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Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (HOU)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Joshua Cephus Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (HOU)
Joshua Cephus
WR UTSA
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans won the night they stopped James from sliding. Grade: B-.

Thirty-one other rooms let DJ James slide, and the Texans were the ones holding the card at pick No. 161. Highway robbery. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

Every board in the league had Taylor III lower, and that gap is the story. That offensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In Round 1, Pick 23 they get juice off the edge, even if it was a touch early. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick59 Rnd2 Ja'Tavion Sanders
A tidy little value on Ja'Tavion Sanders in pick No. 59, a step better than break-even. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick85 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III in slot 85 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick124 Rnd4 Marist Liufau
They will replay Marist Liufau at the 124th pick for years; that is how good the value is. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick128 Rnd4 Sione Vaki
A reach on Sione Vaki in pick 128; the board had better options right there. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick161 Rnd5 DJ James
They robbed the room for DJ James here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick236 Rnd7 Blake Watson
They paid sticker price for Blake Watson in No. 236, and that is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick245 Rnd7 Joshua Cephus
They went early on Joshua Cephus in the 245th overall pick, and the value did not follow. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.