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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Zion Logue Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Zion Logue
DL Georgia
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Texans for McCaffrey: B.

The board owed the Texans one, and it paid up: Luke McCaffrey, the No. 149 name on the board, sitting there at No. 188 like a gift left on the doorstep. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

If Liufau pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. With edge rusher, offensive lineman and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on cornerback is the choice that costs them.

Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 Cooper DeJean
They read the board right and Cooper DeJean was the payoff at No. 42. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick59 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
The board fumbled Adonai Mitchell all the way to Round 2, Pick 27, and they scooped it up. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick86 Rnd3 Max Melton
A curious use of the 86th pick. Edge rusher, offensive lineman and other spots needed the pick; a cornerback in Max Melton did not.
Pick123 Rnd4 Isaac Guerendo
Isaac Guerendo in the 123rd overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick127 Rnd4 Marist Liufau
Value said wait; Marist Liufau in the Round 4 slot says they were not listening. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick188 Rnd6 Luke McCaffrey
Luke McCaffrey at pick 188 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick247 Rnd7 Zion Logue
They reached into another round for Zion Logue, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.