1.01 Houston Tethered Swimmers - WR Tavon Austin

	In the real world: Austin is an absolute burner that carries his speed throughout his routes while breaking into soft zones or when taking a short slant to the house with outstanding vertical ability. He could be the best receiver the Rams have had since the days of The Greatest Show on Turf (Bruce, Holt, Hakim). His draft stock shot up after the Scouting Combine (where he ran a 4.34 40). The one drawback with him is his small stature (5'8", 174 lb.--an inch taller and about the same weight as the author of this TUFF Draft Wrapup).
	In the TUFF world: Houston set the bar for bad luck last year with 10 “coulda won” games; no other team had more than 5. But the Tethered Swimmers are poised to, er, swim tethered with a vengeance, with two of the top four picks this year (in addition to having the #1 pick for the second straight year, they acquired Dallas' 1.04 in a 2011 trade). They have plenty of talent at RB with Jamaal Charles, Stevan Ridley and Trent Richardson, so they traded up with Cleveland to make absolutely sure it addressed its biggest need, wide receiver. So sure, in fact, that they announced their selection of Austin three days in advance of the official start of the draft. Jeff Rathburn comes from the "Speed Kills" school of thought where drafting wide receivers is concerned, and Austin is proof once again of that.
	Meanwhile, at the Port of Baltimore: Tyrann Mathieu is attempting to board the Carnival Pride, the ship on which the Draft Cruise will be held, stating that he is one of the top prospects invited to sit in the "Green Room" as they wait their turn to be drafted. He has been informed that only offensive players will be taken in this draft, at which point he retorted, "Honey Badger don't care. Honey Badger don't give a s***. Honey Badger just takes what he wants, and right now Honey Badger hears this cruise is going to just as badass as the one the Vikings had eight years ago."