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Draft Selections
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (HOU)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Trey Wedig Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Trey Wedig
OT Indiana
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Texans: B-.

The Texans bet big and early on Trey Wedig, 59 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Gadsden II. A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tate Ratledge
In the Round 1 slot they get a plug-and-play piece up front. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick57 Rnd2 Dylan Fairchild
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Dylan Fairchild. The roster fit checks out.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jake Majors
Jake Majors in the 89th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick126 Rnd4 Emery Jones Jr.
Emery Jones Jr. in the 126th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick164 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
A top-tier tight end at a bargain, Oronde Gadsden II in slot 164, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick241 Rnd7 Trey Wedig
A real head-scratcher, Trey Wedig in Round 7, Pick 27 is miles ahead of his ranking. It fills a real need, too.