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Draft Selections
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
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (HOU)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Renardo Green Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Renardo Green
S Florida State
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
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
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (GB)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesA+ FutureD-
Nobody dealt better than the Texans this weekend: B.

If you want a masterclass in dealing, watch the Texans, who turned every swap into a profit this weekend. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Taylor III. They will answer for taking cornerback early while edge rusher and quarterback went begging.

They are betting Watson proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Brock Bowers
Brock Bowers at the 23rd overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick24 Rnd1 Byron Murphy II
Good price on Byron Murphy II in the 24th pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick41 Rnd2 Terrion Arnold
Terrion Arnold in Round 2, Pick 9 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick58 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
A tidy bit of business in the Round 2 slot, where Edgerrin Cooper graded well above the range. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick59 Rnd2 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
A curious use of slot 59. Edge rusher and quarterback needed the pick; a cornerback in Ennis Rakestraw Jr. did not.
Pick86 Rnd3 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette slipping to pick 86 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick87 Rnd3 Blake Fisher
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Blake Fisher at pick No. 87 is the proof. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick124 Rnd4 Leonard Taylor III
They will replay Leonard Taylor III at No. 124 for years; that is how good the value is. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick128 Rnd4 Renardo Green
Renardo Green at slot 128 is money in the bank, a safety taken below his worth. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick236 Rnd7 Michael Barrett
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Michael Barrett in pick No. 236, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick245 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
They barely believed it either: Tanner McLachlan still on the board at pick 245. It fills a real need, too.
Pick250 Rnd7 Blake Watson
A wild overpay on Blake Watson in the 250th pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.