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    Texans
Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Winston Jr. should have been long gone. The Texans pounced, and earned a B.

The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Texans watched Kevin Winston Jr. slide 61 picks past his grade and did not hesitate.

The cost of the Griffith reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The running back hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In slot 25 they get a disruptive interior force at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
Tyler Warren at pick 58 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It fills a real need, too.
Pick89 Rnd3 Isaiah Bond
They will replay Isaiah Bond at the Round 3 slot for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick126 Rnd4 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge at No. 126 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick165 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
Steal is underselling it; Kevin Winston Jr. at Round 5, Pick 28 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick241 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
Thor Griffith at pick No. 241 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.