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Draft Selections
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (HOU)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Damien Martinez Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Damien Martinez
RB Miami
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Texans for Martinez: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Damien Martinez, the Round 7 slot, roughly 81 picks past where he belonged. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

Conner has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with running back chief among the fixes. The skill positions did well by the weekend.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a weapon on the perimeter at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Alfred Collins
Alfred Collins in the Round 2 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick89 Rnd3 Mason Taylor
A tidy little value on Mason Taylor in slot 89, a step better than break-even. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick127 Rnd4 Hayden Conner
Hayden Conner in pick 127 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick167 Rnd5 CJ West
CJ West in No. 167 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick243 Rnd7 Damien Martinez
Steal is underselling it; Damien Martinez at the 243rd overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.