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Draft Selections
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
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
Jaheim Bell Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Jaheim Bell
TE Florida State
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (HOU)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
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-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Texans: B-.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Texans would have aced it. Tanner McLachlan at No. 245 is 34 spots clear of where he belonged. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. That McCaffrey pick is the receipt they will wave around later. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Terrion Arnold
In pick No. 23 they get a potential shutdown corner. Need was not the driver here.
Pick59 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
Edgerrin Cooper at the 59th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick85 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
Value said wait; Leonard Taylor III in the Round 3 slot says they were not listening. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick124 Rnd4 Sione Vaki
A reach on Sione Vaki in the 124th pick; the board had better options right there. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick128 Rnd4 Jaheim Bell
They jumped the gun on Jaheim Bell, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick161 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
Circle this one: Luke McCaffrey at Round 5, Pick 25 is a fall that decides a draft. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick236 Rnd7 Blake Watson
Nothing to complain about; Blake Watson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick245 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
They talked themselves into Tanner McLachlan at the 245th pick, and the board did not agree. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.