The Houston Texans have a myriad of needs they need to address with their top-100 picks that comprise the first two days of the 2022 NFL draft.
The Texans figure to be players to take an edge rusher, cornerback, receiver, and offensive lineman in any particular order through the first three rounds of the draft. However, the Texans still have selections at Nos. 107 and 108 in Round 4.
If Houston plans to use one of those picks, rather than flip them for more draft capital, there is a linebacker the club should take a look at that deep in the draft.
According to Michael Renner from Pro Football Focus, the ninth-best linebacker in the 2022 draft class is Georgia’s Channing Tindall, who is ranked as the 115th overall player on Renner’s big board.
Tindall is a true sideline-to-sideline linebacker. He can chase down the fastest of running backs. However, he’s still a work in progress in coverage and didn’t tally a single interception or pass breakup in his college career.
Tindall would have the same type of ability as former 2021 fifth-round linebacker Garret Wallow from TCU. The Texans could add another linebacker who is athletic enough to play some coverage in Lovie Smith’s Tampa 2 scheme.
The Texans showed on Monday that the team may be more inclined to maximize their picks to take players they believe can help the overall roster rather than add a collection of youngsters to the roster. If the team doesn’t trade down from the fourth round to add more capital and pick even deeper in the draft, Tindall would be the type of player who would be a good fit at that price in the draft.
