B
Houston Texans
The Texans let Egbuka fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.
by BurberryDO$$AR ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 4 steals
· 0 reaches
When a board-topper like Emeka Egbuka slides to the 53rd pick, you do not overthink it, and the Texans did not.
A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same.
The Moro Ojomo deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 27 they get a rangy last line of defense. Need was not the driver here.
They robbed the room for Emeka Egbuka here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Zak Zinter in the Round 3 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Circle this one: Matt Goncalves at the 121st overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Cedric Gray at No. 137 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
No edge and no loss on Moose Muhammad III in the 155th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Frank Gore Jr. at pick 175 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.