B
Houston Texans
The Texans let Sanders fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.
by Powerful ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 5 steals
· 0 reaches
This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Raheim Sanders, the No. 156 name on the board, stolen at slot 241.
They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. Job largely done: running back settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.
They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 25th pick they get a seam-stretching tight end at a price that makes it sweeter.
The board had Matthew Golden higher than Round 2, Pick 26, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Tate Ratledge slipping to pick 89 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
No drama and no debate, Darius Alexander went about where he belonged in pick No. 126. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A safety of that caliber at slot 165 is the definition of value, full stop. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Somehow Raheim Sanders was still sitting there in the Round 7 slot, and they pounced on premier running back value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.