B
Houston Texans
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Texans: 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 Jalen Royals slide 64 picks past his grade and did not hesitate.
Every board in the league had Griffith lower, and that gap is the story. They punted on running back, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Wide receiver is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 25 they get an anchor for the defensive front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Circle this one: Tyler Warren at pick No. 58 is a fall that decides a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They robbed the room for Tyler Booker here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Jalen Royals at pick 127 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Billy Bowman Jr. at slot 167 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Thor Griffith in the 243rd pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.