B
Houston Texans
The Texans cashed the board's mistake on Tuten: B.
by Powerful ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 4 steals
· 1 reaches
The rest of the league will want that one back. Bhayshul Tuten tumbling to the Texans in Round 7, Pick 25 is a gift they did not have to think twice about. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.
If Capehart pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain.
On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with running back the one that mattered most.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a go-to option on the outside at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A offensive lineman of that caliber at slot 58 is the definition of value, full stop. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
DeMonte Capehart at pick 89 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They will replay Kevin Winston Jr. at pick No. 126 for years; that is how good the value is. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Smael Mondon Jr. at the 165th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The roster fit checks out.
You do not let a running back like Bhayshul Tuten reach No. 241 and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.