The Houston Texans are on the clock with the first overall pick in the NFL Draft, and there are plenty of questions about whom they will select.
The expectation has been that Houston will take former South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney at No. 1 despite any concerns about Clowney’s work ethic. The Houston Chronicle’s John McClain has suggested that the Texans could trade down and select Johnny Manziel, Blake Bortles or even Khalil Mack. It seems like that may be their plan.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport said on Sunday that the Texans aren’t 100 percent sold on Clowney and are willing to trade. Peter King says he does not know whom the Texans will take, but he says he’s hearing the same thing.
Are you buying this? It could be the source of the reports are executives fielding calls from the Texans about making trades, which would make the report very solid.
For what it’s worth, Texans GM Rick Smith said last week that they know whom they will pick.
“If we take the first pick, we know who we want,” Smith said Thursday. “It’s interesting to me that it’s a big deal that we know our board, and all of a sudden we know who we want. That’s our job. I think we ought to know that.”
There was one qualifier — Smith said “if” they keep the pick. That meshes with the talk that they are considering trading down.
