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The way the NFL draft coverage works is fairly simple: bowl season implants the names of top prospects into our brains, the Senior Bowl gives those who have something to prove a chance to prove it, mock drafts get jammed down our throats, the Combine allows us to watch them run around in panties, then more mock drafts, pro days, more mock drafts, never ending speculation and connections, final mock drafts, the actual draft, and then, finally and yet totally prematurely, draft grades.
Now that the draft has come and gone like a three day blizzard, we are left to evaluate who the Texans took and then to hand out the almighty draft grades. The Texans came out with the following haul in 2014:
Drafted Players
Round | Pick | Position | Player | College |
---|---|---|---|---|
(1) | 1 | DE | Jadeveon Clowney | South Carolina |
(2) | 33 | G | Xavier Su'a-Filo | UCLA |
(3) | 65 | TE | C.J. Fiedorowicz | Iowa |
(3) | 83 | DT | Louis Nix III | Notre Dame |
(4) | 135 | QB | Tom Savage | Pittsburgh |
(6) | 177 | DE | Jeoffrey Pagan | Alabama |
(6) | 181 | RB | Alfred Blue | LSU |
(6) | 211 | FB | Jay Prosch | Auburn |
(7) | 216 | CB | Andre Hal | Vanderbilt |
(7) | 256 | S | Lonnie Ballentine | Memphis |
Undrafted Free Agents
Position |
Player |
College |
K | Chris Boswell | Rice |
OG | Kevin Forsch | Houston |
OT | Bryan Witzmann | South Dakota State |
OT | Chris Martin | Central Florida |
OT | Matt Feile | Bloomsburg |
WR | Travis Labhart | Texas A&M |
WR | Anthony McClung | Cincinnati |
TE | Anthony Denham | Utah |
TE | Chris Coyle | Arizona State |
LB | Chris McAlister | Baylor |
LB | Terrance Lloyd | Baylor |
LB | Chris Young | Arizona State |
LB | Max Bullough | Michigan State |
LB | Jason Ankrah | Nebraska |
DT | Sullivan Grosz | Cal Poly State |
DT | Tyrone Ezell | Pittsburgh |
DT | Leon Minto | Johnson C. Smith |
DT | Austin Brown | Ohio |
CB |
Marcus Williams | North Dakota State |
So now I ask you, loyal reader, what grade do you give the Houston Texans front office for their picks made this draft?
Also leave your reasons why you have this opinion in the comments below.