B
Houston Texans
The Texans checked most of the boxes and earned a B.
by texansthinktank ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 4 steals
· 1 reaches
Some picks age like wine; Mason Fairchild at pick No. 248 will need to, sitting 52 spots clear of his grade. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.
If one pick saves this weekend, it is Kinchens. A whole weekend of picks and wide receiver is somehow still a want.
The roster is better shaped than it was, with running back chief among the fixes.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the wide receiver spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 23 they get juice off the edge at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
A safety of that caliber at the Round 2 slot is the definition of value, full stop. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
A slide stopped in the 85th overall pick, with Payton Wilson worth more than the price. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Kris Abrams-Draine at slot 123 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
A straight-up fair deal on Will Shipley at pick 127, value and slot in agreement. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Keith Randolph Jr. at No. 164 is the proof. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Matthew Jones in Round 7, Pick 19 is fair value, right on his grade. The roster fit checks out.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Mason Fairchild this early at No. 248. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.