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The Texans won the night they stopped Clark from sliding. Grade: B.

by TexasRaised83 · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 5 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades B+
Future B-

The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Texans watched De'Corian Clark slide 39 picks past his grade and did not hesitate. The bottom line is a respectable B.

It is not that Smith is a bad player; it is that the Texans had louder needs to answer first. They will regret leaving interior defensive lineman for another day if the season turns on it. They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.32 · Pick 32 · Adonai Mitchell · WR · rank 34
In slot 32 they get a home-run threat at receiver. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.27 · Pick 59 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 50
Value with a capital V on Patrick Paul in No. 59, a genuine coup. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.32 · Pick 64 · Jeremiah Trotter Jr. · LB · rank 61
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in the 64th overall pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.23 · Pick 86 · Maason Smith · DT-EDGE · rank 87
They bypassed pressing needs at interior defensive lineman and tight end to take Maason Smith, a DT-EDGE that was not the priority.
R4.23 · Pick 123 · Nelson Ceaser · DL-EDGE · rank 114
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Nelson Ceaser at the Round 4 slot is the proof. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.27 · Pick 127 · DJ James · CB · rank 113
DJ James slipping to pick No. 127 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R4.32 · Pick 132 · Sataoa Laumea · OT · rank 122
Sataoa Laumea at pick 132 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R5.2 · Pick 138 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 136
Jordan Travis at Round 5, Pick 2 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The roster fit checks out.
R5.28 · Pick 164 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 171
Frank Gore Jr. in No. 164 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.19 · Pick 239 · De'Corian Clark · WR · rank 200
Somehow De'Corian Clark was still sitting there in the Round 7 slot, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.28 · Pick 248 · Eric Gentry · LB · rank 251
They paid sticker price for Eric Gentry in the 248th overall pick, and that is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
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