Quote (Madmartigan @ 4 Jan 2014 10:38)

I'm okay trading down as long as it's not too far down. Depends on whether or not we can receive a boat load of extra picks similar to what the Redskins offered to the Rams for Robert Griffin III a few years ago. Does a team value Teddy Bridgewater that much? And we can still end up with Johnny Football aka the local cash cow. I'd rather just draft Jadeveon Clowney number one overall but I'm okay with Bridgewater as well.

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Texans owner Bob McNair says Texans could trade No. 1 pick in draft

http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2014/01/texans-could-trade-no-1-pick-in-draft/

The Houston Texans have the No. 1 overall pick in the May draft.

That doesn’t mean they will use the No. 1 overall pick in the May draft.

“There’s always the possibility that (general manager) Rick (Smith) and the coaches will trade around,” owner Bob McNair said. “Maybe we’ll trade down and pick up more picks and still get a quarterback that can do the job, and get that outstanding defensive player. It’s an exciting time. Everything’s a moving target, a lot of moving pieces, it’s a fun time.”

The Texans finished 2-14, losing their last 14 games and earning the third top draft choice in franchise history.

Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has been the player most talked about as the top draft prospect. Central Florida’s Blake Bortles and Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel also are mentioned as top quarterback prospects.

And the quarterback position is the Texans top need.

“One of the things, if we wind up with a young quarterback, we’d probably bring in a veteran so that we don’t have to depend on that rookie,” McNair said. “That’s tough, putting a rookie in there and expecting him to be able to play right off the bat. There have been a couple of them that have done it, but a number of them didn’t do so well. I think having that veteran presence in there is real important.”

South Carolina defensive lineman Jadeveon Clowney and UCLA linebacker Anthony Barr are possibilities with the No. 1 pick as well.

McNair has been watching the star players in bowl games.

“They’re exciting,” McNair said. “There are a lot of terrific players out there. There are some quarterbacks out there, of course with a quarterback there’s more risk in picking a quarterback No. 1. And you’ve got some great defensive players out there who are unusual. Yeah, they’re special, they’re special.”

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Texans owner: J.J. Watt would be mentor for Jadeveon Clowney

Video inside the link. Bob McNair is talking about Jadeveon Clowney.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000313043/article/texans-owner-jj-watt-would-be-mentor-for-jadeveon-clowney

If the Houston Texans draft South Carolina star defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, don't be surprised if owner Bob McNair has Clowney's locker placed next to that of Texans star J.J. Watt. McNair, being an alum of South Carolina, has obviously been paying attention to both the praise and criticism of Clowney.

"He's not a J.J. Watt," McNair said. "J.J. didn't have that natural (ability). He worked. He developed his. I said to J.J., 'I don't know what will happen but if we get Clowney, we want you to instill in him the same kind of work habits that you have.' He said, 'Well, if he's in the same room with me, he'll have them.'"

"He is a remarkable player. He's one of these players that is really a once-in-every-10-years kind of physical specimen that comes along. Mario Williams was that way. I think Clowney is actually a better athlete than Mario, so that kind of tells you what kind of player he can be," McNair said. "Like many of these fellows who have these great physical attributes, they didn't have to work as hard in junior high school, in high school, and in college, to be a superlative athlete, because they had this natural ability."