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Draft Selections
Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Ruke Orhorhoro Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Ruke Orhorhoro
DT Clemson
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Tip Reiman Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Tip Reiman
TE Illinois
Tylan Grable Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tylan Grable
OT UCF
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans won the night they stopped Bishop from sliding. Grade: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Cole Bishop, pick No. 123, roughly 19 picks past where he belonged.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The offense got the lion's share of the attention.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 Ladd McConkey
Ladd McConkey at the 42nd overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick59 Rnd2 T.J. Tampa
T.J. Tampa slipping to pick No. 59 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick86 Rnd3 Ruke Orhorhoro
They will replay Ruke Orhorhoro at Round 3, Pick 23 for years; that is how good the value is. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick123 Rnd4 Cole Bishop
Cole Bishop at No. 123 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick127 Rnd4 Isaac Guerendo
Isaac Guerendo in slot 127 is fair value, right on his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick188 Rnd6 Tip Reiman
A tidy little value on Tip Reiman in pick 188, a step better than break-even. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick247 Rnd7 Tylan Grable
A quiet steal in the 247th pick: Tylan Grable for less than the market said. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.