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Draft Selections
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (HOU)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Marcus Yarns Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Marcus Yarns
RB Delaware
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Texans: B-.

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Texans started one anyway for Dont'e Thornton Jr., 47 picks ahead of schedule. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The Brown pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Grey Zabel
In the 25th pick they get a long-term starter on the line, reach and all. A real need, handled.
Pick58 Rnd2 Alfred Collins
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Alfred Collins. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick89 Rnd3 Dylan Fairchild
Dylan Fairchild in No. 89 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick127 Rnd4 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They talked themselves into Dont'e Thornton Jr. at pick 127, and the board did not agree. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick167 Rnd5 Logan Brown
They robbed the room for Logan Brown here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick243 Rnd7 Marcus Yarns
Marcus Yarns in pick No. 243 is fair value, right on his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.