Want to know who a variety of sports-focused people from various backgrounds want the Texans to take for the first pick in the NFL draft?

Consider this a time capsule. Of right before the draft. What sorts of things were people thinking at the time?

I’ve asked people from a variety of backgrounds to participate: local, national, players, ex-players, beat writers, bloggers, draftniks, non-draftniks, analytics types, tape watchers, other sports people. People you might be curious what they think. Interesting to see how different people look at the same topic.

I like time capsule writing. It can show a lot of foresight, and sometimes it is hilarious in retrospect.

And maybe you learn from the future by your thinking in the past.

Though the time capsule is not filled yet by all the contributors, I’m embedding the Reply All link, “Houston Texans 2014 First Draft Pick: Who Would You Choose?” here now so people can start reading it.

Please check back because I know there will be many more good contributions coming before the draft. I’m enjoying this read.

After the draft, I will close the time capsule (meaning, accepting no new contributions). And then we get to see what these players look like when they are actually playing NFL football. Three years from now, how will these choices hold up?

If you are a reader who wants to contribute your view, please leave them in the blog comments below. The Reply All contributions will be one time capsule, but this blog post will be a reader time capsule.

And I also want to thank all the participants in this exercise because I know how busy this time of year is for a lot of these folks. So thanks. (And please feel free to embed the Reply All time capsule in your blogs if you are into that sort of thing).

Here’s the time capsule. You can read the entire conversation by scrolling within that block of text:

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