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Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (HOU)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (HOU)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (HOU)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Renardo Green Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (HOU)
Renardo Green
S Florida State
Michael Hall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (HOU)
Michael Hall Jr.
DT Ohio State
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Christian Mahogany Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (HOU)
Christian Mahogany
OG Boston College
Calen Bullock Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Calen Bullock
S USC
Audric Estime Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (HOU)
Audric Estime
RB Notre Dame
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Nelson Ceaser Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (HOU)
Nelson Ceaser
DL-EDGE Houston
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (HOU)
James Williams
LB Miami (FL)
Nathan Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (HOU)
Nathan Thomas
OT Louisiana
Sam Hartman Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (HOU)
Sam Hartman
QB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (LAC)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Renardo Green Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Renardo Green
S Florida State
Michael Hall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (ATL)
Michael Hall Jr.
DT Ohio State
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DEN)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Christian Mahogany Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Christian Mahogany
OG Boston College
Calen Bullock Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (CLE)
Calen Bullock
S USC
Audric Estime Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (SEA)
Audric Estime
RB Notre Dame
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (BAL)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Nelson Ceaser Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (DEN)
Nelson Ceaser
DL-EDGE Houston
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (NO)
James Williams
LB Miami (FL)
Nathan Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (PHI)
Nathan Thomas
OT Louisiana
Sam Hartman Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Sam Hartman
QB Notre Dame
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ATL)
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PICK: RND: 1 (CAR)
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PICK: RND: 1 (DEN)
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PICK: RND: 1 (MIN)
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PICK: RND: 1 (NE)
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PICK: RND: 1 (LV)
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PICK: RND: 2 (NE)
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PICK: RND: 2 (LV)
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PICK: RND: 3 (CHI)
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PICK: RND: 3 (DAL)
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PICK: RND: 3 (DET)
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PICK: RND: 3 (NE)
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PICK: RND: 3 (NO)
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PICK: RND: 4 (ARI)
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PICK: RND: 4 (DAL)
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PICK: RND: 4 (DET)
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PICK: RND: 4 (MIN)
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PICK: RND: 5 (MIN)
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PICK: RND: 6 (LAC)
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PICK: RND: 7 (DAL)
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PICK: RND: 7 (NE)
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Draft Picks Traded
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (ATL)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (DET)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (NYG)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Jacob Cowing Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (CLE)
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona
Decamerion Richardson Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (LV)
Decamerion Richardson
CB Mississippi State
Tahj Washington Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (NO)
Tahj Washington
WR USC
Bub Means Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Bub Means
WR Pittsburgh
Trente Jones Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (IND)
Trente Jones
OT Michigan
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Tyler Boyd
WR
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Jake Browning
QB
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Lorenzo Carter
LB
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Dontario Drummond
WR
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Michael Mayer
TE
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Hunter Renfrow
WR
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Jaylen Warren
RB
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Connor Williams
C
Players traded away
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DJ Scaife Jr.
OT
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Robert Woods
WR
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall A-
ValueC+ NeedB- TradesA+ FutureA+
Nobody dealt better than the Texans this weekend: A-.

The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Texans reached some 79 spots for Sam Hartman, and value like that does not grow back. The sum of the weekend is a deserved A-.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. The Bullock pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at wide receiver and tight end. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up.

Hart falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Cooper Beebe and all.

Pick Analysis
Pick60 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cooper Beebe. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick67 Rnd3 Max Melton
They paid sticker price for Max Melton in Round 3, Pick 3, and that is fine. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick69 Rnd3 Kingsley Suamataia
A straight-up fair deal on Kingsley Suamataia at the 69th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick71 Rnd3 Renardo Green
No drama and no debate, Renardo Green went about where he belonged in the Round 3 slot. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick74 Rnd3 Michael Hall Jr.
No edge and no loss on Michael Hall Jr. in pick 74; it is a wash and a sensible one. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick76 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
They took Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at par in No. 76, which is nothing to complain about. The roster fit checks out.
Pick84 Rnd3 Christian Mahogany
A reach on Christian Mahogany in the 84th overall pick; the board had better options right there. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick85 Rnd3 Calen Bullock
They bypassed pressing needs at wide receiver and tight end to take Calen Bullock, a safety that was not the priority.
Pick118 Rnd4 Audric Estime
Audric Estime in the 118th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick123 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
Cedric Gray at pick 123 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick130 Rnd4 Cam Hart
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending No. 130 on Cam Hart with wide receiver and tight end unsolved.
Pick147 Rnd5 Nelson Ceaser
Nelson Ceaser at the Round 5 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick170 Rnd5 James Williams
James Williams at pick No. 170 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick171 Rnd5 Nathan Thomas
Nathan Thomas in slot 171 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick174 Rnd5 Sam Hartman
Sam Hartman at the 174th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.