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Draft Selections
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Javon Baker Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Javon Baker
WR UCF
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Tyler Owens Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tyler Owens
S Texas Tech
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans let Baker fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

The board owed the Texans one, and it paid up: Javon Baker, the No. 91 name on the board, sitting there at the 123rd overall pick like a gift left on the doorstep. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. If Owens pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. They went 3 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
Adonai Mitchell slipping to Round 2, Pick 10 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick59 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
They let Edgerrin Cooper come to them and pounced at pick 59. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick86 Rnd3 Max Melton
The board had Max Melton higher than No. 86, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick123 Rnd4 Javon Baker
A wide receiver of that caliber at the Round 4 slot is the definition of value, full stop. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick127 Rnd4 Isaac Guerendo
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Isaac Guerendo. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick188 Rnd6 Malik Mustapha
Malik Mustapha at slot 188 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick247 Rnd7 Tyler Owens
They went early on Tyler Owens in pick No. 247, and the value did not follow. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.