Zierlein gives context for mock w/defender @ 2, provides potential insight on Houston’s thinking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suxLYjAF24E

Link to the SportsmapHouston vid above; in short, in a discussion on the recent rumors that Houston might not pick a QB @ 2, Lance gives more context for why he went the way he did in his draft, saying:

–Overall, he still thinks there's a >60% chance Houston goes with Stroud in that scenario anyways
-Is hearing CAR's owner is the one pushing for Young
-Also heard (not directly from teams, granted) that Stroud did not apparently score well on the S2 test like Young, and that DeMeco and Slowik – coming from San Fran where they drafted Purdy (who scored well on that same test) – may value the test results enough to not rate Stroud well enough to take him
-re: Anderson vs Wilson, thinks Wilson's traits and future potential is what puts him over Anderson, who may be closer to a finished product coming from Alabama
-re: Lombardi's comments, says that Lombardi talks to people in the league but that Houston is not letting any info out
-Declines to comment on the uncoachable talk w/Stroud, but says he has never heard anything bad like that about Stroud ("Nothing that would keep me from drafting him") and rests on his draft profile for him

Definitely provides a bit more clarity after the last few days, though I'm still a little skeptical of some points – Lance comes across to me as admitting the weird mock was just to be weird and that Stroud probably ends up in Houston anyway. Also, Stroud conveniently rumored to have done badly on this S2 test, but we've heard nothing about any other QB result other than Young's – if it's so important, why wasn't Purdy's high score a bigger deal last year? Did Levis and Richardson also do poorly? Etc.

I haven't transcribed every little detail, the whole thing is worth a listen if you have time, but these felt like the most pertinent points.