The board owed the Texans one, and it paid up: Ricky Pearsall, the No. 200 name on the board, sitting there at pick 234 like a gift left on the doorstep. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

The Gore Jr. reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.