{"id":261440,"date":"2026-04-22T17:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/261440\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:38:07","slug":"final-houston-texans-2026-draft-needs-big-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/261440\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Houston Texans 2026 Draft Needs Big Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This board will be updated LIVE during the NFL Draft on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Be sure to join us live and in the comments as we track and update the board with each selection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Below you will find the updated, final, and consensus draft needs big board for the Houston Texans entering the 2026 NFL Draft. Given the Texans\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.battleredblog.com\/nfl-draft\/75112\/houston-texans-mock-draft-based-solely-on-pre-draft-visits\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pre-draft visits<\/a> with multiple defensive ends, I\u2019ve added the position to the group. I\u2019ve also once again expanded the board 75 to 100 total players to account for the additional positions and new gems found in this middle-heavy class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It is unlikely any of the top 15 players on the Big Board will be available when the Texans select at 28. However, I am including the top players at each position of need as Houston could trade up to select one of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Positions of need: offensive line, defensive tackle, running back<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Positions for depth: linebacker, safety, tight end, defensive end<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Here is a postion-by-position breakdown of the rankings:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This board will be updated LIVE during the NFL Draft on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Be sure to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,23714,22816,45576],"class_list":{"0":"post-261440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-headlines","10":"tag-houston-news","11":"tag-houston-texans-analysis","12":"tag-houston-texans-draft","13":"tag-nfl-draft-scouting-reports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}