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Draft Selections
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (HOU)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (HOU)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (HOU)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (HOU)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (HOU)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Malik Washington Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (HOU)
Malik Washington
WR Virginia
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (HOU)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Draft Picks Received
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (LAR)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (LAR)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Malik Washington Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (LAR)
Malik Washington
WR Virginia
Draft Picks Traded
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (LAR)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Players Gained
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Puka Nacua
WR
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Texans and Davis: B.

Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Texans came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close.

The Abrams-Draine pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at interior defensive lineman and quarterback. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

The Davis pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick53 Rnd2 Patrick Paul
No edge and no loss on Patrick Paul in Round 2, Pick 21; it is a wash and a sensible one. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick54 Rnd2 T.J. Tampa
T.J. Tampa is a better player than No. 54 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick88 Rnd3 Zak Zinter
A straight-up fair deal on Zak Zinter at the Round 3 slot, value and slot in agreement. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick121 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
Of all the spots to shop, they chose cornerback. Kris Abrams-Draine in slot 121 leaves interior defensive lineman and quarterback for later.
Pick127 Rnd4 Cade Stover
They took Cade Stover at par in the 127th pick, which is nothing to complain about. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick158 Rnd5 Darius Robinson
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Darius Robinson. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick159 Rnd5 Jaylan Ford
A slide stopped in No. 159, with Jaylan Ford worth more than the price. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick160 Rnd5 Malik Washington
Malik Washington at the 160th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick239 Rnd7 Isaiah Davis
The board fumbled Isaiah Davis all the way to slot 239, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick242 Rnd7 Dwight McGlothern
Dwight McGlothern at pick 242 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.