B
Houston Texans
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Texans a B.
by Powerful ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 3 steals
· 2 reaches
You can hear the double-takes from here. The Texans took Thor Griffith at slot 243, roughly 66 spots before his name belonged.
Landing Winston Jr. that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it.
On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but running back.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a run-stuffing presence up front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Donovan Jackson at the 58th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Isaiah Bond in No. 89 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They will replay Mason Taylor at pick 127 for years; that is how good the value is. A need, and now a little less of one.
Somehow Kevin Winston Jr. was still sitting there in the 167th overall pick, and they pounced on premier safety value. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Thor Griffith in slot 243, miles early. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.