round has been the most productive so far. Jay Prosch needs to stop lifting weights so much - he literally spends hours pumping iron like he's going to compete in a strongest man competition - and focus on becoming a complete fullback. Watch some old Daryl Johnston videos from the Dallas Cowboys or something. He wasn't the strongest or fastest player but he was one of the best fullbacks to ever play the game.
C.J. Fiedorowicz has two catches in six games? Really? He has a lot more penalties. Xavier Su'a-Filo hasn't impressed me much. Louis Nix III has been on IR and Jadeveon Clowney has been unlucky with that Week 1 meniscus tear. I could go one by one on every pick but it's just frustrating. Let's hope none of these guys have a sophomore slump in 2015. Their second years can't be any worse. And Tom Savage, ugh, don't get me started. He may pan out in the way distance future. I wouldn't bank on it given the Texans history of wasting so many draft picks. We have more strikeouts than home runs. Let's put it that way. I'm trying to be generous and nice about the situation.
Honestly, I lay all the blame on general manager Rick Smith. I admire the man as a person, great in the community, but when I look at every draft selection during his tenure, I'm seeing way too many misses year after year. Thank goodness he drafted J.J. Watt and signed Arian Foster as an undrafted free agent. Had he not he'd probably have been fired by now. Those two players are pretty much the only reason we're 3-4 and only lost by one score against the Cowboys, Colts and Steelers. We could very easily be 0-7 right now following our 2-14 season last year.