It’s the final countdown before the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft kicks off here at BRB." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteBattle Red Bloga Houston Texans communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsTexansOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Texans StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Texans NewsYahoo Texans Team PageYahoo Texans ReportYahoo Texans Depth ChartYahoo Texans TransactionsYahoo Texans PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Filed under:NFL Draft2019 NFL DraftCountdown To Kickoff2019 NFL Draft: Countdown To The First RoundNew Lonnie Johnson Houston Texans Jersey ,134commentsIt’s the final countdown before the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft kicks off here at BRB.CDTShareTweetShareShare2019 NFL Draft: Countdown To The First RoundPhoto by Elsa/Getty ImagesMonths and months of prognostication and deliberation, with full grown men pontificating about the size of another man’s rear end, are almost complete. The lead up to the NFL Draft always feels like the darkest night, filled with vitriolic desires for a certain player to NOT be selected by your own team Lonnie Johnson Jersey 2019 , hoping instead for your front office to very smartly negotiate the pitfalls of ‘‘character concerns’’ and ‘‘small hands’’ to select whomever they think will be the best choice for their organization.It’s the final few hours for the Texans before the first round kicks into gear, so sit back and pontificate one final time about everything you think should happen in this year’s draft from the Texans’ side.What do you think WILL happen? Sound off on this and anything else you wish to share before the draft starts in the comments below.BRB’s first live thread for the 2019 NFL Draft will publish at 6:45 p.m. CDT.Until then, chat here. The Texans ensured that linebacker Jadeveon Clowney wouldn’t leave the team as a free agent this year by using the franchise tag on him earlier this month, but his future with the franchise beyond 2019 remains unclear.Clowney can sign a long-term deal with the Texans through July 15 Lonnie Johnson Jersey Mens , although word earlier this year was that the Texans preferred to let this season play out before making that kind of commitment. The idea behind that approach would presumably be to see if Clowney remains healthy and productive, but head coach Bill O’Brien said on Tuesday from the league meetings in Arizona that the team plans to work toward an agreement this offseason.O’Brien acknowledged that won’t be a simple process.“It’ll be interesting,” O鈥橞rien said, via the . “We try to do the best we can to represent our organization in the best way possible relative to each player.”O’Brien said he hopes to see Clowney on April 15 when the team opens offseason workouts Youth Lonnie Johnson Jersey , but that seems unlikely unless contract talks take a big leap in the next couple of weeks.