There is a lot to like until you notice wide receiver is still a hole. The Texans never got to the one that mattered most.

Slaughter at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.