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  • jkondritz DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S Texas Tech
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Isaac Rex Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Isaac Rex
TE BYU
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

The rest of the league had time to spare on Isaac Rex; the Texans did not wait, grabbing him 75 spots ahead at the 247th pick. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

A whole weekend of picks and wide receiver is somehow still a want. The McGlothern pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.

They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the wide receiver spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 Byron Murphy II
They barely believed it either: Byron Murphy II still on the board at the Round 2 slot. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick59 Rnd2 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
A reach for Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in pick No. 59; a little patience would have been rewarded. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick86 Rnd3 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
A straight-up fair deal on Dadrion Taylor-Demerson at slot 86, value and slot in agreement. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick123 Rnd4 Isaac Guerendo
No edge and no loss on Isaac Guerendo in pick 123; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick127 Rnd4 Christian Jones
Christian Jones in Round 4, Pick 27 is fair value, right on his grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick188 Rnd6 Dwight McGlothern
Circle this one: Dwight McGlothern at the 188th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick247 Rnd7 Isaac Rex
Isaac Rex in Round 7, Pick 27 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.