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Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio speaks to the media during the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine.
Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio has put together one of the best rosters in the NFL by taking advantage of every avenue available to him, and that could continue amid renewed expectations for another offseason trade.
The Texans have already made a pair of deals this offseason, one of which added running back David Montgomery from the Detroit Lions.
Their next move could prove far more open-ended.
Texans Projected for Draft-Day Trade
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GettyHouston Texans general manager Nick Caserio is seen before a game between the Auburn Tigers and the Texas A&M Aggies.
Caserio and the Texans have made multiple splashy additions via trade in recent offseasons, with mixed results, such as C.J. Gardner-Johnson in 2025 and Joe Mixon in 2024.
Bleacher Report’s Brent Sobleski expects they will continue their run of activity.
“The Houston Texans are the logical team to trade out of the first round for what would be the second straight season,” Sobleski wrote on March 29.
“If the New York Jets and the Arizona Cardinals are hot on the heels to land their preferred signal-caller based on the assumption the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns will pass on a signal-caller when they select in the 20s, the Texans should take advantage of what could be another quarterback premium.”
Sobleski cited the Texans’ trade with the New York Giants during the 2025 draft, which yielded three selections, with Houston using one to select wide receiver Jayden Higgins. They also received a third-round selection (69th overall) in the 2026 draft in that deal.
“Houston has the benefit of one of the NFL’s better-built rosters,” Sobleski wrote.
“With the 28th overall pick, the Texans can take full advantage of the incoming quarterback setup, continue to add picks, replenish their depth and strengthen the entire roster.”
Sobleski argued that Texans do not have any “glaring needs,” allowing Caserio to “hoard” assets and continue creating “a high level of competition” among the players on the roster moving forward.
Texans in Right Place at Wrong Time
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GettyHouston Texans general manager Nick Caserio looks on before a game against the Chicago Bears.
The biggest obstacle the Texans face in making Sobleski’s prediction a reality is the lack of a clear-cut first-round quarterback outside of Fernando Mendoza, the projected No. 1 overall pick to the Las Vegas Raiders.
Alabama’s Ty Simpson is widely viewed as QB2 in this class, but there is no consensus about his draft floor being in the draft’s opening stanza.
Moreover, the Cardinals and Jets could choose to wait out the string in Round 1.
They own the top two picks of Round 2, and the Miami Dolphins are the only team from Pick 25 on that could entertain taking a QB. That is a wide range of possibilities the Texans would need to break their way to capitalize on this QB class.
There could be more interest in the second-rounder they got from the Washington Commanders for Laremy Tunsil last offseason.
Caserio will almost certainly have options.
However, standing pat must be among them. And with so few, if any, glaring needs, the Texans can stand to go all in for a preferred target in a trade to move up. That is how they acquired Will Anderson Jr. third overall in 2023, making a trade with the Cardinals.