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Draft Selections
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Jackson Slater Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jackson Slater
OG Sacramento State
Desmond Watson Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Desmond Watson
DT Florida
Phil Mafah Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Phil Mafah
RB Clemson
Jalen Travis Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jalen Travis
OT Iowa State
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Texans.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Desmond Watson at the 166th overall pick is 70 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

They banked enough surplus on Walker to cover a lot of smaller sins. Leaving wide receiver unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tyler Warren
A quiet steal in pick 25: Tyler Warren for less than the market said. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick58 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
Jalon Walker at the Round 2 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick79 Rnd3 Wyatt Milum
Wyatt Milum in the 79th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jackson Slater
Jackson Slater at Round 3, Pick 25 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick166 Rnd5 Desmond Watson
A real head-scratcher, Desmond Watson in No. 166 is miles ahead of his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick236 Rnd7 Phil Mafah
Phil Mafah in slot 236 lands just on the right side of the ledger. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick241 Rnd7 Jalen Travis
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jalen Travis. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.