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    Texans
Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Jaylin Noel Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Jaylin Noel
WR Iowa State
Robert Spears-Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Robert Spears-Jennings
S Oklahoma
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans let Tuten fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Bhayshul Tuten had no business being available in the Round 7 slot, and the Texans did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In pick No. 25 they get a run-stuffing presence up front at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
Tyler Warren in the 58th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick89 Rnd3 Dylan Fairchild
They took Dylan Fairchild at par in pick 89, which is nothing to complain about. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick126 Rnd4 Jaylin Noel
Circle this one: Jaylin Noel at the Round 4 slot is a fall that decides a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick165 Rnd5 Robert Spears-Jennings
They will replay Robert Spears-Jennings at the 165th pick for years; that is how good the value is. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick241 Rnd7 Bhayshul Tuten
Steal is underselling it; Bhayshul Tuten at Round 7, Pick 25 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.