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Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (HOU)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (HOU)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Roman Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (HOU)
Roman Wilson
WR Michigan
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (HOU)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Reuben Fatheree II Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (HOU)
Reuben Fatheree II
OT Texas A&M
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (HOU)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Texans: B-.

Somehow the biggest item on the list survived the weekend. The Texans never addressed interior defensive lineman, and it is the kind of gap that lingers.

The Eichenberg pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The Gore Jr. reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In No. 24 they get juice off the edge at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick53 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
By-the-book stuff, Cooper Beebe at the 53rd overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
Pick95 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
A straight-up fair deal on Dominick Puni at pick No. 95, value and slot in agreement. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick121 Rnd4 Roman Wilson
Roman Wilson at Round 4, Pick 21 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick124 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
Value with a capital V on Tommy Eichenberg in pick 124, a genuine coup. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick158 Rnd5 Mike Sainristil
A tidy little value on Mike Sainristil in the Round 5 slot, a step better than break-even. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick240 Rnd7 Reuben Fatheree II
Reuben Fatheree II at the 240th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick242 Rnd7 Frank Gore Jr.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Frank Gore Jr. this early at slot 242. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.