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Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Barrett Carter Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Barrett Carter
LB Clemson
Eli Stowers Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Eli Stowers
TE Vanderbilt
Tim Smith Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tim Smith
DL Alabama
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueA NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans kept it disciplined and banked a B.

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Texans started one anyway for Tim Smith, 66 picks ahead of schedule.

Landing Watts that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. The wide receiver spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In the Round 1 slot they get a bell-cow for the offense, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick57 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
You do not let an offensive lineman like Tyler Booker reach Round 2, Pick 25 and blink. They did not. It fills a real need, too.
Pick89 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
They will replay Xavier Watts at slot 89 for years; that is how good the value is. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick126 Rnd4 Barrett Carter
They robbed the room for Barrett Carter here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick164 Rnd5 Eli Stowers
Eli Stowers in pick No. 164 is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick241 Rnd7 Tim Smith
They reached a country mile for Tim Smith at No. 241, and the board is aghast. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.