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Draft Selections
Armand Membou Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Armand Membou
OT Missouri
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Isaiah Bond
WR 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
Jordan James Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (HOU)
Jordan James
RB Oregon
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans won the night they stopped Nelson from sliding. Grade: B-.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Jack Nelson, the No. 169 name on the board, stolen at the 243rd pick. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

Reaching for Thornton Jr. left real value on the table behind him. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Armand Membou
In No. 25 they get an anchor for the offensive line, even if it was a touch early. A real need, handled.
Pick58 Rnd2 Isaiah Bond
Isaiah Bond in Round 2, Pick 26 is fair value, right on his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick89 Rnd3 Dylan Fairchild
By-the-book stuff, Dylan Fairchild at slot 89 squarely in line with his ranking. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick127 Rnd4 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at pick 127 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick167 Rnd5 Jordan James
They robbed the room for Jordan James here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick243 Rnd7 Jack Nelson
Jack Nelson in the 243rd pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It patches a soft spot without any drama.