C+
Houston Texans
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Texans and Liufau: C+.
by Powerful ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 4 steals
· 3 reaches
The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Texans watched Marist Liufau slide 37 picks past his grade and did not hesitate.
Reaching for Taylor III left real value on the table behind him. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
Hit on Cooper DeJean and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 23 they get a lockdown presence outside at a price that makes it sweeter.
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Edgerrin Cooper. It fills a real need, too.
No drama and no debate, Roman Wilson went about where he belonged in pick 85. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Leonard Taylor III at Round 3, Pick 23 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
The board fumbled Marist Liufau all the way to No. 123, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A conviction pick on Malik Mustapha at pick No. 127 that the board grades a round light. A minor itch, scratched.
Jaheim Bell at the 164th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They let Blake Watson come to them and pounced at the Round 7 slot. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Tanner McLachlan well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.