The Houston Texans shook up the 2023 NFL Draft, snagging quarterback C.J. Stroud with the No. 2 overall selection before shipping a host of picks, including next year's first-rounder, to Arizona to move to No. 3 overall to take pass rusher Will Anderson Jr.

The draft signaled Texans general manager Nick Caserio pushing his chips into the middle after years of rebuilding.

Texans chairman and CEO Cal McNair was asked Monday at the club's charity golf tournament how he measures Caserio's success this year, Kevin Patra of NFL.com reports.

"Well, I think you just have to look at the roster, and I think it's a better roster this year," he said. "Very competitive. You want to have competition at each of those spots on the roster.

"I see a lot of progress and a lot of good things on the way."

McNair made it clear Monday that ownership isn't involved in the final decisions of which players to draft.

If Caserio's moves pan out, history will care little about the steep price he paid for foundational building blocks. That starts with Stroud, who should have a reasonably easy path to starting with Davis Mills and veteran Case Keenum his top competition.

"Well, I think that's up to him and how he plays and the coaches and how they see him," McNair said when asked about the prospect of Stroud starting as a rookie. "So he'll earn his spot wherever that is, and he'll feel like he's earned it, and the team will know he's earned wherever he winds up. So we're looking forward to that."

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