B
Houston Texans
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Texans and Tuten: B.
by Powerful ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 3 steals
· 3 reaches
You could see the war room lean forward. Bhayshul Tuten at pick 241 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.
Reaching for Stowers left real value on the table behind him. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up.
On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with running back the one that mattered most.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the wide receiver spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a disruptive interior force at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A wild overpay on Donovan Jackson in slot 58, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It fills a real need, too.
Xavier Watts at Round 3, Pick 25 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Eli Stowers at No. 126 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Value said wait; Xavier Nwankpa in the 164th pick says they were not listening. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
They barely believed it either: Bhayshul Tuten still on the board at pick 241. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.