How latest bombshell could significantly shift Houston Texans draft strategy
NO WAY!
17 February 2023
NFL Draft experts Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay recently stated that this is one of the weakest drafts in recent memory. And according to McShay, he only sees 14 prospects worthy of a first-round grade.
Kiper said that typically he has 125-130 draftable players in each draft, and he's struggling to find 80 in this class.
Considering this new insight, should the Texans alter their draft strategy to account for the lack of talent in this year's class? This appears to be a top-heavy draft, and the Texans have 11 total picks this year, with 5 in the top 73 overall.
If the team agrees with Kiper and McShay's assessment on this year's crop of talent, trading up or even trading some of this year's picks for selections in the 2024 NFL Draft could make a lot of sense.
Plus, could Colts owner Jim Irsay have a relationship with the Bears that could give the team an edge over Houston in the Bryce Young sweepstakes?
My relationship with the Chicago bears goes back more than 60 years… pic.twitter.com/6yZ7vB3DFs
— Jim Irsay (@JimIrsay) February 15, 2023
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José Ramírez homered for a third straight game, Angel Martínez also went deep and the Cleveland Guardians got a 4-2 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep.
It’s the first time the Guardians, who entered the series on a 10-game skid, have won three in a row since a four-game winning streak from May 21-24.
Slade Cecconi (4-4) allowed five hits and two runs with a career-best nine strikeouts in 7-plus innings for the win. Paul Sewald pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save.
Martínez homered for a second straight at-bat with his shot to the Crawford Boxes with one out in the first inning. His grand slam with two outs in the 10th inning Tuesday night lifted Cleveland to a 10-6 win.
Four pitches after Martinez’s homer Wednesday, Ramírez also connected off Brandon Walter (1-2) to make it 2-0. Walter settled in after that, retiring the next 17 batters, with seven strikeouts before Bennett Sousa took over to start the seventh.
Ramírez and Carlos Santana hit consecutive singles with no outs in the inning before David Fry walked to load the bases. Johnathan Rodríguez then singled to score two and extend the lead to 4-0.
The Astros had managed just four singles when Taylor Trammell walked with no outs in the eighth and scored on a double by Mauricio Dubón that cut the lead to 4-1. There were two outs in the inning when Jose Altuve’s RBI double made it 4-2.
The AL West-leading Astros went 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position to cap this disappointing series which came after they swept the Dodgers in Los Angeles over the weekend.
Key moment
Martínez and Ramírez had back-to-back homers in the first.
Key stat
Ramírez, who dropped out of next week’s All-Star game Wednesday to rehab a nagging Achilles injury, has four homers and seven RBIs this month.
Up next
LHP Logan Allen (5-7, 4.07 ERA) will start for Cleveland in the opener of a four-game series against the Chicago White Sox Thursday night. The Astros are off Thursday and haven’t announced their rotation for their weekend series against the Rangers.
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