Somebody in No. 165 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Texans sat still while TreVeyon Henderson, the No. 60 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. A D- that will need time and luck to look better.
If Hill pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. The Winston Jr. pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with quarterback still on the board.
They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it. It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.
Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.15
· Pick 15
· Will Campbell
· OT
· rank 15
In No. 15 they get protection for the quarterback at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R1.31
· Pick 31
· Luther Burden III
· WR
· rank 19
Luther Burden III slid further than he should have, and pick No. 31 is lovely value for the wide receiver. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R2.7
· Pick 39
· Mike Green
· DE-EDGE
· rank 34
Fair-plus on Mike Green, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Tyler Warren
· TE
· rank 43
A straight-up fair deal on Tyler Warren at slot 41, value and slot in agreement. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R2.24
· Pick 56
· Omarion Hampton
· RB
· rank 18
They will replay Omarion Hampton at pick 56 for years; that is how good the value is. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.26
· Pick 58
· Jalon Walker
· LB
· rank 22
They robbed the room for Jalon Walker here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R2.32
· Pick 64
· Deone Walker
· DT
· rank 69
Deone Walker at the 64th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.25
· Pick 89
· Tommi Hill
· CB
· rank 123
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Tommi Hill well ahead of where he belonged. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.31
· Pick 95
· Andrew Mukuba
· S
· rank 71
Andrew Mukuba at the 95th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R4.25
· Pick 126
· Kevin Winston Jr.
· S
· rank 91
They bypassed pressing needs at quarterback to take Kevin Winston Jr., a safety that was not the priority.
R5.28
· Pick 165
· TreVeyon Henderson
· RB
· rank 60
A top-tier running back at a bargain, TreVeyon Henderson in slot 165, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.25
· Pick 241
· Deion Burks
· WR
· rank 262
They left a pile of value on the table to take Deion Burks this early at Round 7, Pick 25. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
