B
Houston Texans
The Texans cashed the board's mistake on Winston Jr.: B.
by Powerful ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 4 steals
· 1 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Kevin Winston Jr. slide, and the Texans were the ones holding the card at pick 167. Highway robbery. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.
Every board in the league had Griffith lower, and that gap is the story. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 25 they get an anchor for the defensive front. The biggest hole, addressed.
Tyler Warren at Round 2, Pick 26 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It fills a real need, too.
Tate Ratledge is a better player than pick No. 89 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Circle this one: Jaylin Noel at the 127th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Kevin Winston Jr. at slot 167 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Thor Griffith in the 243rd pick, miles early. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.