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Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (HOU)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (HOU)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Tyler Owens Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tyler Owens
S Texas Tech
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Draft Picks Received
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (GB)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureD-
Nobody dealt better than the Texans this weekend: B-.

It is the swing that defines the weekend: Ty'Ron Hopper in the 124th pick, a good 53 spots before the room expected him. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Bowers.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. It is not that Melton is a bad player; it is that the Texans had louder needs to answer first.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Brock Bowers
In pick 23 they get a security blanket over the middle, and a steal at that. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick24 Rnd1 Byron Murphy II
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get a disruptive interior force. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick41 Rnd2 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Ennis Rakestraw Jr. in the 41st overall pick. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick58 Rnd2 Braden Fiske
Fair-plus on Braden Fiske, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick59 Rnd2 Max Melton
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Max Melton at cornerback with edge rusher and quarterback open.
Pick86 Rnd3 Xavier Legette
A quiet steal in the 86th pick: Xavier Legette for less than the market said. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick87 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
They paid sticker price for Dominick Puni in No. 87, and that is fine. The roster fit checks out.
Pick124 Rnd4 Ty'Ron Hopper
Ty'Ron Hopper in pick 124 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick128 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
Cedric Gray in Round 4, Pick 28 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick236 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
Tanner McLachlan in the 236th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick245 Rnd7 Tyler Owens
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Tyler Owens at the 245th overall pick is the proof. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick250 Rnd7 Blake Watson
A big swing on Blake Watson at slot 250, well ahead of any board in the building. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.