Mock drafts send Tech’s Hill to Houston, S.F.
If the mock drafts are to be believed, former Georgia Tech wide receiver Stephen Hill is going to be either a Houston Texan or San Francisco 49er. I don’t put a great deal of credence in mock drafts; it seems like they tend to mirror one anther and rely on conventional wisdom, which isn’t usually how teams actually pick. Plus, one surprise pick at the top or middle of the actual first round can change everything down the stream.
Regardless, what I take from it is that Hill will likely go in the first round or early in the second, which, as I’ve written before, is remarkable considering that his draft evaluation said that he didn’t have the potential to go in the first three rounds.
The logic with Houston is that wide receiver is considered a “need” position. Starters Andre Johnson and Kevin Walter will both turn 31 before the season starts. Johnson has missed 12 games in the past two seasons. The 49ers had needs at wide receiver, but signed Randy Moss and Mario Manningham, and re-signed Ted Ginn Jr. Moss is obviously a question mark and Ginn has 31 catches in the past two seasons with San Francisco, so one could say the need is still present.
An aggregation:
On nfl.com, three have Hill going at No. 26 to Houston, another slots him with San Francisco at No. 30 and one doesn’t have him in the first round.
Sports Illustrated’s Don Banks gives Hill to San Francisco. ESPN’s Mel Kiper also pegs Hill for the 49ers, as does his colleague Todd McShay, who wrote that Hill had “one of the most impressive combine workouts I’ve ever seen from a receiver.” (Both ESPN mock drafts are behind a pay wall.)
Two more mocks on cbssports.com place Hill in San Francisco and out of the first round.
Wes Bunting of the National Football Post also pegs Hill for the Texans, as does John McClain, the NFL writer for the Houston Chronicle.
He’s generally considered the fourth receiver in the draft, after Justin Blackmon from Oklahoma State, Notre Dame’s Michael Floyd and Baylor’s Kendall Wright.
The first round of the draft is April 26.
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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WnE
March 31st, 2012
4:08 pm
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Blt, I don’t think there is any drama a DE that would see very little playing time, and a safety that was 3rd team, I hate to see them leave from a depth perspective, but wish them well playing on lower level.The UGA policy is so restrictive , but it is what it is , looks like everyone is back by week 3 ,Smith may get 1 game, Ogletree is yet to be determined , plenty of talent left to fill the void.Just have to hope everyone stays healthy.
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In theory you’re right, but in a conf. like the SEC, losing 6-4 300 pounders that play DE will hurt at some point, Drew & C. Washington are more pass rushers than run stoppers.
Over the course of a season you will always need that extra big body to provide depth in a run -first conference like the SEC.
The Tr-Fr. Taylor & Atkins, are both 315-320, but you don’t want to have to rely on T-fr. if you can avoid it.
BTW, both Taylor & Atkins were offered by and were expected to be Academic Qualifiers for GT, I like to mention facts like this to balance out all the excuse making that Academics is what is hurting GT recruiting-wise.
WnE
March 31st, 2012
4:15 pm
re:
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
4:08 pm
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Everyone knows I hated Gailey as a College HC, but just because Gailey was the wrong Pro-Style HC, that doesn’t mean you “abandon ship” and bring in a gimmick guy like Coach Kung Fu Panda * his triple-SLOPtion Offense.
BTW that was in 2005 BEFORE Gailey “learned” how to recruit with his recruiting classes in 06 & 07.
Gailey had been away from CFB for 20+ years when GT hired him, and he didn’t make changes fast enough to get re-acclimated with how CFB works, and that is what led to flunk-gate etc.
I’m on your weak-ass mind so much that pull up SEVEN-YEAR-OLD comments I wrote from a a message board that I don’t even remember……………just WOW!
George Stein
March 31st, 2012
4:17 pm
Who cares if they qualified if they want to be Physical Edication majors?
BLT
March 31st, 2012
4:20 pm
Oh and by the way Ghost, let me add that Wrexie sends his deepest regrets to the bulldogs. You’ll be fine. Over here at Tech we are just lousy…right? Wrexie?
