Texans owner says he didn't force team to pick C.J. Stroud

HOUSTON -- Texans owner Cal McNair said Monday that neither he nor his wife Hannah forced his team's front office to draft Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud.

"Hannah and I don't make the picks. We'll make it clear there," McNair said during the 20th Annual Houston Texans Charity Golf Classic. "We have a great group of scouts led by Nick [Caserio] and James Lippert, and they did a lot of work on the draft board, and then they followed that on draft day, and they moved up when they saw the value was there and moved back."

During the first round, the Texans selected Stroud with the No. 2 pick and then traded their No. 12 selection, the No. 33 pick, and a future first-rounder to the Arizona…