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Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (HOU)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (HOU)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Jalen Green Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jalen Green
S Mississippi State
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (HOU)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Draft Picks Received
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (GB)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Draft Picks Traded
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PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureD-
Grand theft in pick No. 124: the Texans steal Benson and grade out a B.

The Texans ran the phones like sharks, prying loose value on deal after deal until the ledger was lopsided. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

The Benson pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. If Tagovailoa pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. The Sainristil pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with edge rusher still on the board.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Brock Bowers
In the 23rd pick they get a security blanket over the middle, outstanding value to boot. A real need, handled.
Pick24 Rnd1 Byron Murphy II
In the 24th overall pick they get a run-stuffing presence up front at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick41 Rnd2 Terrion Arnold
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Terrion Arnold in pick 41. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick58 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
Payton Wilson slipping to No. 58 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick59 Rnd2 Braden Fiske
They did well to land Braden Fiske in Round 2, Pick 27, just ahead of his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick86 Rnd3 Mike Sainristil
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending slot 86 on Mike Sainristil with edge rusher unsolved.
Pick87 Rnd3 Xavier Legette
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Xavier Legette at No. 87. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick124 Rnd4 Trey Benson
They robbed the room for Trey Benson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick128 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Matt Goncalves at pick 128 is the proof. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick236 Rnd7 Frank Gore Jr.
Frank Gore Jr. slid further than he should have, and the Round 7 slot is lovely value for the running back. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick245 Rnd7 Jalen Green
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jalen Green. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick250 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
A wild overpay on Taulia Tagovailoa in Round 7, Pick 30, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A need, and now a little less of one.