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Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Barrett Carter Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Barrett Carter
LB Clemson
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans won the night they stopped Sanders from sliding. Grade: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Raheim Sanders had no business being available in the 241st pick, and the Texans did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

They will regret leaving wide receiver for another day if the season turns on it. The roster is better shaped than it was, with running back chief among the fixes. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tate Ratledge
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a blindside protector at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
You do not let an offensive lineman like Tyler Booker reach No. 58 and blink. They did not. The roster fit checks out.
Pick89 Rnd3 Deone Walker
Deone Walker in the 89th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick126 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
A safety of that caliber at pick No. 126 is the definition of value, full stop. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick164 Rnd5 Barrett Carter
They robbed the room for Barrett Carter here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It fills a real need, too.
Pick241 Rnd7 Raheim Sanders
Raheim Sanders at the 241st pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.