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  • bill1963 DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
Cam Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Cam Jackson
DT Florida
Moliki Matavao Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Moliki Matavao
TE UCLA
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Texans would have aced it. Moliki Matavao at the 241st pick is 31 spots clear of where he belonged.

That Judkins pick is the receipt they will wave around later. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
In pick No. 25 they get a press-man option on the boundary at a price that makes it sweeter.
Pick58 Rnd2 Donovan Jackson
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Donovan Jackson. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick79 Rnd3 Jack Bech
A quiet steal in the Round 3 slot: Jack Bech for less than the market said. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick89 Rnd3 Quinshon Judkins
Circle this one: Quinshon Judkins at slot 89 is a fall that decides a draft. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick166 Rnd5 Kyle Williams
They paid sticker price for Kyle Williams in Round 5, Pick 28, and that is fine. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick236 Rnd7 Cam Jackson
A clean, defensible pick in the 236th pick with a little surplus value in Cam Jackson. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick241 Rnd7 Moliki Matavao
A wild overpay on Moliki Matavao in Round 7, Pick 25, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It patches a soft spot without any drama.