a similar talent at a much lower price and less of an injury history.Only the Raiders and Giants have the capital to make a deal for Clowney, and neither of those teams are in a buy-now mode. Clowney means too much to Houston’s de

Check out who the BRB staff chose on behalf of the Texans in SB Nation’s annual NFL mock draft." 2019 NFL Draft2019 SB Nation NFL Mock Draft: With The 23rd Overall Pick Martinas Rankin Jersey , The Houston Texans Select...New,15commentsCheck out who the BRB staff chose on behalf of the Texans in SB Nation’s annual NFL mock draft.CDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:2019 SB Nation NFL Mock Draft: With The 23rd Overall Pick, The Houston Texans Select...TwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailIt’s Christmas in April.Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty ImagesSB Nation’s annual NFL Mock Draft is underway, and it finally came time for your humble BRB staff, on behalf of your beloved Houston Texans, to make their pick.After some serious debate—including Brett Kollmann expressing his SEVERE reservations about the player we ended up picking—we turned our selection in.Here it is, complete with Luke Beggs’ explanation.How would you grade this choice in SB Nation’s fake 2019 NFL Draft? Can the Texans trade assets to increase their chances of success in the 2019 NFL Draft?"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Texans StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Texans NewsYahoo Texans Team PageYahoo Texans ReportYahoo Texans Depth ChartYahoo Texans TransactionsYahoo Texans PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub 鉁?019 NFL Draft2019 NFL Draft: The Texans’ Most Tradable Assets New Jordan Akins Jersey ,9commentsCan the Texans trade assets to increase their chances of success in the 2019 NFL Draft?CDTShareTweetShareShare2019 NFL Draft: The Texans’ Most Tradable Assets Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY SportsLast week, Houston Texans general manager Brian Gaine met with the media and laid out his draft philosophy.Oh, mighty draft board, speak to me! All hail the board!Fear the board!Be the board. Without the board, we are nothing. Without us, the board is nothing. And once the NFL Draft starts on Thursday night, every GM throws their beloved draft board out the window and goes with his gut. Draft day trades Keke Coutee Jersey , nightmare scenarios, and runs on positional groups keep GMs up at night, but one thing that does soothe their ills is having assets they can leverage in the draft. With four of the first 86 picks and some players who could be shopped around, Gaine and Houston’s front office can make the most of the upcoming opportunity to improve the roster.Speaking of assets the Texans could trade, let’s look at some possibilities as they look to improve their 2019 roster.55th overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.With back-to-back second round picks on Friday night, the Texans have some flexibility with how they want to use these draft assets. What better way to use the second round pick Houston received from trading away Duane Brown than moving up and getting the next franchise left tackle? begin to repeat this process by selling a future pick may not sit well with fans. However, with several free agents leaving the team this offseason Deshaun Watson Jersey , the Texans are primed to receive several compensatory picks that could mitigate trading away a 2020 second round pick. Picks for the next year’s draft are usually valued a round below their number (for example a 2020 second round pick is valued approximately as a 2019 third round pick) and could be quite useful if the Texans want to get resourceful in a draft day trade.Ryan GriffinThe Texans doubled-up on tight end in the 2018 NFL Draft and have become adept at developing talent at this position with UFA of late. By the end of the 2018 season, the Texans were splitting snaps between Griffin, Jordan Thomas, and Jordan Akins in a 45/35/20 ratio. Griffin may not be worth more than a sixth round pick, but any opportunity to get younger and improve the roster is more than welcome. With the signing of TE Darren Fells this offseason, Griffin could already have one foot out of the door. If you were looking for Jadeveon Clowney on this list, you’ve come to the wrong place. The Texans would not receive the compensation required to trade away Clowney. With the swell of talented defensive linemen in the draft Zach Cunningham Jersey , potential trade partners have multiple chances to find a similar talent at a much lower price and less of an injury history.Only the Raiders and Giants have the capital to make a deal for Clowney, and neither of those teams are in a buy-now mode. Clowney means too much to Houston’s defense, and there’s not a suitable replacement available.He’s not going anywhere.Being the aggressor in football is typically advantageous, but being the aggressor in the NFL Draft does not always work out. If the Texans do decide to use one of their two second round picks to move up in the first round of the draft, they would effectively be rescinding the opportunity to draft another instant contributor. Patience may be the Texans’ biggest asset in the draft; I would be wary of trading a second-rounder to move up. Let the board speak to them is supposedly Brian Gaine’s approach.Let’s see what he hears, with the understanding that the only thing that really speaks in the NFL is a team’s win-loss record.