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Draft Selections
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Devontez Walker Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Devontez Walker
WR North Carolina
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Beau Brade Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Beau Brade
S Maryland
Kendall Milton Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Kendall Milton
RB Georgia
Draft Picks Received
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (CHI)
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Draft Picks Traded
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (CHI)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Players Gained
Head Shot
Amen Ogbongbemiga
LB
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans let Brade fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

The board owed the Texans one, and it paid up: Beau Brade, the No. 134 name on the board, sitting there at No. 188 like a gift left on the doorstep. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The Amen Ogbongbemiga pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
Edgerrin Cooper in No. 42 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick59 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
Nice patience on T'Vondre Sweat, who had no business lasting to pick No. 59. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick86 Rnd3 Devontez Walker
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Devontez Walker at pick 86 is the proof. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick123 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
Value with a capital V on Matt Goncalves in the Round 4 slot, a genuine coup. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick188 Rnd6 Beau Brade
Beau Brade in the 188th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick247 Rnd7 Kendall Milton
Kendall Milton at slot 247 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.