B
Houston Texans
The Texans did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.
by Powerful ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 4 steals
· 1 reaches
You can hear the double-takes from here. The Texans took Thor Griffith at pick 165, roughly 121 spots before his name belonged.
Tuten falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. Running back is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
The skill positions did well by the weekend.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 25th overall pick they get a security blanket over the middle, outstanding value to boot. A clean fit for the roster.
Steal is underselling it; Emeka Egbuka at No. 58 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Value with a capital V on Tate Ratledge in Round 3, Pick 25, a genuine coup. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A tidy little value on Billy Bowman Jr. in pick No. 126, a step better than break-even. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Thor Griffith in slot 165 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Bhayshul Tuten in pick 241, plain and simple. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.