*****The Official Houston Texans 2024: Slowik strikes back****

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10:44a, 4/25/24
2024 Draft Picks
  • Round 2: No. 42 overall (from Minnesota)
  • Round 2: No. 59
  • Round 3: No. 86 (from Philadelphia)
  • Round 4: No. 123 (from Cleveland)
  • Round 4: No. 127
  • Round 6: No. 188 (from Las Vegas through New England and Minnesota)
  • Round 6: No. 189 (from Buffalo through Denver and Los Angeles Rams)
  • Round 7: No. 238 (from New Orleans)
  • Round 7: No. 247


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Per Max Power here's our draft visits:
FWIW here are the visits the Texans have had in the pre-draft process:
  • Braelon Allen, Running Back, Wisconsin (COM)
  • Jaylon Allen, Defensive End, Memphis (LOC)
  • Terrion Arnold, Cornerback, Alabama (COM)
  • Javon Baker^, Wide Receiver, Central Florida (COM, T30)
  • Jaheim Bell, Tight End, Florida State (COM)
  • Javon Bullard, Cornerback, Georgia (T30)
  • Calen Bullock, Safety, USC (T30)
  • Keon Coleman, Wide Receiver, Florida State (COM)
  • Edgerrin Cooper, Linebacker, Texas A&M (LOC)
  • Jacob Cowing, Wide Receiver, Arizona (COM)
  • Ray Davis, Running Back, Kentucky (T30)
  • Jaylan Ford, Outside Linebacker, Texas (COM)
  • Troy Franklin, Wide Receiver, Oregon (COM)
  • Travis Glover, Offensive Tackle, Georgia State (T30)
  • Tylan Grable, Offensive Tackle, Central Florida (T30)
  • Isaac Guerendo, Running Back, Louisville (T30)
  • Michael Hall Jr., Defensive Tackle, Ohio State (T30)
  • Cam Hart^, Cornerback, Notre Dame (SR, COM)
  • Jamal Hill^, Safety, Oregon (T30, VIR)
  • Jalyx Hunt^, Defensive End, Houston Baptist (T30, LOC)
  • Bucky Irving, Running Back, Oregon (COM)
  • Adisa Isaac, Defensive End, Penn State (T30)
  • Theo Johnson, Tight End, Penn State (COM)
  • Mohamed Kamara, Defensive End, Colorado State (T30)
  • Kalen King, Cornerback, Penn State (COM)
  • Marshawn Kneeland, Defensive End, Western Michigan (T30)
  • Trey Knox, Tight End, South Carolina (PRO)
  • Kamari Lassiter, Cornerback, Georgia (COM)
  • Xavier Legette, Wide Receiver, South Carolina (T30)
  • Christian Mahogany, Offensive Guard, Boston College (T30)
  • Luke McCaffrey, Wide Receiver, Rice (LOC)
  • Kool-Aid McKinstry, Cornerback, Alabama (COM)
  • Quinyon Mitchell, Cornerback, Toledo (COM)
  • Jordan Morgan, Offensive Tackle, Arizona (WOR)
  • Malik Mustapha, Safety, Wake Forest (COM)
  • Bo Nix, Quarterback, Oregon (COM)
  • Pheldarius Payne, Defensive Tackle, Virginia Tech (VIR)
  • Mark Perry, Safety, TCU (VIR)
  • Andru Phillips, Cornerback, Kentucky (T30)
  • Ennis Rakestraw Jr.^, Cornerback, Missouri (COM, T30)
  • Spencer Rattler, Quarterback, South Carolina (T30)
  • Chop Robinson, Outside Linebacker, Penn State (COM)
  • Layden Robinson, Offensive Guard, Texas A&M (LOC)
  • Roger Rosengarten, Offensive Tackle, Washington (T30)
  • Mike Sainristil, Cornerback, Michigan (COM)
  • Will Shipley, Running Back, Clemson (COM)
  • Jaylin Simpson, Safety, Auburn (T30)
  • Ainias Smith, Wide Receiver, Texas A&M (PRO)
  • Omar Speights, Linebacker, LSU (VIR)
  • Cade Stover, Tight End, Ohio State (COM)
  • Kingsley Suamataia, Offensive Tackle, BYU (T30)
  • Brian Thomas Jr., Wide Receiver, LSU (COM)
  • Xavier Thomas, Defensive End, Clemson (T30)
  • Jamari Thrash, Wide Receiver, Louisville (COM)
  • Jordan Whittington, Wide Receiver, Texas (COM)
  • Nate Wiggins, Cornerback, Clemson (COM)
  • Payton Wilson, Linebacker, N.C. State (T30)
  • Xavier Worthy, Wide Receiver, Texas (COM)

