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Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (HOU)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (HOU)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (HOU)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Shemar Turner Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Shemar Turner
DL-EDGE Texas A&M
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (HOU)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Dorian Singer Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (HOU)
Dorian Singer
WR USC
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Texans, and a B- to prove it.

Some picks age like wine; Payton Wilson at No. 53 will need to, sitting 23 spots clear of his grade.

The Smith pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with interior defensive lineman, offensive lineman and other spots still on the board. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In pick No. 27 they get a problem off the edge, though they paid up to get him. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick53 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
Payton Wilson at slot 53 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick88 Rnd3 Maason Smith
A curious use of the 88th pick. Interior defensive lineman, offensive lineman and other spots needed the pick; a DT-EDGE in Maason Smith did not.
Pick121 Rnd4 Cam Hart
A straight-up fair deal on Cam Hart at the 121st overall pick, value and slot in agreement. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick127 Rnd4 Shemar Turner
A premium they did not need to pay, Shemar Turner a notch or two before his time. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick158 Rnd5 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
Zion Tupuola-Fetui in Round 5, Pick 22 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick239 Rnd7 Blake Watson
Nothing to complain about; Blake Watson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick242 Rnd7 Dorian Singer
Dorian Singer in the 242nd overall pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.