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HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans general manager Brian Gaine has quite a challenge as he prepares for his first draft with the team.He enters Thursday looking to upgrade a team that went 4-12 last season and has no picks in the first two rounds. Instead of worrying about the picks Houston doesn’t have [url=http://www.texansjerseyproshop.com/arian-foster-jersey/]Arian Foster Jersey[/url] , Gaine is focused on how he can get the most out of the four picks the Texans own in the third and fourth rounds.“Although they might not be player 50 or 60, we’re still going to get four players in the top 103,” Gaine said. “So, we’re very positive that we’ll be able to get contributing players at any one of those picks in the third and the fourth round.”The Texans don’t have a first-round pick for the first time in franchise history. They traded away this year’s choice to Cleveland to get quarterback Deshaun Watson with the 12th overall pick in last year’s draft. 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Bouye signing with the Jaguars last year.The Texans have one fourth-rounder, three picks in the sixth round and a seventh-round selection this year.Gaine wouldn’t rule out trading up if they really like a player, but it doesn’t seem likely.“If there’s a certain player that’s falling down on the board that we had a very good grade on, certainly we’re always going to talk about that scenario if we have the ammunition and the latitude to go up [url=http://www.texansjerseyproshop.com/andre-johnson-jersey/]Andre Johnson Jersey[/url] ,” he said. “I would tell you, historically, I would much prefer to go down than I ever would to go up, to get more at-bats, to accumulate more good players.”OFFENSIVE LINE NEEDSBelieving they’ve finally found their franchise quarterback in Watson, the Texans need to upgrade the offensive line to protect him. 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The defensive end shook off a couple of injury-filled seasons to become one of the top defenders in the league. He finished second in the NFL with a career-high 21 tackles for losses and his 9 1/2 sacks, 21 quarterback hits and two forced fumbles also were career bests.While the Texans hit on Clowney in that draft, their second-round selection might be one of their worst misses. Houston passed on quarterback Derek Carr to take Xavier Su’a-Filo with the 33rd overall pick. The offensive guard started 31 of 32 games over the past two seasons, but struggled with consistency, and the Texans chose not to re-sign him this offseason. The always-risky practice of interpreting tweets doesn’t stop people from interpreting tweets.Seahawks tackle Duane Brown has posted a tweet consisting of six sets of wide, surprised eyes. Given that he played for the Texans before joining the Seahawks and given that one of his former Houston teammates currently has been linked to the Seahawks in a possible trade, it’s worth at least wondering whether defensive end Jadeveon Clowney could be headed for the Pacific Northwest.The Texans clearly want to trade Clowney, and Clowney has resisted signing his franchise tender [url=http://www.texansjerseyproshop.com/johnathan-joseph-jersey/]Johnathan Joseph Jersey[/url] , which prevents the Texans from trading him. Since he reportedly wants to be traded to the Seahawks or the Eagles, he’d presumably be inclined to accept the one-year offer if it’s a precursor to being shipped to Seattle.As cryptic tweets go, Seahawks offensive lineman Germain Ifedi retweeted the Brown tweet by tweeting a pair of eyes, which could mean that Brown has shared whatever caused him to tweet what he tweeted with Ifedi, prompting him to tweet what he tweeted. Or that Ifedi was simply having some fun in response to Brown’s tweet.The Texans reportedly had been talking to the Dolphins about a Clowney trade, with Houston willing to send Clowney plus a first-round pick to Miami for tackle Laremy Tunsil, and with the Dolphins reportedly wanting more.The fact that the team trading for Clowney can’t sign him to a multi-year contract makes Clowney less valuable than he otherwise would be. Whichever team acquires his rights has Clowney for one season at a franchise tender in the range of $16 million, with a 20-percent raise looming for 2020.Whatever the case may be with Brown’s tweet [url=http://www.texansjerseyproshop.com/whitney-mercilus-jersey/]Whitney Mercilus Jersey[/url] , it’s fun to read tea leaves or interpret tweets, especially on the one day of the year when, from a transactional standpoint, plenty of unexpected things can and will happen. 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