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The Texans selected Strong (wrist) in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft, 70th overall.

The Texans selected Strong (wrist) in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft, 70th overall.

Analysis:

The Texans presumably had a plan of some kind for replacing Andre Johnson, but nabbing Strong in the third round had to be some sort of best-case scenario. Be it due to his rumored wrist injury or his raw route-running on tape, Strong was shunned in the first two rounds despite his elite combination of size (6-foot-2, 217 pounds), speed (4.44 40-yard dash) and production (2,184 yards and 17 touchdowns in two years). Strong has excellent acrobatic abilities and should eventually emerge as Houston's No. 2 wideout opposite DeAndre Hopkins.

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