TEXANS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

Feb 2 B-

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Houston Texans

A sensible, unshowy class lands the Texans a B-.

by DocPay75 · 2024 NFL Draft · 5 picks · 2 steals · 0 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades B-
Future B-

For all the names on the card, the loudest question went unanswered. The Texans walked out of the weekend still thin at edge rusher, a hole that has a way of deciding seasons.

Melton falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. The roster is better shaped than it was, with running back chief among the fixes.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.23 · Pick 23 · Brian Thomas Jr. · WR · rank 28
In pick 23 they get a No. 1 receiver at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.27 · Pick 59 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 58
Edgerrin Cooper at No. 59 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.22 · Pick 85 · Christian Haynes · OG · rank 77
Christian Haynes at slot 85 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The roster fit checks out.
R4.23 · Pick 123 · Max Melton · CB · rank 111
Max Melton slid further than he should have, and pick No. 123 is lovely value for the cornerback. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R4.27 · Pick 127 · Will Shipley · RB · rank 133
They took Will Shipley at par in the Round 4 slot, which is nothing to complain about. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.