B
Houston Texans
Winston Jr. should have been long gone. The Texans pounced, and earned a B.
by Powerful ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 4 steals
· 1 reaches
The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Texans watched Kevin Winston Jr. slide 61 picks past his grade and did not hesitate.
The cost of the Griffith reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The running back hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 25 they get a disruptive interior force at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Tyler Warren at pick 58 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It fills a real need, too.
They will replay Isaiah Bond at the Round 3 slot for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Tate Ratledge at No. 126 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A need, and now a little less of one.
Steal is underselling it; Kevin Winston Jr. at Round 5, Pick 28 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Thor Griffith at pick No. 241 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.