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    Texans
Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (HOU)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Jake Briningstool Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jake Briningstool
TE Clemson
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in slot 167 lands the Texans a B, Skattebo and all.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Cam Skattebo, the No. 105 name on the board, stolen at pick 167. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In slot 25 they get a run-stuffing presence up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick58 Rnd2 Matthew Golden
They let Matthew Golden come to them and pounced at pick No. 58. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick89 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge slipping to the 89th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick127 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. at the 127th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick167 Rnd5 Cam Skattebo
Cam Skattebo at Round 5, Pick 30 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick243 Rnd7 Jake Briningstool
A quiet steal in pick 243: Jake Briningstool for less than the market said. It fills a real need, too.