B
Houston Texans
The Texans won the night they stopped Cooper from sliding. Grade: B.
by Powerful ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 4 steals
· 2 reaches
Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Texans were there to profit. Edgerrin Cooper, the No. 58 name on the board, should have been long gone before the Round 3 slot.
The Mustapha pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. Leaving offensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a No. 1 receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Byron Murphy II at slot 59 is money in the bank, a interior defensive lineman taken below his worth. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They robbed the room for Edgerrin Cooper here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A reach for Malik Mustapha in the 123rd pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
A premium they did not need to pay, Jaheim Bell a notch or two before his time. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Braelon Allen slipping to pick 164 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A quiet steal in Round 7, Pick 19: Blake Watson for less than the market said. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
No drama and no debate, Xavier Thomas went about where he belonged in pick No. 248. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.