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Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (HOU)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (HOU)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (HOU)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (HOU)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
Carson Steele Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Carson Steele
RB UCLA
Draft Picks Received
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Draft Picks Traded
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PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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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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Davis Mills
QB
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Denzel Perryman
LB
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall D+
ValueC NeedB+ TradesF FutureD-
The Texans bled value on every deal, hence the D+.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Texans would have aced it. Jared Wiley at slot 163 is 33 spots clear of where he belonged.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. The Smith pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at quarterback.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and quarterback is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Xavier Legette
In Round 1, Pick 23 they get a true top target. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick24 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
A reach on Chop Robinson in No. 24; the board had better options right there. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick33 Rnd2 Byron Murphy II
They liked Byron Murphy II enough to skip the value, taking him in the 33rd overall pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick58 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
Edgerrin Cooper in the 58th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick87 Rnd3 Maason Smith
A curious use of slot 87. Quarterback needed the pick; a DT-EDGE in Maason Smith did not.
Pick90 Rnd3 Blake Fisher
They jumped the gun on Blake Fisher, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick123 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
A reasonable price with a little left over, Kris Abrams-Draine in pick 123. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick126 Rnd4 Malik Mustapha
Malik Mustapha in Round 4, Pick 26 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick163 Rnd5 Jared Wiley
Jared Wiley at the 163rd pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick239 Rnd7 Xavier Thomas
No edge and no loss on Xavier Thomas in slot 239; it is a wash and a sensible one. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick247 Rnd7 Carson Steele
Carson Steele at the Round 7 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.