Somehow the biggest item on the list survived the weekend. The Texans never addressed running back, and it is the kind of gap that lingers. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

Reaching for Barrett left real value on the table behind him. It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game. They left with interior defensive lineman solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

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