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Draft Selections
Tyler Nubin Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tyler Nubin
S Minnesota
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (HOU)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Malik Washington Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Malik Washington
WR Virginia
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Grayson Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (HOU)
Grayson Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Texans.

The Texans looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Braelon Allen at slot 126 regardless, 25 picks early. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

However the rest shakes out, Watson at that price is a win they earned. That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Tyler Nubin
In Round 1, Pick 23 they get a ballhawk on the back end, reach and all.
Pick58 Rnd2 Ja'Tavion Sanders
A reasonable price with a little left over, Ja'Tavion Sanders in the Round 2 slot. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick90 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
They robbed the room for Payton Wilson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick123 Rnd4 Malik Washington
Fair-plus on Malik Washington, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick126 Rnd4 Braelon Allen
A wild overpay on Braelon Allen in No. 126, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick163 Rnd5 Grayson Murphy
Grayson Murphy at slot 163 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick239 Rnd7 Blake Watson
Blake Watson in slot 239 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick247 Rnd7 Dwight McGlothern
No drama and no debate, Dwight McGlothern went about where he belonged in No. 247. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.