B
Houston Texans
The Texans fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B.
by Powerful ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 2 steals
· 5 reaches
The war room fell hard for Eyabi Okie-Anoma, and it showed at pick 248: 104 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas.
The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. The Allen value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the interior defensive lineman spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 23 they get a disruptor off the edge. The biggest hole, addressed.
Terrion Arnold at the 24th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Troy Franklin slid further than he should have, and Round 2, Pick 1 is lovely value for the wide receiver. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They jumped the gun on Payton Wilson, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Malachi Corley at pick No. 85 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the wide receiver. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
The board had cheaper options than Malik Mustapha at pick 123, and it noticed. A minor itch, scratched.
Jaheim Bell at the 127th pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Braelon Allen is a better player than Round 5, Pick 28 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Julius Welschof this early at pick 239. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Eyabi Okie-Anoma at slot 248 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.