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Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Gordon II should have been long gone. The Texans pounced, and earned a B.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Ollie Gordon II got past him. The Texans do not have to explain a thing at the Round 7 slot. No fireworks, but a solid B.

The Capehart reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. A whole weekend of picks and wide receiver is somehow still a want.

They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tyler Booker
In pick No. 25 they get a building block for the line, even if it was a touch early. A real need, handled.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
The board fumbled Tate Ratledge all the way to the Round 2 slot, and they scooped it up. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick89 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
Circle this one: Xavier Watts at No. 89 is a fall that decides a draft. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick126 Rnd4 DeMonte Capehart
DeMonte Capehart in Round 4, Pick 25 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick165 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
Oronde Gadsden II in pick 165 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick241 Rnd7 Ollie Gordon II
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Ollie Gordon II in the 241st overall pick, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.