B-
Houston Texans
Larceny in pick 123 lands the Texans a B-, Liufau and all.
by Powerful ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 2 steals
· 3 reaches
The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Texans watched Marist Liufau slide 37 picks past his grade and did not hesitate. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.
They are betting Clark proves the room right and everyone else wrong. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
A tidy little value on Kool-Aid McKinstry in pick No. 23, a step better than break-even. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Edgerrin Cooper at the 59th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Malachi Corley in slot 85 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Marist Liufau at the 123rd pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They liked Malik Mustapha enough to skip the value, taking him in Round 4, Pick 27. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
This one needs a full-page explanation: De'Corian Clark in pick 164, miles early. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Blake Watson at No. 239 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Value said wait; Tanner McLachlan in the Round 7 slot says they were not listening. The roster fit checks out.