George Stein
March 31st, 2012
4:21 pm
Ha! I don’t recall HighTech swearing at you on Twitter, WnE.
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
4:22 pm
I’m confused. The SEC is a run first conference which is good but the triple-SLOPtion offense is run first and that is bad. Do any ELITE WR RECRUITS know the SEC is run first?
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
4:24 pm
You remember your message boards just fine, WnE. That’s why you are so sore at being banned by them.
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
4:28 pm
That’s right, George! I graduated from being a boot licking toadie to a effn dooshbag weasel ice biotch. lol.
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
4:31 pm
I’m on your weak-ass mind so much that pull up SEVEN-YEAR-OLD comments I wrote from a a message board that I don’t even remember……………just WOW!
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Well, it was a while ago that Gailey was the coach. BLT asked what you thought of Gailey and it wasn’t hard to find. I know for a fact you remember StingTalk because you have repeatedly called it Stinktalk. You are not fooling anybody. The charade is over.
BLT
March 31st, 2012
4:34 pm
Has he ever mentioned a replacement? All he does is bash CPJ
George Stein
March 31st, 2012
4:45 pm
No, BLT. He won’t do that. We should call him Captain Hindsight but that would infer he makes decisions based on facts.
BLT
March 31st, 2012
4:50 pm
He won’t respond to me. That’s cool. I’m going to do some yard work. “It’s a beautiful day”. That’s for the music folks.
I respect Ghost. He’s welcome here.
Wrexie, thanks for the analysis and giving us some incite into what your sources say. Hilarious!
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
5:06 pm
George Stein…I think he likes being called Gollum.
WnE
March 31st, 2012
5:29 pm
You putzes can bring up 5-year old comments made outside of the AJC blogs, yet you have no comments about GT having crappy QB play (under 50% completions for CPJ’s entire tenure) that might be caused by CPJ himself given the way that he set his staff up w/o a Asst. Coach dedicated to developing QBs.
You guys aren’t sports fans and don’t want to talk CFB, that much is obvious.
WnE
March 31st, 2012
5:30 pm
Sorry, I meant 7 year old comments.
WnE
March 31st, 2012
5:39 pm
re:
Boot-Licking-Toady
Oh and by the way Ghost, let me add that Wrexie sends his deepest regrets to the bulldogs. You’ll be fine. Over here at Tech we are just lousy…right? Wrexie?
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UGA does have some behind-the-scenes issues, but they are still light years ahead of where GT is.
With all that attrition, that they have had during a down era for UGA FB, they still beat GT and the gap sees to be getting bigger each yr.
Without all that attrition that they have had they could easily be 4-0 vs. Coach Fish Fry.
To show how bad CPJ has been vs. UGA 2 of the more undisciplined & under-achieving RBs in UGA history simply ran the FB down GT’s THROAT at home while we were a Top-10 team with an “outside shot” to play for a MNC, please tell me how you can justify Washaun Ealy & Caleb King having career games vs. GT when everyone else stopped them cold?
Ignoring these types of facts doesn’t make you a GOOD GT FAN, and me remembering these types of facts doesn’t make a troll.
WnE
March 31st, 2012
5:40 pm
sees = seems to be getting bigger each yr………….
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
5:43 pm
All you do is bash Tech and CPJ.
You aren’t a Tech fan and don’t want to talk CFB, that much is obvious.
BLT
March 31st, 2012
5:48 pm
WnE, your argument loses credibility with “Coach Fish Fry”. I know you don’t like CPJ. Replacement?
BLT
March 31st, 2012
5:50 pm
Ghost will give an honest answer. You? No
WnE
March 31st, 2012
5:53 pm
re:
All you do is bash Tech and CPJ.
You aren’t a Tech fan and don’t want to talk CFB, that much is obvious.
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Under 50% completions for his entire tenure, crappy STs for his entire tenure, crappy defense for his entire tenure, do you think that GT is getting a “good deal” for that $2.5 mil per yr. that he ’s getting paid?
