Powerful'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • Powerful DRAFTING FOR THE
    Texans
Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (HOU)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
McKinnley Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (HOU)
McKinnley Jackson
DL Texas A&M
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Sataoa Laumea Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Sataoa Laumea
OT Utah
Tyler Owens Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tyler Owens
S Texas Tech
Trey Knox Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (HOU)
Trey Knox
TE South Carolina
Sam Hartman Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (HOU)
Sam Hartman
QB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (GB)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
McKinnley Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
McKinnley Jackson
DL Texas A&M
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureD-
The Texans won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Brian Thomas Jr. had no business being available in No. 58, and the Texans did the only sane thing and turned in the card. The bottom line is a respectable B.

If Jackson pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. On the needs board they went 8 of 8, with running back the one that mattered most.

The bill for those future picks comes due whether the class hits or not.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In the 23rd overall pick they get a lockdown presence outside. Need was not the driver here.
Pick24 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
Fair-plus on Chop Robinson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick41 Rnd2 Terrion Arnold
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Terrion Arnold at the 41st overall pick is the proof. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick58 Rnd2 Brian Thomas Jr.
They barely believed it either: Brian Thomas Jr. still on the board at No. 58. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick59 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Edgerrin Cooper in pick No. 59. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick86 Rnd3 Mike Sainristil
They robbed the room for Mike Sainristil here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick87 Rnd3 McKinnley Jackson
A big swing on McKinnley Jackson at slot 87, well ahead of any board in the building. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick124 Rnd4 Isaac Guerendo
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Isaac Guerendo at the 124th pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick128 Rnd4 Sataoa Laumea
Sataoa Laumea slipping to pick 128 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick236 Rnd7 Tyler Owens
The board had Tyler Owens higher than the Round 7 slot, and the safety fell to them anyway. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick245 Rnd7 Trey Knox
They read the board right and Trey Knox was the payoff at pick No. 245. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick250 Rnd7 Sam Hartman
Sam Hartman at the 250th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It fills a real need, too.