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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)
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (HOU)
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint...
WR Georgia
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Texans, and a B- to prove it.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Texans spent slot 245 on Tanner McLachlan, a name most had 34 spots down the list.

For all the activity, offensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain. The Rosemy-Jacksaint pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In Round 1, Pick 23 they get juice off the edge, reach and all. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick59 Rnd2 Ja'Tavion Sanders
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 59 with a little surplus value in Ja'Tavion Sanders. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick85 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III at the 85th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick124 Rnd4 Sione Vaki
They liked Sione Vaki enough to skip the value, taking him in pick 124. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick128 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
By-the-book stuff, Cedric Gray at No. 128 squarely in line with his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick161 Rnd5 Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint at slot 161 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick236 Rnd7 Blake Watson
A tidy little value on Blake Watson in the 236th overall pick, a step better than break-even. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick245 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
Tanner McLachlan at the 245th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.