TEXANS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D-

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Houston Texans

The Texans let Harris fall and pounced. Final grade: D-.

by DRANE04 · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 3 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future C

You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Texans did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high.

The cost of the Colson reach is exactly the players who went right after him. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.

With interior defensive lineman unsolved, spending premium capital on DT-EDGE is the choice that costs them. The Harris steal is the beam this whole class leans on.

A rough weekend that leaves the roster with more questions than answers.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 13
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Rome Odunze in the Round 1 slot. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Jared Verse · DE-EDGE · rank 22
In pick 27 they get juice off the edge. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 34
Kris Abrams-Draine at No. 35 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R2.21 · Pick 53 · Sedrick Van Pran · C · rank 66
Sedrick Van Pran in pick No. 53 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.22 · Pick 85 · Maason Smith · DT-EDGE · rank 86
A want over a need in the 85th pick: Maason Smith adds a DT-EDGE while interior defensive lineman keeps waiting.
R3.26 · Pick 89 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 85
Amarius Mims in Round 3, Pick 26 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 117
Junior Colson at the 90th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.32 · Pick 95 · Quinyon Mitchell · CB · rank 75
A curious use of Round 3, Pick 32. Interior defensive lineman needed the pick; a cornerback in Quinyon Mitchell did not.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · James Williams · S · rank 126
A swing that ignored the value entirely, James Williams well ahead of where he belonged. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R4.21 · Pick 121 · Jaheim Bell · TE · rank 127
No edge and no loss on Jaheim Bell in pick No. 121; it is a wash and a sensible one. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Donovan Jackson · OG · rank 137
A conviction pick on Donovan Jackson at the Round 4 slot that the board grades a round light. It fills a real need, too.
R5.22 · Pick 158 · Dylan Laube · RB · rank 164
A straight-up fair deal on Dylan Laube at pick 158, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.20 · Pick 240 · Jaxson Dart · QB · rank 244
Jaxson Dart in No. 240 is fair value, right on his grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.22 · Pick 242 · Tre Harris · WR · rank 204
Tre Harris in slot 242 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
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