Offensive coaches want the team to draft offensive players. Defensive coaches want the club to take defensive players. That is just the way it is.
Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio knows that it is a part of the process, but also recognizes that there is some give and take to the matter.
Caserio is working with a new coach for his second draft in Lovie Smith, a successful defensive coach; a contrast to the longtime offensive assistant in Houston’s coach a year ago, David Culley.