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Can the Texans trade assets to increase their chances of success in the 2019 NFL Draft?"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Texans StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Texans NewsYahoo Texans Team PageYahoo Texans ReportYahoo Texans Depth ChartYahoo Texans TransactionsYahoo Texans PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕2019 NFL Draft2019 NFL Draft: The Texans’ Most Tradable Assets New J.J. Watt Jersey White ,9commentsCan the Texans trade assets to increase their chances of success in the 2019 NFL Draft?CDTShareTweetShareShare2019 NFL Draft: The Texans’ Most Tradable Assets Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY SportsLast week, Houston Texans general manager Brian Gaine met with the media and laid out his draft philosophy.Oh, mighty draft board, speak to me! All hail the board!Fear the board!Be the board. Without the board, we are nothing. Without us, the board is nothing. And once the NFL Draft starts on Thursday night, every GM throws their beloved draft board out the window and goes with his gut. Draft day trades, nightmare scenarios, and runs on positional groups keep GMs up at night Alfred Blue Jersey White , but one thing that does soothe their ills is having assets they can leverage in the draft. With four of the first 86 picks and some players who could be shopped around, Gaine and Houston’s front office can make the most of the upcoming opportunity to improve the roster.Speaking of assets the Texans could trade, let’s look at some possibilities as they look to improve their 2019 roster.55th overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.With back-to-back second round picks on Friday night, the Texans have some flexibility with how they want to use these draft assets. What better way to use the second round pick Houston received from trading away Duane Brown than moving up and getting the next franchise left tackle? begin to repeat this process by selling a future pick may not sit well with fans. However, with several free agents leaving the team this offseason, the Texans are primed to receive several compensatory picks that could mitigate trading away a 2020 second round pick. Picks for the next year’s draft are usually valued a round below their number (for example a 2020 second round pick is valued approximately as a 2019 third round pick) and could be quite useful if the Texans want to get resourceful in a draft day trade.Ryan GriffinThe Texans doubled-up on tight end in the 2018 NFL Draft and have become adept at developing talent at this position with UFA of late. By the end of the 2018 season, the Texans were splitting snaps between Griffin, Jordan Thomas, and Jordan Akins in a 45/35/20 ratio. Griffin may not be worth more than a sixth round pick Natrell Jamerson Jersey White , but any opportunity to get younger and improve the roster is more than welcome. With the signing of TE Darren Fells this offseason, Griffin could already have one foot out of the door. If you were looking for Jadeveon Clowney on this list, you’ve come to the wrong place. The Texans would not receive the compensation required to trade away Clowney. With the swell of talented defensive linemen in the draft, potential trade partners have multiple chances to find a similar talent at a much lower price and less of an injury history.Only the Raiders and Giants have the capital to make a deal for Clowney, and neither of those teams are in a buy-now mode. Clowney means too much to Houston’s defense, and there’s not a suitable replacement available.He’s not going anywhere.Being the aggressor in football is typically advantageous, but being the aggressor in the NFL Draft does not always work out. If the Texans do decide to use one of their two second round picks to move up in the first round of the draft, they would effectively be rescinding the opportunity to draft another instant contributor. Patience may be the Texans’ biggest asset in the draft; I would be wary of trading a second-rounder to move up. Let the board speak to them is supposedly Brian Gaine’s approach.Let’s see what he hears, with the understanding that the only thing that really speaks in the NFL is a team’s win-loss record. While the 2019 NFL schedule won't be released for another few months http://www.thetexanslockerroom.com/authentic-d_onta-foreman-jersey , the end of the 2018 regular season means we do know which teams the Texans will face next year."With an 11-5 record, your 2018 Houston Texans are the champions of the AFC South.I reiterate that fact not just for giggles—though I did giggle when I typed that—but because it’s relevant to which teams the Texans will face next season.We won’t know when the Texans will play each of the thirteen (13) teams on the slate for the 2019 regular season until the NFL officially releases its schedule (likely in late April a few days before the NFL Draft), we do know which teams they’ll be playing, and where each of those games will be played, now that the 2018 regular season standings are final.Thanks to the good people at FB Schedules, here's who and where your Houston Texans will play in 2019:Any of those opponents have you particularly excited or concerned?Is there a road game or two you have your eye on attending?