Powerful'S MOCK DRAFT

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Powerful'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON FEB 17, 2025

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Powerful DRAFTING FOR THE
Texans

PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)

Walter Nolen

DT Ole Miss

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PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)

Emeka Egbuka

WR Ohio State

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PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)

Donovan Jackson

OT Ohio State

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PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)

Andrew Mukuba

S Texas

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PICK: 167 RND: 5 (HOU)

Oronde Gadsden II

TE Syracuse

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PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)

Thor Griffith

DL Louisville

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Overall B

ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-

More right than wrong for the Texans, and a B to prove it.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Texans would have aced it. Thor Griffith at Round 7, Pick 25 is 66 spots clear of where he belonged. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

That is a safety worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it.

They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the running back spot they never got to.

Pick25 Rnd1 Walter Nolen

In pick No. 25 they get a wrecking ball inside at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.

Pick58 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka

Circle this one: Emeka Egbuka at the 58th pick is a fall that decides a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.

Pick89 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson

Good price on Donovan Jackson in the 89th overall pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.

Pick127 Rnd4 Andrew Mukuba

You do not let a safety like Andrew Mukuba reach the Round 4 slot and blink. They did not. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.

Pick167 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II

They will replay Oronde Gadsden II at slot 167 for years; that is how good the value is. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.