B
Houston Texans
Best value of the weekend goes to the Texans for Price: B.
by GPICKNEY713 ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 7 steals
· 1 reaches
The rest of the league will want that one back. Jadarian Price tumbling to the Texans in slot 106 is a gift they did not have to think twice about.
They are betting Virgil proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.
They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
Arvell Reese in the 38th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Kenyon Sadiq at pick No. 47 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Taking Monroe Freeling in the Round 2 slot is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They barely believed it either: Lee Hunter still on the board at No. 69. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A running back of that caliber at slot 106 is the definition of value, full stop. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Keylan Rutledge at Round 4, Pick 13 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The roster fit checks out.
Reggie Virgil in pick 141 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
You do not let a safety like Jakobe Thomas reach the 167th pick and blink. They did not. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Somehow Thaddeus Dixon was still sitting there in the 243rd pick, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.