B
Houston Texans
The Texans let Gordon II fall and pounced. Final grade: B.
by Powerful ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 4 steals
· 1 reaches
The Texans spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Ollie Gordon II, the No. 164 name on the board, in No. 241. The bottom line is a respectable B.
Every board in the league had Capehart lower, and that gap is the story. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 25 they get a true top target. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
The board fumbled Tyler Booker all the way to slot 58, and they scooped it up. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
You do not let a tight end like Tyler Warren reach No. 89 and blink. They did not. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
DeMonte Capehart at the 126th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Sonny Styles in Round 5, Pick 28 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Circle this one: Ollie Gordon II at the 241st pick is a fall that decides a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.