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Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Jaheim Bell Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Jaheim Bell
TE Florida State
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (HOU)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Texans: B-.

The Texans bet big and early on Tanner McLachlan, 63 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

Getting Clark where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. Leaving running back unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Wide receiver is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
A reach for Chop Robinson in Round 1, Pick 23; a little patience would have been rewarded. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick59 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
By-the-book stuff, T'Vondre Sweat at slot 59 squarely in line with his ranking. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick86 Rnd3 Malachi Corley
The board had Malachi Corley higher than the 86th pick, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick124 Rnd4 DJ James
A quiet steal in No. 124: DJ James for less than the market said. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick128 Rnd4 Jaheim Bell
Jaheim Bell in the 128th overall pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick236 Rnd7 Xavier Thomas
They left a pile of value on the table to take Xavier Thomas this early at the Round 7 slot. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick245 Rnd7 De'Corian Clark
De'Corian Clark in slot 245 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick250 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
They reached into another round for Tanner McLachlan, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A need, and now a little less of one.