While many Houston Texans fans were looking for the team to make a massive splash in the NFL free agent market, new coach DeMeco Ryans and general manager Nick Caserio have a different plan during their first year of working together. The Texans plan on doing some of their best work during the later rounds of the 2023 NFL draft.
“The later round talent is where I get more excited about the draft,” said Ryans during his interview at the NFL combine. “The earlier guys kind of separate themselves, and that is easy to see, but where you find value is those fifth, sixth round, and seventh round, those picks right there, for me, that is where you dig in, and you have to truly see what redeeming qualities does a guy have. Whether it is speed, physicality, or great hands, whatever that redeeming quality is, can you see something in a kid that you can help him develop and become better?”
