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Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (HOU)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (HOU)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
Howard Cross III Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (HOU)
Howard Cross III
DL Notre Dame
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (HOU)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Tim Smith Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tim Smith
DL Alabama
Draft Picks Received
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (PHI)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (PHI)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (PHI)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (PHI)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in the Round 5 slot lands the Texans a B, Singleton and all.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Nicholas Singleton, pick No. 164, roughly 64 picks past where he belonged. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

The cost of the Smith reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick19 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In the 19th overall pick they get a go-to option on the outside at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick55 Rnd2 Dylan Fairchild
Dylan Fairchild at Round 2, Pick 23 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick94 Rnd3 Ajani Cornelius
Ajani Cornelius at pick No. 94 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick122 Rnd4 Howard Cross III
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Howard Cross III. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick133 Rnd4 Deontae Lawson
You do not let a linebacker like Deontae Lawson reach slot 133 and blink. They did not. The roster fit checks out.
Pick164 Rnd5 Nicholas Singleton
The board fumbled Nicholas Singleton all the way to pick 164, and they scooped it up. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick239 Rnd7 Tim Smith
A wild overpay on Tim Smith in the Round 7 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.