TEXANS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D-

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Houston Texans

The phones sank the Texans this weekend: D-.

by Drane04 · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 3 steals · 6 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades F
Future C-

The Texans treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending Round 4, Pick 28 on T.J. Sanders a full 52 spots early. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D- is the result.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. The Burton steal is the beam this whole class leans on. They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring.

In the end, a class the front office will want to grow past quickly.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.28 · Pick 28 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 13
Rome Odunze is a better player than Round 1, Pick 28 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R1.31 · Pick 31 · T'Vondre Sweat · DL · rank 32
In the 31st overall pick they get a load in the middle at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 34
No drama and no debate, Edgerrin Cooper went about where he belonged in pick 35. A need, and now a little less of one.
R2.17 · Pick 49 · Jonah Elliss · DE-EDGE · rank 52
Jonah Elliss in the 49th pick is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Jermaine Burton · WR · rank 63
Jermaine Burton at slot 90 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 95
Zak Zinter at the Round 3 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
R3.30 · Pick 93 · Ennis Rakestraw Jr. · CB · rank 84
A tidy bit of business in No. 93, where Ennis Rakestraw Jr. graded well above the range. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R3.31 · Pick 94 · Dominick Puni · OT · rank 96
Dominick Puni in the 94th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · James Williams · S · rank 130
They reached into another round for James Williams, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.17 · Pick 117 · Cade Stover · TE · rank 137
They left a pile of value on the table to take Cade Stover this early at the Round 4 slot. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.28 · Pick 128 · T.J. Sanders · DT · rank 180
A big swing on T.J. Sanders at the 128th overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.18 · Pick 154 · Tahj Brooks · RB · rank 197
Value said wait; Tahj Brooks in pick No. 154 says they were not listening. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.14 · Pick 234 · Sam Hartman · QB · rank 262
This one needs a full-page explanation: Sam Hartman in slot 234, miles early. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.18 · Pick 238 · Xavier Thomas · DE-EDGE · rank 267
Xavier Thomas at Round 7, Pick 18 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
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