QB is the most important position on the team, yet we split our QB-coaching duties with also coaching B-Backs, maybe IF we coached our QBs better they might be able to pass better under game-pressure, is this theory not worthy of discussion?
Or is it more important what I posted 7 years ago?
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
5:55 pm
WnE, why won’t you ever get us an explanation of why you STALKED Vad Lee, not 7 years ago, but 2 years ago. You do know that that is unethical, and quite possibly illegal behavior on your part. I am sure if Vad had wanted to he could have taken out a restraining order against you. WHY WON’T YOU ADDRESS THAT???
BLT
March 31st, 2012
5:55 pm
Hey Wrexie, your post at 5:40pm…
Is that what you keep telling yourself?
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
5:58 pm
Wierner, you do realize don’t you that a Pepper Rodgers team beat a nationally ranked Notre Dame team without ever even attempting a pass, and slaughtered UGA without ever completing one, although two were attempted. Sure, that was 40 year ago, but it just proves that you CAN win without a passing QB. The fact that Tech can lead, or be close to the top in, the nation in total offense tells me that it can happen today. The problem that CPJ has had at Tech is that his defense has stunk, but even that is finally showing improvement.
BLT
March 31st, 2012
5:59 pm
You are right HighTech. He is sort of like Gollum. LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
6:00 pm
BLT, it’s been said before, but that class ring that he copied from a magazine and posted is his “precious”
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
6:01 pm
Your hatred of Georgia Tech has been consistent for at least 7 years, Wrexie you old troll.
I’m sure Bohannon spends an inordinate amount of time with the B-Backs.
WnE
March 31st, 2012
6:01 pm
re:
WnE, your argument loses credibility with “Coach Fish Fry”. I know you don’t like CPJ. Replacement?
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When you talk sports people will get tagged with nicknames, I used to call CMR the “The Reverend”, or Reverend Richt, it just goes along with the territory.
I’d like to see a guy like Art Briles get a shot at GT, at Baylor he’s about the 6th choice for in-state Recruits in Texas behind:
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas A&M
Okie State
TCU
But at GT with his aggressive passing attack and only having to worry about UGA & Bama, he could beat out Auburn, USCe, Clemson, Tenn for more of the better Pro-Style Recruits that have come out
of Georgia in recent years.
There are other Assts. with that kind of background that would make it easier for more of the better recruits to stay in Ga. and choose GT.
CPJ is terrible Recruiter and he is NOT the “best that GT can ever hope for” (not my words, these are the words of the boot-licking-toadies)!
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
6:01 pm
Wiener, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO TELL US WHY YOU STAKED VAD LEE?????
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
6:01 pm
STALKED, I mean
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
6:02 pm
Who loves UGA? Why Ol’ Wrexie of course…
21 Nov John Patrick Mason @WrecksNEffect
Through 11 Games in 2011 uga has the 43rd toughest sched. & Gt has the 75th toughest sched. according to the Sagarin Computer Poll………
That being said why do the weasely douchebags on http://GTsportstalk.com keep talking about how uga’s Schedule has been so weak this season?
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
6:03 pm
WIENER, WE ARE WAITING. TELL US ABOUT STALKING VAD LEE, you cowardly POS.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
6:04 pm
HT, is Wiener’s real name John Patrick Mason?
WnE
March 31st, 2012
6:05 pm
re:
BLT, it’s been said before, but that class ring that he copied from a magazine and posted is his “precious”
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The Class Ring is all mine , and it wasn’t copied from a magazine, the lottery tickets provide TIME & DATE Stamps to prove it is in my possession at the time I take those pictures.
After all nothing more accurate than the time & date stamped on a lottery ticket, since government money is riding on its accuracy.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
6:06 pm
@ WnE, until you talk to us about STALKING VAD LEE, EVERYTHING you post is pure BS. I don’t believe it is your ring; I don’t believe it is your lottery ticket; and I don’t believe a single word you post.
