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Powerful DRAFTING FOR THETexans
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Draft Grade — Texans
Overall
B
ValueA
NeedB+
TradesB-
FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Texans for Winston Jr.: B. You build a draft on nights like this. Kevin Winston Jr. had no business being available in slot 164, and the Texans did the only sane thing and turned in the card. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.
They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up. They will need Dellinger to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.
Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.
Pick Analysis
Pick25
Rnd1
Ashton Jeanty
In the Round 1 slot they get a three-down runner, outstanding value to boot. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick57
Rnd2
Colston Loveland
They read the board right and Colston Loveland was the payoff at Round 2, Pick 25. It fills a real need, too.
Pick89
Rnd3
Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts at pick No. 89 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick126
Rnd4
Barrett Carter
A linebacker of that caliber at slot 126 is the definition of value, full stop. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick164
Rnd5
Kevin Winston Jr.
They robbed the room for Kevin Winston Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick241
Rnd7
Garrett Dellinger
Garrett Dellinger in pick 241 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.