SR Senior Bowl meeting.
EW East-West Shrine meeting.
COM Combine meeting.
INT Interested.
VINT Very Interested.
PRO Pro Day or campus meeting/workout.
LOC Local visit. Prospect making a local visit.
T30 Top 30 Private Visit. Prospect making an official Top 30 Visit.
WOR Private Workout. Members of an organization working out a player in private.
STM Some Type of Meeting.
VIR Virtual Meeting.
% indicates more than one meeting at an event.
^ has met with team at more than one event.
# indicates meeting set up outside of the 2024 Senior Bowl or the 2024 East-West Shrine Game




1st Game of 2024 is the Hall of fame game, Thursday August 1st, 2024 vs the Bears
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10:53a, 4/25/24

Our draft note intel from Adam Schefter yesterday
https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2024/insider/story/_/id/39983767/2024-nfl-draft-notes-intel-buzz-adam-schefter-hearing-round-1-picks-qbs
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10:55a, 4/25/24
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Does anyone think we trade up into the first round today? Nick's got a ton of history trading on this weekend (18 times since 2021), but do we trade up and grab someone like Byron Murphy or the Illinois DT, depending on how players fall? Ideally, we trade our later round picks and grab a top tier DT late first and then maybe Coop or a secondary player in the second and third rounds.
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In reply to Varmint23 • 10:58a, 4/25/24
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Varmint23 said:
Does anyone think we trade up into the first round today? Nick's got a ton of history trading on this weekend (18 times since 2021), but do we trade up and grab someone like Byron Murphy or the Illinois DT, depending on how players fall? Ideally, we trade our later round picks and grab a top tier DT late first and then maybe Coop or a secondary player in the second and third rounds.
I wouldn't count it out, if the board shakes out in a way that a highly coveted player falls into striking range
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In reply to Varmint23 • 11:00a, 4/25/24
Varmint23 said:
Does anyone think we trade up into the first round today? Nick's got a ton of history trading on this weekend (18 times since 2021), but do we trade up and grab someone like Byron Murphy or the Illinois DT, depending on how players fall? Ideally, we trade our later round picks and grab a top tier DT late first and then maybe Coop or a secondary player in the second and third rounds.
Could be a good bet, I think I heard Caserio averages something crazy like 5 trades over draft weekend. I don't think we'll get Byron Murphy as there have started to be talks that he might be the first defensive player taken overall in the top 10. What I'm looking at is Kiper and others are predicting that the first round will set a record for the number of offensive players taken, so someone like Kool-Aid McKinstry might drop out of the first round. So we might do a small hop to the back-end of the first round or a couple spots higher in the second round if we see someone we really want.

Overall, I haven't heard rumors that we're zeroed in on any of the top players, so I don't think we'll make a big jump
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In reply to IrishAg • 11:05a, 4/25/24
AG
Yeah Byron was just wishful thinking, but would love to see a late first round push for the Illinois DT, Kool-aid, or maybe even that corner out of Iowa? We've got enough picks from the late rounds and two seconds to make something happen. Wouldn't be a huge surprise to me if Nick made a push, just curious if he'd go secondary or DT.
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In reply to Varmint23 • 11:08a, 4/25/24
Varmint23 said:
Yeah Byron was just wishful thinking, but would love to see a late first round push for the Illinois DT, Kool-aid, or maybe even that corner out of Iowa? We've got enough picks from the late rounds and two seconds to make something happen. Wouldn't be a huge surprise to me if Nick made a push, just curious if he'd go secondary or DT.
Yeah, it will be interesting. I'm just hoping for a run on tackles and QBs in the teens for the first round pushing all of the defenders down and giving us an easier jump into the first if there's someone we like.

Also, Caserio really doesn't seem to value volume in regards to draft picks, so I would be surprised if we make small jumps, burning some of our later picks, to move up in the 2nd and 3rd round to get guys we want
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11:12a, 4/25/24
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I think there's a decent chance Nick moves up in the 1st just because I think they'll be a run on offensive players (QBs and WRs) and some really good defensive players and players of need for the Texans will be dropping as a result.
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In reply to Ag_07 • 11:17a, 4/25/24
Ag_07 said:
I think there's a decent chance Nick moves up in the 1st just because I think they'll be a run on offensive players (QBs and WRs) and some really good defensive players and players of need for the Texans will be dropping as a result.
Agreed.

