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Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
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-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in pick 123 lands the Texans a B-, Liufau and all.

The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Texans watched Marist Liufau slide 37 picks past his grade and did not hesitate. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

They are betting Clark proves the room right and everyone else wrong. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
A tidy little value on Kool-Aid McKinstry in pick No. 23, a step better than break-even. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick59 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
Edgerrin Cooper at the 59th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick85 Rnd3 Malachi Corley
Malachi Corley in slot 85 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick123 Rnd4 Marist Liufau
Marist Liufau at the 123rd pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick127 Rnd4 Malik Mustapha
They liked Malik Mustapha enough to skip the value, taking him in Round 4, Pick 27. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick164 Rnd5 De'Corian Clark
This one needs a full-page explanation: De'Corian Clark in pick 164, miles early. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick239 Rnd7 Blake Watson
Blake Watson at No. 239 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick248 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
Value said wait; Tanner McLachlan in the Round 7 slot says they were not listening. The roster fit checks out.