B-
Houston Texans
Good, not great, for the Texans: B-.
by Imagesandwords ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 2 steals
· 1 reaches
Somehow the biggest item on the list survived the weekend. The Texans never addressed interior defensive lineman, and it is the kind of gap that lingers.
The Eichenberg pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The Gore Jr. reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 24 they get juice off the edge at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
By-the-book stuff, Cooper Beebe at the 53rd overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
A straight-up fair deal on Dominick Puni at pick No. 95, value and slot in agreement. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Roman Wilson at Round 4, Pick 21 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Value with a capital V on Tommy Eichenberg in pick 124, a genuine coup. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A tidy little value on Mike Sainristil in the Round 5 slot, a step better than break-even. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Reuben Fatheree II at the 240th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Frank Gore Jr. this early at slot 242. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.