B
Houston Texans
The Texans cashed the board's mistake on Mondon Jr.: B.
by Powerful ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 6 steals
· 0 reaches
You build a draft on nights like this. Smael Mondon Jr. had no business being available in slot 241, and the Texans did the only sane thing and turned in the card. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.
They punted on running back, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The roster is better shaped than it was, with interior defensive lineman chief among the fixes.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but running back.
Pick-by-Pick
Mason Graham in pick No. 25 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They will replay Tyler Booker at the 58th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Circle this one: Tyler Warren at No. 89 is a fall that decides a draft. The roster fit checks out.
The board fumbled Maxwell Hairston all the way to the Round 4 slot, and they scooped it up. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Kevin Winston Jr. in pick 164 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Smael Mondon Jr. at Round 7, Pick 25 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.