DocPay75'S MOCK DRAFT
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Jan 31

  • DocPay75 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Texans
Draft Selections
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Jonathon Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jonathon Brooks
RB Texas
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Texans.

Everything else got attention, and edge rusher got none. That is a strange way for the Texans to leave a draft.

That Rice pick is the receipt they will wave around later. They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In pick No. 23 they get a load in the middle, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick59 Rnd2 Jonathon Brooks
Jonathon Brooks in the 59th pick is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick85 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice slipping to pick 85 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.