B
Houston Texans
Newton should have been long gone. The Texans pounced, and earned a B.
by Imagesandwords ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 3 steals
· 0 reaches
The Texans spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Josh Newton, the No. 35 name on the board, in slot 53.
The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Running back is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 24 they get a double-digit-sack hope at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Josh Newton in Round 2, Pick 21 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Zak Zinter in pick No. 95 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Tommy Eichenberg slipping to slot 121 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Value with a capital V on Brenden Rice in pick 124, a genuine coup. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A straight-up fair deal on Devin Neal at the 158th pick, value and slot in agreement. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.