B
Houston Texans
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Texans and Bowman Jr.: B.
by Powerful ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 2 steals
· 2 reaches
This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Billy Bowman Jr., the No. 114 name on the board, stolen at slot 165. More right than wrong, and a B to match.
The cost of the Griffith reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it.
They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.
Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
A reasonable price with a little left over, Walter Nolen in pick No. 25. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Somehow Tyler Booker was still sitting there in No. 58, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. It fills a real need, too.
No drama and no debate, Tez Johnson went about where he belonged in the Round 3 slot. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Oronde Gadsden II at pick 126 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A safety of that caliber at Round 5, Pick 28 is the definition of value, full stop. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
A big swing on Thor Griffith at the 241st pick, well ahead of any board in the building. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.