Texans nearly made Day 2 trade with Ravens for future major draft compensation
Before Marlin Klein came off the board in the second round, the Houston Texans nearly landed a haul just to move back into Round 3.
Before Michigan tight end Marlin Klein came off the board in the second round, the Houston Texans nearly landed a haul just to move back into Round 3. In recent years, teams have been more vocal in allowing their fans into the minds of the general managers and scouts on draft weekend via social media posts. Earlier this week, the Baltimore Ravens ' social team took the Flock inside the war room on Day 2, where Baltimore appeared to be in trade talks with team to move up for a center.
The Texans , who owned the No. 59 pick, were the final call before electing to stand pat in Round 2. Baltimore hoped to move up from No.
80 to select a center, likely Iowa's Logan Jones or Florida's Jake Slaughter, and saw Houston as a prime team to do business with since general manager Nick Caserio loves trading around the board. Texans & Ravens discussed a trade on day 2 involving Baltimore moving up to pick 59 & Texans moving back to 80 while adding a future 3rd. Baltimore wanted to move up for C Logan Jones or Jake Slaughter but seems like they thought that was too far to move up.
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