TEXANS MOCK DRAFT GRADE F

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Houston Texans

Conviction outran the board for the Texans, and it cost them: F.

by BurberryDO$$AR · 2024 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 2 steals · 6 reaches
Value C+
Need B+
Trades F
Future D

Nobody had Javon Foster this high, and it is not close. The Texans reached 36 spots to get him at pick 90. There is no dressing it up: a F.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.

They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring. The Turner value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left quarterback open, and the grade is the bill.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.23 · Pick 23 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 14
In the 23rd overall pick they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · T'Vondre Sweat · DL · rank 60
T'Vondre Sweat at No. 40 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 78
Cooper Beebe at pick No. 58 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Roman Wilson · WR · rank 82
Roman Wilson at pick 69 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Blake Corum · RB · rank 74
A tidy little value on Blake Corum in slot 78, a step better than break-even. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 126
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Javon Foster well ahead of where he belonged. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · James Williams · S · rank 130
James Williams in No. 105 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.23 · Pick 123 · Cam Hart · CB · rank 133
A conviction pick on Cam Hart at the 123rd pick that the board grades a round light. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Jaylin Simpson · CB · rank 147
No edge and no loss on Jaylin Simpson in Round 5, Pick 5; it is a wash and a sensible one. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R5.27 · Pick 163 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 154
Nice patience on Jaylen Wright, who had no business lasting to pick 163. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
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