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Houston Texans

The Texans won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B.

by walker · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 1 steals · 7 reaches
Value C
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

Some picks age like wine; Jordan Burch at Round 3, Pick 32 will need to, sitting 93 spots clear of his grade. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Texans indulged a want in Jackson while a need in interior defensive lineman and tight end stayed open.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.29 · Pick 29 · Xavier Worthy · WR · rank 29
In pick 29 they get a true top target at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.21 · Pick 53 · Kris Jenkins · DL-EDGE · rank 52
By-the-book stuff, Kris Jenkins at No. 53 squarely in line with his ranking. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.29 · Pick 92 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 101
They jumped the gun on Graham Barton, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.32 · Pick 95 · Jordan Burch · DE-EDGE · rank 188
A wild overpay on Jordan Burch in the 95th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.21 · Pick 121 · Khyree Jackson · DB · rank 120
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went defensive back with Khyree Jackson while clear needs at interior defensive lineman and tight end sat open.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Cade Stover · TE-EDGE · rank 134
A want over a need in slot 124: Cade Stover adds a TE-EDGE while interior defensive lineman and tight end keeps waiting.
R4.29 · Pick 129 · Ray Davis · RB · rank 155
They reached into another round for Ray Davis, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.22 · Pick 158 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 195
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jaylan Ford this early at the Round 5 slot. It fills a real need, too.
R5.30 · Pick 166 · Devontez Walker · WR · rank 150
They read the board right and Devontez Walker was the payoff at pick 166. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.20 · Pick 240 · Josh Proctor · S · rank 303
Josh Proctor in slot 240 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R7.22 · Pick 242 · Jalen Milroe · QB · rank 259
A reach for Jalen Milroe in No. 242; a little patience would have been rewarded. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
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