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Houston Texans

A costly weekend of dealing drags the Texans to a D.

by Powerful · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 0 steals · 6 reaches
Value C
Need B
Trades F
Future F

The Texans clearly saw something nobody else did in Julius Welschof, taking him 82 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. The process wobbled, and the D is where it lands.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. With interior defensive lineman and quarterback unsolved, spending premium capital on DT-EDGE is the choice that costs them.

For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain. They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, interior defensive lineman very much included.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.23 · Pick 23 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 29
In pick No. 23 they get a difference-maker at receiver. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.24 · Pick 24 · Kamari Lassiter · CB · rank 28
In pick 24 they get a press-man option on the boundary at fair value. More want than need.
R2.1 · Pick 33 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 39
No edge and no loss on Chop Robinson in Round 2, Pick 1; it is a wash and a sensible one. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 70
They paid a round early for Payton Wilson in the 56th overall pick, more than the board wanted. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Maason Smith · DT-EDGE · rank 87
Of all the spots to shop, they chose DT-EDGE. Maason Smith in the Round 2 slot leaves interior defensive lineman and quarterback for later.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Marist Liufau · LB · rank 86
Marist Liufau at slot 90 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.23 · Pick 123 · Malik Mustapha · S · rank 136
Malik Mustapha at the Round 4 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 151
Braelon Allen at Round 4, Pick 26 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.27 · Pick 163 · Jared Wiley · TE · rank 196
They talked themselves into Jared Wiley at pick 163, and the board did not agree. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.19 · Pick 239 · Aaron Frost · OT · rank 243
Aaron Frost at the 239th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It fills a real need, too.
R7.27 · Pick 247 · Julius Welschof · DL-EDGE · rank 329
A real head-scratcher, Julius Welschof in slot 247 is miles ahead of his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
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