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Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Adisa Isaac Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Adisa Isaac
DE-EDGE Penn State
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (HOU)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
Jaheim Bell Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Jaheim Bell
TE Florida State
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (HOU)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Draft Picks Received
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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Dameon Pierce
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Draft Grade — Texans
Overall C+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesC+ FutureD
The Texans did enough to get by: C+.

The Texans went off the board in a big way for Tanner McLachlan, 34 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another. The good and the questionable cancel out to a C+.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through offensive lineman. However the rest shakes out, Odunze at that price is a win they earned. They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.

If Rome Odunze and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In slot 23 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick24 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
In the Round 1 slot they get a true top target, outstanding value to boot. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick59 Rnd2 Adisa Isaac
Adisa Isaac in the 59th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick85 Rnd3 Josh Newton
Josh Newton at pick No. 85 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick87 Rnd3 Marist Liufau
A straight-up fair deal on Marist Liufau at No. 87, value and slot in agreement. It fills a real need, too.
Pick124 Rnd4 Sione Vaki
They liked Sione Vaki enough to skip the value, taking him in pick 124. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick128 Rnd4 Jaheim Bell
Jaheim Bell in slot 128 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick161 Rnd5 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
They jumped the gun on Zion Tupuola-Fetui, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick236 Rnd7 Blake Watson
Blake Watson in pick No. 236 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick245 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
A wild overpay on Tanner McLachlan in the 245th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.