B
Houston Texans
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Texans a B.
by Powerful ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 5 steals
· 1 reaches
The Texans looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Thor Griffith at pick 243 regardless, 52 picks early. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.
They punted on wide receiver, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. That Ratledge pick is the receipt they will wave around later.
They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 25 they get a moveable chess piece at tight end, and a steal at that.
Circle this one: Tyler Booker at the 58th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. It fills a real need, too.
They barely believed it either: Tate Ratledge still on the board at slot 89. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Jordan Phillips at pick 127 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Bhayshul Tuten at the 167th pick is the proof. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A real head-scratcher, Thor Griffith in the Round 7 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.