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Houston Texans

The Texans won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B.

by psicosis6878yahoocom · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 5 steals · 8 reaches
Value C
Need B
Trades A+
Future B

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Texans took Cedric Johnson at the 90th overall pick, roughly 70 spots before his name belonged.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want. The Fuaga pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.5 · Pick 37 · Taliese Fuaga · OT · rank 17
You do not let an offensive lineman like Taliese Fuaga reach the Round 2 slot and blink. They did not. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.27 · Pick 59 · Christian Haynes · OG · rank 77
Christian Haynes at pick 59 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Sedrick Van Pran · C · rank 90
They left a pile of value on the table to take Sedrick Van Pran this early at slot 69. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Cedric Johnson · DE-EDGE · rank 160
A real head-scratcher, Cedric Johnson in No. 90 is miles ahead of his ranking. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Zion Tupuola-Fetui · DE-EDGE · rank 169
Zion Tupuola-Fetui in pick No. 104 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.23 · Pick 123 · Jordan Jefferson · DT · rank 181
Jordan Jefferson at the 123rd pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.27 · Pick 127 · Ainias Smith · WR · rank 116
Ainias Smith slipping to No. 127 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Justin Rogers · DL · rank 161
Justin Rogers in the Round 5 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.28 · Pick 164 · Roger Rosengarten · OT · rank 175
Roger Rosengarten at Round 5, Pick 28 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.8 · Pick 183 · Christian Jones · OT · rank 197
They paid a round early for Christian Jones in pick 183, more than the board wanted. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Zakhari Franklin · WR · rank 229
They took Zakhari Franklin at par in the 225th pick, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Omar Speights · LB · rank 208
Omar Speights at pick No. 227 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.19 · Pick 239 · Darius Muasau · LB · rank 223
A tidy bit of business in slot 239, where Darius Muasau graded well above the range. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.28 · Pick 248 · Steele Chambers · LB · rank 231
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Steele Chambers in the 248th overall pick. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
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