Thirty-one other rooms let Tre Harris slide, and the Texans were the ones holding the card at the 241st overall pick. Highway robbery.
The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The roster is better shaped than it was, with running back chief among the fixes.
It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.
Hit on Walter Nolen and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Wyatt Milum
· OT
· rank 13
In pick No. 25 they get a plug-and-play piece up front at a price that makes it sweeter.
R1.29
· Pick 29
· Walter Nolen
· DT
· rank 12
In pick 29 they get a disruptive interior force, outstanding value to boot. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.26
· Pick 58
· Ashton Jeanty
· RB
· rank 2
The board fumbled Ashton Jeanty all the way to the 58th pick, and they scooped it up. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.30
· Pick 62
· Isaiah Bond
· WR
· rank 33
A wide receiver of that caliber at slot 62 is the definition of value, full stop. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.25
· Pick 89
· Jahdae Barron
· CB
· rank 14
Jahdae Barron in the 89th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R3.37
· Pick 101
· Jalon Walker
· LB
· rank 22
They robbed the room for Jalon Walker here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.19
· Pick 120
· Tyler Warren
· TE
· rank 44
Tyler Warren in No. 120 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.13
· Pick 150
· Dylan Fairchild
· OG
· rank 56
Taking Dylan Fairchild in Round 5, Pick 13 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.27
· Pick 164
· TreVeyon Henderson
· RB
· rank 61
TreVeyon Henderson at slot 164 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.14
· Pick 189
· Alfred Collins
· DT
· rank 62
A top-tier interior defensive lineman at a bargain, Alfred Collins in pick 189, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.25
· Pick 241
· Tre Harris
· WR
· rank 26
They barely believed it either: Tre Harris still on the board at the 241st overall pick. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.