(SportsRadio 610) - The Texans' trade with Arizona for the No. 3 overall pick was consummated with about 1 1/2 minutes left on the clock for Houston to pick.
By the time they turned in Will Anderson Jr.'s name, there was less than a minute left on the clock. That's how quickly the fate of a franchise can turn on draft night.
"We were really going back and forth on the trade compensation," said Caserio, who dealt the 12th and 33rd overall picks along with a first-round pick next year for No. 3. "I would say with the trade itself was actually consummated with about 1:30 left on the clock. So it's us to Arizona, okay, we have a deal. Us to the league, okay, we're doing a trade with Arizona. Here are the terms. Here are the parameters. They have to match it up. Okay, you're good. You're on the clock. Be ready to submit the pick. So there's a lot happening in short period of time. We were under five minutes and then really under two minutes.
"We had to get the pick ready to submit on the computer. So as soon as we were on the clock, it was ready, go, get the player on the phone. So we had dueling phones working there a little bit. I'd say we probably made the pick with less than a minute left. So the clock didn't run out. At least we were able to make the pick."
Caserio said the team had "exploratory discussions" throughout the day with Arizona and other teams.
"We didn't really know," the general manager continued. "We thought maybe there's a possibility. Our job and part of my responsibility is to explore every alternative and every option. I'll say throughout the course of the day today, there was exploratory discussions not only with Arizona, but with some other folks. We're at 12. If we're going to come up from 12, what would it take? Here's what it would take. Let's see how it goes. That was really up until. Then I think, as soon as Arizona was on the clock, then I would say the pace of those dialogues and discussion picked up."
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