TEXANS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Houston Texans

The phones sank the Texans this weekend: D.

by Drane04 · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 0 steals · 7 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

The Texans lost the trade war and it was not close, handing partners the better end again and again.

The cost of the Abrams-Draine reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The Stover pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at tight end. They will regret leaving tight end for another day if the season turns on it.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and tight end is still a hole.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.32 · Pick 32 · Xavier Worthy · WR · rank 43
In the Round 1 slot they get a No. 1 receiver, though they paid up to get him. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.27 · Pick 59 · Jeremiah Trotter Jr. · LB · rank 61
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in the 59th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 78
A conviction pick on Cooper Beebe at pick No. 70 that the board grades a round light. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Gabriel Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 85
By-the-book stuff, Gabriel Murphy at slot 87 squarely in line with his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.29 · Pick 92 · Cade Stover · TE-EDGE · rank 94
A curious use of Round 3, Pick 29. Tight end needed the pick; a TE-EDGE in Cade Stover did not.
R3.32 · Pick 95 · Leonard Taylor III · DL · rank 112
They paid a round early for Leonard Taylor III in No. 95, more than the board wanted. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.36 · Pick 99 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 120
They reached a country mile for Kris Abrams-Draine at the 99th overall pick, and the board is aghast. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R4.1 · Pick 101 · Audric Estime · RB · rank 98
A clean, defensible pick in pick 101 with a little surplus value in Audric Estime. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.23 · Pick 123 · James Williams · S · rank 134
They jumped the gun on James Williams, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R4.27 · Pick 127 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 128
Javon Foster in the 127th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R5.28 · Pick 164 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 164
They took Joe Milton III at par in the 164th pick, which is nothing to complain about. The roster fit checks out.
R7.19 · Pick 239 · Xavier Thomas · DE-EDGE · rank 255
They paid up for Xavier Thomas at the Round 7 slot when waiting would have done the job. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Joshua Cephus · WR · rank 239
Joshua Cephus in pick No. 245 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.28 · Pick 248 · Dwight McGlothern · CB · rank 257
They went early on Dwight McGlothern in Round 7, Pick 28, and the value did not follow. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
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