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Houston Texans

The Texans cashed the board's mistake on Walker: B-.

by Powerful · 2025 NFL Draft · 6 picks · 4 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

When a board-topper like Jalon Walker slides to the 89th pick, you do not overthink it, and the Texans did not. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

For all the activity, running back went untouched, which is hard to explain. Offensive lineman was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the running back spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Tate Ratledge · OG · rank 31
In the Round 1 slot they get a building block for the line. A real need, handled.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Tyler Booker · OG · rank 37
Tyler Booker at No. 58 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.25 · Pick 89 · Jalon Walker · LB · rank 22
You do not let a linebacker like Jalon Walker reach pick 89 and blink. They did not. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.25 · Pick 126 · Oronde Gadsden II · TE · rank 129
No drama and no debate, Oronde Gadsden II went about where he belonged in pick No. 126. It fills a real need, too.
R5.28 · Pick 165 · Rod Moore · S · rank 135
The board fumbled Rod Moore all the way to the 165th pick, and they scooped it up. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R7.25 · Pick 241 · Jaylen Reed · S · rank 216
They barely believed it either: Jaylen Reed still on the board at Round 7, Pick 25. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
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