B
Houston Texans
The Texans cashed the board's mistake on Fannin Jr.: B.
by Powerful ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 3 steals
· 1 reaches
The Texans did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Harold Fannin Jr. fell into No. 127. More right than wrong, and a B to match.
The Griffith reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. The running back spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 25 they get a disruptive interior force. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A slide stopped in the 58th overall pick, with Matthew Golden worth more than the price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 3 slot with a little surplus value in Donovan Jackson. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They will replay Harold Fannin Jr. at slot 127 for years; that is how good the value is. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Jackson Slater in No. 167 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Thor Griffith at Round 7, Pick 25 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.