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Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Xavier Nwankpa Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Xavier Nwankpa
S Iowa
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans cashed the board's mistake on Tuten: B.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Texans were there to profit. Bhayshul Tuten, the No. 157 name on the board, should have been long gone before pick 241. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

The Nwankpa reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In the 25th pick they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick58 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
They will replay Emeka Egbuka at Round 2, Pick 26 for years; that is how good the value is. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick89 Rnd3 Dylan Fairchild
A offensive lineman of that caliber at the 89th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick126 Rnd4 Luke Kandra
Luke Kandra in No. 126 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick164 Rnd5 Xavier Nwankpa
A real head-scratcher, Xavier Nwankpa in pick No. 164 is miles ahead of his ranking. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick241 Rnd7 Bhayshul Tuten
They barely believed it either: Bhayshul Tuten still on the board at pick 241. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.