Nick Caserio takes his draft information with a grain of salt.
The Houston Texans general manager joined “Payne & Pendergast” on Sports Radio 610 [KILT-AM] April 20 to talk about the state of the franchise heading into the 2023 NFL draft.
With a variety of draft rumors swirling about, Caserio explained how he processes the data.
“Some of this is grain of salt and you have to take it,” said Caserio. “Some may get more information than others. The reality is the people that have the information are getting the information from somebody. So, then you’re trying to reverse engineer why are they doing that. So, if you spend too much time doing that, you’ll spin yourself in circles. So, I would say trust the people you think have some semblance of an idea, and then the rest of it is a bunch of noise.”
Football fans can take it with their own grains of salt, but Caserio believes Round 1 won’t exactly go the way experts expect on April 27 in Kansas City.
Said Caserio: “I’ll say let’s see what happens this year, but I think this first round has the potential to be a little bit more unpredictable than people think. So, it’s really not about, okay, what a mock draft says or what somebody thinks, what matters in the end is what the team thinks, what they think is the best thing for their player, does that player fit what they want to do. It doesn’t matter where he was projected to go or what happened.”
The Texans have twin first-round selections at Nos. 2 and 12 overall. No doubt Houston will have some influence on how unpredictable Round 1 will be, especially since they may not be in the running for a quarterback with their highest selection.
“Ultimately, the team has to do what they think is in their best interest and not rely on some information on the periphery that may or may not matter,” Caserio said.
