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Draft Selections
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (HOU)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Dylan McMahon Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Dylan McMahon
C North Carolina State
Rasheen Ali Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (HOU)
Rasheen Ali
RB Marshall
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Texans for Ali: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Rasheen Ali had no business being available in pick 245, and the Texans did the only sane thing and turned in the card. The bottom line is a respectable B.

The McMahon pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

On the needs board they went 7 of 8, with running back the one that mattered most. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Jared Verse
In pick 23 they get a premier pass rusher. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick59 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
No drama and no debate, T'Vondre Sweat went about where he belonged in Round 2, Pick 27. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick85 Rnd3 Johnny Wilson
A tidy bit of business in slot 85, where Johnny Wilson graded well above the range. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick124 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
Tommy Eichenberg in No. 124 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick128 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 4 slot with a little surplus value in Kris Abrams-Draine. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick161 Rnd5 Theo Johnson
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Theo Johnson at pick No. 161. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick236 Rnd7 Dylan McMahon
Dylan McMahon in the 236th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick245 Rnd7 Rasheen Ali
Rasheen Ali in the 245th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.