C
Houston Texans
Larceny in pick No. 165 lands the Texans a C, Majors and all.
by KrispyGXD ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 4 steals
· 1 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Jake Majors slide, and the Texans were the ones holding the card at pick No. 165. Highway robbery. The good and the questionable cancel out to a C.
If Smith pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down.
They punted on wide receiver, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.
Pick-by-Pick
Omarion Hampton at the 25th pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Tate Ratledge slid further than he should have, and pick No. 39 is lovely value for the offensive lineman. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A slide stopped in pick 89, with Malachi Moore worth more than the price. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
The board fumbled Barrett Carter all the way to the Round 4 slot, and they scooped it up. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Taking Jake Majors in the 165th overall pick is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They talked themselves into Tim Smith at No. 241, and the board did not agree. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.