WnE
March 31st, 2012
6:06 pm
re:
Wiener, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO TELL US WHY YOU STAKED VAD LEE?????
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Obviously I thought he was a Vampire!
BLT
March 31st, 2012
6:07 pm
Wrexie, what’s his nickname? I’m sure your sources know.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
6:07 pm
see, you will comment on it if there is a mis-spelling, but you won’t comment on the actual FACT that you STALKED VAD LEE. Man up, little girl
WnE
March 31st, 2012
6:10 pm
re:
I’m sure Bohannon spends an inordinate amount of time with the B-Backs.
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Bohannon’s job is to coach QBs AND b-backs, there is no one else that coaches b-backs so the time he spends with them take away from what time he has to spend with developing GT’s QBs.
BLT
March 31st, 2012
6:11 pm
Wrexie, I am a Boot Licking Toadie!
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
6:13 pm
Still waiting, WnE !!!! Are you ashamed of what you did? Can you justify it? Until you do, then you are nothing but a mutt troll, pasted pictures of a ring and a lottery ticket or not.
WnE
March 31st, 2012
6:15 pm
re:
Who loves UGA? Why Ol’ Wrexie of course…
21 Nov John Patrick Mason @WrecksNEffect
Through 11 Games in 2011 uga has the 43rd toughest sched. & Gt has the 75th toughest sched. according to the Sagarin Computer Poll………
That being said why do the weasely douchebags on http://GTsportstalk.com keep talking about how uga’s Schedule has been so weak this season?
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That had nothing to do with loving UGA.
It is embarrassing to have GT fans that know so little about CFB that they keep putting their foot in their mouth with every comment they make.
You don’t claim that another school has weak schedule when your own school has a much weaker schedule, it makes GT fans look silly to rest of CFB fans.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
6:17 pm
WnE…….WHAT ABOUT STALKING VAD LEE? Why won’t you tell us all about it? EVERYBODY knows what you did, so you can’t deny it. So why not give us your side of the story? I know why of course—I said it before, and I will continue saying it——YOU ARE A COWARDLY POS !!!!!
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
6:19 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
6:04 pm
HT, is Wiener’s real name John Patrick Mason?
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Don’t know. His real name might be Gollum McWiener. If you want to read the random thoughts of a UGA troll and his obsession, check out http://twitter.com/#!/WrecksNEffect.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
6:20 pm
HT, I really don’t care enough to read all that s*t. I just wondered, since you used that name, if that’s his real name, or at least one that he sometimes uses.
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
6:20 pm
It is embarrassing to have GT fans that know so little about CFB that they keep putting their foot in their mouth with every comment they make.
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You mean like you do?
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
6:21 pm
HT, all I really want to know if why he thinks he was behaving properly when he STALKED VAD LEE. He talks about embarrassment, hell, HE is the one who embarrasses himself on a daily basis on these blogs. I WISH Vad had taken out a restraining order against him. Somebody sure should have
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
6:23 pm
IS why he thinks….., not IF why he thinks….
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
6:26 pm
Supersize…I understand your reluctance, but it is both hilarious and disturbing. Can you imagine a Tech grad writing the following?
15 Oct John Patrick Mason @WrecksNEffect
@GTGoonSquad Lots of sh*t talking from you guys have come back to bite u in the ass, show some humility & shut up and play FB
15 Oct John Patrick Mason @WrecksNEffect
@GTGoonSquad BTW your Mid Terms excuse is a bunch of weak azz BS, Virginny is a better Academic School than GT & you got ya’ azz beat …..
15 Oct John Patrick Mason @WrecksNEffect
@GTGoonSquad so stop playing the Academics Card when you lose to teams like UVa.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 31st, 2012
6:26 pm
Time for dinner here, guys. Don’t let up on Wiener’s failure to explain the VAD LEE STALKING. I hope y’all noticed that the only time he commented on it was when I mistyped STAKING for STALKING. He knew what I meant, but he made a silly joke related only to the typo. WHAT A DOLT !!!!