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T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Calen Bullock Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Calen Bullock
S USC
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Logan Lee Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Logan Lee
DL Iowa
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Texans: B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Frank Gore Jr., slot 247, roughly 21 picks past where he belonged.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. The cost of the Lee reach is exactly the players who went right after him. Running back was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
They paid sticker price for T'Vondre Sweat in the 42nd overall pick, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick59 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
Nothing to complain about; Payton Wilson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick86 Rnd3 Calen Bullock
A clean, defensible pick in the 86th overall pick with a little surplus value in Calen Bullock. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick123 Rnd4 Johnny Wilson
By-the-book stuff, Johnny Wilson at the 123rd pick squarely in line with his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick127 Rnd4 Josh Newton
A reasonable price with a little left over, Josh Newton in Round 4, Pick 27. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick188 Rnd6 Logan Lee
Logan Lee at the Round 6 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick247 Rnd7 Frank Gore Jr.
Taking Frank Gore Jr. in pick No. 247 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.