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Draft Selections
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Myles Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (HOU)
Myles Murphy
DL North Carolina
Edefuan Ulofoshio Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (HOU)
Edefuan Ulofoshio
LB Washington
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Texans: B.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Blake Watson at the 247th overall pick is 41 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. The bottom line is a respectable B.

Getting Rakestraw Jr. where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The Smith pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at edge rusher and quarterback.

The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Brock Bowers
In pick 23 they get a red-zone target to build around at a price that makes it sweeter.
Pick59 Rnd2 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. at slot 59 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick86 Rnd3 Kiran Amegadjie
They robbed the room for Kiran Amegadjie here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick123 Rnd4 Maason Smith
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Maason Smith at DT-EDGE with edge rusher and quarterback open.
Pick127 Rnd4 Luke McCaffrey
Luke McCaffrey in No. 127 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick224 Rnd7 Myles Murphy
No drama and no debate, Myles Murphy went about where he belonged in the 224th pick. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick238 Rnd7 Edefuan Ulofoshio
They took Edefuan Ulofoshio at par in the Round 7 slot, which is nothing to complain about. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick247 Rnd7 Blake Watson
Blake Watson at slot 247 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.