This draft is gonna be fun, as I think it's the first time in a while where I'm excited to watch the first round with us not having a draft pick going in.
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11:33a, 4/25/24
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I could easily see Trader Nick moving up too late first for a defensive player. Without a trade I am pretty sure we draft LB, DT and CB with our top 3 picks. If Edge cooper is there at 42 he is a real possibility I think. I could also see later picks for hybrid rb/wr Ainias Smith staying close to home as well as a t sip or two.

A trade up to 1st round could also be for a total surprise like a WR, Center or Safety. Never underestimate their sneakiness
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11:38a, 4/25/24
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I say stay where we are in the 2nd and grab Edge Cooper and Maason Smith out of lsu. He might end up being the best DT in the draft but taken lower than he should because of injuries.
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12:11p, 4/25/24
Does tonight feel like overall the least build up to a NFL draft first round ever?
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12:12p, 4/25/24
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Nick Caserio has said before that he groups players he likes into clusters based on a range of where he thinks they may fall in the draft.

My theory is that he waits until there is one player left in that cluster, then makes a trade with the team currently picking no matter what to select that player. That way you are getting players you want on your team rather than waiting for players to fall to you. If a player or players from the cluster are still available when it's your turn to pick, even better.
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12:14p, 4/25/24
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Get HYPED!
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In reply to Pahdz • 12:57p, 4/25/24
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Pahdz said:
Does tonight feel like overall the least build up to a NFL draft first round ever?
Yes. There's no build up like other years before because number 1 is done and there's no true order for the other possible QB prospects in the first round. I also think it's because the league as a whole is not big on this QB class, but there are desperate teams that have no other option. Are the fan bases in any city salivating that the chance to take Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, JJ McCarthy, Bo Nix, or Michael Penix? Last year there was speculation that Young, Stroud, Richardson, and even Levis were in contention for the first pick. Last year there was fun around the speculation, this year does not feel like that at all.

Regarding OP's trade up question:
A trade up wouldn't shock me, but trading back into the first round from the second will have an inherent premium built in because of the 5th year option for all first round draft picks. The teams in front of Houston in the second round are: Carolina (33 & 39), New England, Arizona, Washington (36 & 40), Chargers, Tennessee, and GB. Several of those teams have similar positions of need as Houston does, but I don't know how dire they are. I could be wrong but my gut says we don't move into the first but could move up in the second round depending on how the first plays out.

This first round is going to be heavy on offense, I've seen several predictions that they break the record for offensive players taken in the first round, which currently stands at 19. I think they could actually exceed even 20 given the needs of teams at QB, OL, and WR. I can't figure out if 4-6 QBs go in the first, do teams really like Nix and Penix enough to take them in the first round? I hope they do because that just pushes other guys back.
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1:12p, 4/25/24
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1:41p, 4/25/24
Uno. Continuing my tradition of watching Draft Day on Draft Day.
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Footage tonight when Caserio calls Arizona to get back our first rounder from the Anderson trade, which they thought would be much higher this year:

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In reply to Max Power • 4:52p, 4/25/24
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Max Power said:
Footage tonight when Caserio calls Arizona to get back our first rounder from the Anderson trade, which they thought would be much higher this year:


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4:53p, 4/25/24
In!

Thanks Irish! Our official records keeper
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5:13p, 4/25/24
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Remember when the Texans got Cs and Ds last year for their draft? Here's to hoping we can have a similar bad draft this year.
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5:19p, 4/25/24
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In reply to Cartographer • 5:44p, 4/25/24
Cartographer said:
In!

Thanks Irish! Our official records keeper


Sure thing!
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In reply to Texan_Aggie • 5:46p, 4/25/24
Texan_Aggie said:
Remember when the Texans got Cs and Ds last year for their draft? Here's to hoping we can have a similar bad draft this year.


Man, PFF held on to those bad grades until around mid season. I had to stop listening to their podcast for a while, they just wouldn't admit they were wrong about our draft
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6:23p, 4/25/24
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LET'S HAVE A YEAR BOYS! LET'S WIN IT ALL!
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7:59p, 4/25/24
In Stroud we trust.
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8:13p, 4/25/24
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No draft talk ? Why did the falcons take penix?
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8:18p, 4/25/24
$100M guaranteed contract for Cousins just to draft Penix?? Makes zero sense.
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8:19p, 4/25/24
10 picks in and no defensive players yet, this is crazy....and a great sign for us!!!!
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Falcons gonna Falcon
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