Since it’s all speculation Vyncint Smith Jersey White , we might as well make fun have fun of with it"With the current excitement swirling around the latest mock drafts from big name mockers like Mel Kiper, Bucky Brooks, Lance Zierlein and others, the vacuum of quality football news is currently sucking in nothing but speculation. In order to properly predict a draft, it’s best to look at available talent, team needs and historic trends, particularly those in recent history. But, at the end of the day, most “draft gurus” aren’t any more successful at predicting what player gets drafted by what team than any random guy at the local sports bar. So, to that end, let’s see about rolling out a mock draft that mocks the process by applying what we’ve seen from the Houston front office over the last five years and go from there Kareem Jackson Jersey , shall we? (Yes, I winced as much typing that out as you did reading it…)Round One:With the #23 pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, the Houston Texans select wide receiver N’keal Harry from ASU. While wide receiver isn’t an area of immediate need, Houston head coach Bill O’Brien convinces general manager Brian Gaine that Deshaun Watson will blossom as a pocket passer given more reliable receiving targets and Harry fits the bill. The big-bodied receiver, a top-20 recruit out of Chandler High School, has been making highlight reel plays ever since. Partnered with Deandre Hopkins and whichever speedster isn’t on the injury report on any particular week should give Watson more targets to wish he could have thrown to if the defense hadn’t sacked him .02 seconds after he got the ball. Round Two: With the #54 pick in the 2019 NFL Draft the Houston Texans select quarterback Dwayne Haskins from Ohio StateIn the event Deshaun Watson’s reinjures his lungs and spleen, the Texans don’t feel A.J. McCarron will survive much longer and really don’t want to lose Joe Webb’s contributions on special teams, so bringing in another quarterback makes sense with this pick. While some have Haskins connected to the New York Giants, Eli Manning doesn’t plan on retiring until after Tom Brady does, so Haskins slips to the Texans here. Round Two:With the #55 pick in the 2019 NFL Draft the Houston Texans select running back David Montgomery from Iowa StateIf recent history tells us anything it’s that Bill O’Brien loves him some A-Gap. Since Houston failed to shore up the interior offensive line (or exterior for that matter), having a running back who can avoid a collapsed A-Gap and create something from a designed busted play Kareem Jackson Jersey White , Montgomery fits the bill here.Round Three:With the #86th pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, the Houston Texans select defensive end Carl Granderson from Wyoming.Another thing recent history has taught us is that Houston is completely incapable of making it four rounds through the draft without selecting a defensive lineman. With no pick in round four, the Texans take the best available player left in hopes of shoring up depth behind the recently re-signed Brennan Scarlet. “We really feel Brennan has a great upside, but want to protect our investment in him by having a younger guy to spell him on those drives where our defense just can’t seem to get off the field, or in games where our offense can’t stay on it…” stated an anonymous Texans coach. Round Five:With their 5th round pick, the Houston Texans select offensive lineman Zach Bailey from South Carolina. Realizing ticket sales will plummet if they don’t at least make the appearance of shoring up the offensive line, Texans brass take a project player in Bailey, who has collegiate starts at both left tackle and center. Like Julie’n Davenport, the Texans are committed to allowing this young lineman time to grow in their system for years to come before throwing him off the deep end in week one or two of the coming season… Round Six: With their 6th round pick, the Houston Texans select Mark Fields, cornerback from Clemson.Worried that their consecutive streak of drafts with a Clemson player might come to an end Womens Senio Kelemete Jersey , Houston grabs the best available Tiger left on the board. While certainly not the most impressive cornerback in the draft, surely he can do as well as Kevin Johnson, right? Round Seven:With their 7th round pick, the Houston Texans select Brock Ruble, offensive tackle from Toledo.In their tradition of selecting project players, the Texans go to the well once more with the Toledo tackle, a player Walter Football states “…was a solid run blocker, but he needs a lot of work to improve in pass protection…” indicating Bill O’Brien might be re-thinking his commitment to the A-Gap. Well, there you have it, a mockers’ mock draft.While this is obviously not serious, seeing what a worst-case scenario for the Houston draft looks like should make anything that actually occurs on draft weekend appear as a win. Hopefully Zach Fulton Jersey White , Brian Gaine addresses the offensive line and cornerback positions early and often, but that hope didn’t pan out when applied to free agency, so who knows what’s going to happen at this point? What do you think is a worst-case scenario? Have a parody mock draft of your own? Let’s have some fun with this – drop your mockers draft in the comments section! Lamm signs with Cleveland"Kendall Lamm was the Texans week one starter in 2017. The Texans gave up ten sacks to Jacksonville that game with Lamm as the left tackle to fill in for the recently traded Duane Brown. Tom Savage was benched for Deshaun Watson. Lamm was eventually replaced by Juli’en Davenport. Despite his atrocious 2017 when Lamm was one of the worst tackles in football, the Texans kept him on the roster for 2018. The tackle position was scrambled for weeks after starting right tackle Seantrel Henderson smashed his ankle in week one. Houston eventually settled on Davenport at left and Lamm at right. Last season Lamm was a decent enough pass blocker. 2017’s embarrassment was blacked out. He was a horrendous run blocker though and was almost unplayable against Philadelphia and Indy, cratering the run game on his own. Still, you gotta be proud of the guy to come from putrid to kind of crappy on the span of a year. You gotta grind to get the view. If he continues to evolve as a player it's going to happen in Cleveland. Today the Browns signed him for 2-years $7 million. The Texans current tackle combination is the same as it was in week one 2017—Davenport and Henderson.