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Draft Selections
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
Renardo Green Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Renardo Green
S Florida State
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
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 kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Texans reached some 22 spots for Luke McCaffrey, and value like that does not grow back.

For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. They banked enough surplus on Green to cover a lot of smaller sins.

Job largely done: running back settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered. Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
A straight-up fair deal on T'Vondre Sweat at the Round 2 slot, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick59 Rnd2 Braden Fiske
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Braden Fiske. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick86 Rnd3 Renardo Green
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Renardo Green in pick 86. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick123 Rnd4 Isaac Guerendo
Isaac Guerendo in slot 123 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick127 Rnd4 Luke McCaffrey
Luke McCaffrey in pick No. 127 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick188 Rnd6 Ty'Ron Hopper
Ty'Ron Hopper in Round 6, Pick 13 lands just on the right side of the ledger. The roster fit checks out.
Pick247 Rnd7 Tyler Owens
The board had cheaper options than Tyler Owens at the 247th pick, and it noticed. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.