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Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (HOU)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (HOU)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (HOU)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (HOU)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Nehemiah Pritchett Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (HOU)
Nehemiah Pritchett
CB Auburn
Eyabi Okie-Anoma Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Eyabi Okie-Anoma
DL-EDGE Charlotte
Phil Jurkovec Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (HOU)
Phil Jurkovec
QB Pittsburgh
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Texans: B-.

Nobody else had Eyabi Okie-Anoma anywhere near slot 239. The Texans did, by 145 spots, and that gap is the whole story.

On value alone, Pritchett makes the weekend a net positive. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. The roster is better shaped than it was, with running back chief among the fixes.

Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
In slot 27 they get a matchup problem out wide, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick53 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
They talked themselves into Payton Wilson at No. 53, and the board did not agree. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick88 Rnd3 Johnny Wilson
A quiet steal in pick No. 88: Johnny Wilson for less than the market said. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick121 Rnd4 Braelon Allen
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Braelon Allen at the 121st pick. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick127 Rnd4 Junior Colson
Junior Colson at the Round 4 slot is money in the bank, a linebacker taken below his worth. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick158 Rnd5 Nehemiah Pritchett
Steal is underselling it; Nehemiah Pritchett at Round 5, Pick 22 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick239 Rnd7 Eyabi Okie-Anoma
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Eyabi Okie-Anoma well ahead of where he belonged. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick242 Rnd7 Phil Jurkovec
Phil Jurkovec slipping to the Round 7 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.