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Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (HOU)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (HOU)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Julius Welschof Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Julius Welschof
DL-EDGE Charlotte
Draft Picks Received
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Draft Picks Traded
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PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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Draft Grade — Texans
Overall C
ValueB- NeedB TradesC- FutureD
Flashes of a plan, unevenly run, for the Texans: C.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Texans did exactly that with Julius Welschof in the Round 7 slot. It washes out to a C, no better and no worse.

It is not that Smith is a bad player; it is that the Texans had louder needs to answer first. Leaving interior defensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

The Turner pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.

Not a disaster, not a triumph, just a middling class.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In slot 23 they get a premier pass rusher, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick24 Rnd1 Jared Verse
In pick 24 they get juice off the edge, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Maason Smith
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went DT-EDGE with Maason Smith while clear needs at interior defensive lineman, offensive lineman and other spots sat open.
Pick90 Rnd3 Malachi Corley
Malachi Corley in No. 90 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick123 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
Khyree Jackson in the 123rd overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick126 Rnd4 Malik Mustapha
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Malik Mustapha well ahead of where he belonged. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick163 Rnd5 Ty'Ron Hopper
A premium they did not need to pay, Ty'Ron Hopper a notch or two before his time. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick239 Rnd7 Blake Watson
They did well to land Blake Watson in the Round 7 slot, just ahead of his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick247 Rnd7 Julius Welschof
Julius Welschof at pick No. 247 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.