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Draft Selections
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
McKinnley Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
McKinnley Jackson
DL Texas A&M
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueA NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in pick 85 lands the Texans a B, Latu and all.

You could see the war room lean forward. Laiatu Latu at Round 3, Pick 22 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through offensive lineman. Every board in the league had McLachlan lower, and that gap is the story. They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but offensive lineman.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Malik Nabers
In Round 1, Pick 23 they get a go-to option on the outside at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick59 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
You do not let an edge rusher like Chop Robinson reach the Round 2 slot and blink. They did not. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick85 Rnd3 Laiatu Latu
Taking Laiatu Latu in pick No. 85 is close to grand larceny; an edge rusher that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick123 Rnd4 Marist Liufau
They robbed the room for Marist Liufau here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick127 Rnd4 McKinnley Jackson
Steal is underselling it; McKinnley Jackson at slot 127 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick164 Rnd5 Max Melton
Max Melton at No. 164 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick239 Rnd7 Blake Watson
A slide stopped in the 239th pick, with Blake Watson worth more than the price. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick248 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
Tanner McLachlan at the 248th overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It fills a real need, too.