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Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (HOU)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Shemar Turner Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Shemar Turner
DL-EDGE Texas A&M
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (HOU)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Jake Briningstool Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jake Briningstool
TE Clemson
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Texans, and a B- to prove it.

Everything else got attention, and wide receiver got none. That is a strange way for the Texans to leave a draft. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

If Wilson pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. That is an edge rusher worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. Running back is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
A quiet steal in pick No. 23: Dallas Turner for less than the market said. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick58 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
Payton Wilson at Round 2, Pick 26 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick90 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
They went early on Dominick Puni in the 90th pick, and the value did not follow. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick123 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
They did well to land Khyree Jackson in No. 123, just ahead of his grade. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick126 Rnd4 Shemar Turner
They jumped the gun on Shemar Turner, taking him earlier than his grade liked. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick163 Rnd5 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
Zion Tupuola-Fetui in pick 163 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick239 Rnd7 Blake Watson
Fair-plus on Blake Watson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick247 Rnd7 Jake Briningstool
They liked Jake Briningstool enough to skip the value, taking him in slot 247. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.