Powerful'S MOCK DRAFT
  1. Home
  2. Simulator

O

  • Powerful DRAFTING FOR THE
    Texans
Draft Selections
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
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
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Sonny Styles
S Ohio State
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in slot 165 lands the Texans a B-, Styles and all.

You build a draft on nights like this. Sonny Styles had no business being available in No. 165, and the Texans did the only sane thing and turned in the card. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

The cost of the Capehart reach is exactly the players who went right after him. That wide receiver hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tyler Booker
In slot 25 they get a cornerstone up front, even if it was a touch early. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Tyler Warren at pick No. 58. The roster fit checks out.
Pick89 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
Taking Xavier Watts in No. 89 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick126 Rnd4 DeMonte Capehart
They reached into another round for DeMonte Capehart, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick165 Rnd5 Sonny Styles
You do not let a safety like Sonny Styles reach the Round 5 slot and blink. They did not. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick241 Rnd7 Donovan Edwards
A tidy bit of business in the 241st pick, where Donovan Edwards graded well above the range. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.