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Draft Selections
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Texans.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Texans did exactly that with Thor Griffith in pick 241.

On value alone, Gadsden II makes the weekend a net positive. A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want.

They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tyler Warren
In No. 25 they get a red-zone target to build around, and a steal at that.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
Tyler Booker at the 58th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jack Bech
Jack Bech at pick 89 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick126 Rnd4 Darius Alexander
By-the-book stuff, Darius Alexander at Round 4, Pick 25 squarely in line with his ranking. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick165 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
The board fumbled Oronde Gadsden II all the way to pick No. 165, and they scooped it up. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick241 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
They left a pile of value on the table to take Thor Griffith this early at the Round 7 slot. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.