B
Houston Texans
Grand theft in the 241st pick: the Texans steal Sanders and grade out a B.
by texansthinktank ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 5 steals
· 0 reaches
Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Raheim Sanders got past him. The Texans do not have to explain a thing at slot 241. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.
Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with running back the one that mattered most.
Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 25 they get a downhill hitter at safety at a price that makes it sweeter.
Alfred Collins in Round 2, Pick 26 is fair value, right on his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A quiet steal in the 89th pick: Tate Ratledge for less than the market said. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Tory Horton at the 126th overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Jared Wilson at pick 165 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A need, and now a little less of one.
Somehow Raheim Sanders was still sitting there in slot 241, and they pounced on premier running back value. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.