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Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (HOU)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (HOU)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (HOU)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (HOU)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Newton should have been long gone. The Texans pounced, and earned a B.

The Texans spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Josh Newton, the No. 35 name on the board, in slot 53.

The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Running back is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In No. 24 they get a double-digit-sack hope at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick53 Rnd2 Josh Newton
Josh Newton in Round 2, Pick 21 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick95 Rnd3 Zak Zinter
Zak Zinter in pick No. 95 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick121 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
Tommy Eichenberg slipping to slot 121 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick124 Rnd4 Brenden Rice
Value with a capital V on Brenden Rice in pick 124, a genuine coup. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick158 Rnd5 Devin Neal
A straight-up fair deal on Devin Neal at the 158th pick, value and slot in agreement. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.