B
Houston Texans
The Texans cashed the board's mistake on Walker: B.
by Powerful ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 4 steals
· 0 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Jalon Walker, pick No. 86, roughly 62 picks past where he belonged. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.
A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want. On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with interior defensive lineman the one that mattered most.
Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.
A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 19 they get a run-stuffing presence up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
Tyler Booker at the 55th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A need, and now a little less of one.
Steal is underselling it; Jalon Walker at the Round 3 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Andrew Mukuba in the 122nd pick, plain and simple. It adds depth where they could use a little.
By-the-book stuff, Eli Stowers at pick 164 squarely in line with his ranking. The roster fit checks out.
They robbed the room for Xavier Nwankpa here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.