F
Houston Texans
The Texans reached for Sanders and never recovered. Grade: F.
by BurberryDO$$AR ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 2 steals
· 3 reaches
Some picks age like wine; T.J. Sanders at slot 163 will need to, sitting 40 spots clear of his grade. There is no dressing it up: a F.
They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it. It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.
That is a linebacker worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.
There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left running back open, and the grade is the bill.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 4 they get a No. 1 receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Value with a capital V on Denzel Burke in pick 58, a genuine coup. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Nice patience on Payton Wilson, who had no business lasting to Round 3, Pick 27. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A premium they did not need to pay, Javon Foster a notch or two before his time. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Theo Johnson this early at the 126th pick. It fills a real need, too.
A big swing on T.J. Sanders at No. 163, well ahead of any board in the building. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Jason Henderson in the 239th overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Ja'Had Carter in pick No. 247. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.