B
Houston Texans
The Texans cashed the board's mistake on Walker: B.
by Powerful ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 4 steals
· 1 reaches
The Texans did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Jalon Walker fell into the 89th pick.
That running back hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The cost of the Capehart reach is exactly the players who went right after him. On the needs board they went 3 of 8, with interior defensive lineman the one that mattered most.
The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the running back spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
Kenneth Grant at the Round 1 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They let Tyler Warren come to them and pounced at slot 58. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Jalon Walker in the 89th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A wild overpay on DeMonte Capehart in pick No. 126, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Rod Moore at No. 165 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Steal is underselling it; Jaylen Reed at Round 7, Pick 25 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.