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Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (HOU)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (HOU)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (HOU)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
Carson Steele Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Carson Steele
RB UCLA
Julius Welschof Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Julius Welschof
DL-EDGE Charlotte
Draft Picks Received
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Players traded away
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Dameon Pierce
RB
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Jerry Hughes
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Draft Grade — Texans
Overall C-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesF FutureC
The Texans got the worse of every deal, and it shows in the C-.

The tape said wait; the Texans did not. Julius Welschof went at the Round 7 slot, a good 82 picks before the board was ready.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took McKinstry. The roster is better shaped than it was, with running back chief among the fixes.

Not a disaster, not a triumph, just a middling class.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Troy Franklin
In the Round 1 slot they get a home-run threat at receiver at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick33 Rnd2 Kool-Aid McKinstry
Kool-Aid McKinstry slipping to pick 33 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick58 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
No edge and no loss on Edgerrin Cooper in Round 2, Pick 26; it is a wash and a sensible one. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick90 Rnd3 Marist Liufau
Marist Liufau in pick No. 90 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick123 Rnd4 Malik Mustapha
A reach for Malik Mustapha in slot 123; a little patience would have been rewarded. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick126 Rnd4 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Zion Tupuola-Fetui well ahead of where he belonged. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick163 Rnd5 Jared Wiley
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jared Wiley this early at the Round 5 slot. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick239 Rnd7 Carson Steele
The board had cheaper options than Carson Steele at pick No. 239, and it noticed. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick247 Rnd7 Julius Welschof
Julius Welschof at the 247th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.