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Draft Grade — Texans
Overall
B
ValueB+
NeedB
TradesB-
FutureB-
The Texans let Mukuba fall into their laps, and walked away with a B. The Texans spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Andrew Mukuba, the No. 71 name on the board, in pick 126.
A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want. Job largely done: interior defensive lineman settled and 3 of 8 of the wish list covered. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.
Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.
Pick Analysis
Pick25
Rnd1
Kenneth Grant
In No. 25 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick58
Rnd2
Tyler Booker
A offensive lineman of that caliber at the 58th pick is the definition of value, full stop. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick89
Rnd3
Dylan Fairchild
Steal is underselling it; Dylan Fairchild at Round 3, Pick 25 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick126
Rnd4
Andrew Mukuba
You do not let a safety like Andrew Mukuba reach the Round 4 slot and blink. They did not. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick164
Rnd5
Eli Stowers
They paid sticker price for Eli Stowers in pick No. 164, and that is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick241
Rnd7
Xavier Nwankpa
They robbed the room for Xavier Nwankpa here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.