Do the Texans have a plan for their O-Line after trading for David Montgomery?

Yahoo Sports host Andrew Siciliano and senior NFL writers Charles Robinson and Frank Schwab discuss if the Houston Texans have a plan to fix their leaky offensive line after trading for Detroit Lions RB David Montgomery. Check out the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

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And I preface this by saying I like David Montgomery.

I think he’s a very good back.

I think he, he runs hard between the tackles.

He’s versatile, he can catch the ball.

By all accounts, a good leader.

Everything– You gotta like everything about David Montgomery.

But does it matter if you don’t have an offensive line?

Like, it just seems like- Yeah the Texans are like, “Our running game stinks.

Here’s how we fix it.

We get a running back.”

No, no, no, that, that’s not really the problem.

The fact that you have one of the five worst offensive lines in football is the problem.

And I’m not saying Drew Scruggs was gonna fix that either, but trading him, trading Titus Howard earlier in the day, how does this get you closer to having a good offensive line?

So you look and you say, “Well, David Montgomery put up these numbers with the Lions.

he could do that here too.”

Well, no, he was running behind Penei Sewell and that elite offensive line with the Lions.

You don’t have that.

You just traded for a 29-year-old running back who I think has a lot of miles left because he was splitting a lot of time with Jahmyr Gibbs and all that.

And I do like him as a player, but I look at this from the Texans side and I’m saying, “I, I got I, I need to see your planned offensive line here before I really give you a good grade for this.”

I don’t like that trade at all for the Texans.

That could change if they fix their offensive line in free agency and all that.

And even from the Lions aspect, I like what they got back.

It was a good haul.

Fourth and a seventh and a, a young offensive lineman for what, what amounts to be a 29-year-old running back.

But the Lions, having two backs is such a big part of what they do, they don’t have a second back.

And you can’t just give Jahmyr Gibbs I know everybody, especially fantasy football players, wanna see Jahmyr Gibbs get, like, 35 carries a game, but that’s not realistic.

He’s 202 pounds.

So how the Lions replace David Montgomery becomes a question for them.

So I kinda come out of this trade saying I, I have questions about both teams here and, and, and if they got better now.

Yeah, I mean, I, I think Frank talking about the offensive line with the Texans, especially after trading Titus Howard, I just I’m like, okay, I don’t know.

That line is not even close to being comparable to the Detroit Lions.

By the way, David Montgomery has gotten mileage on him.

He suffered a knee injury.

Um- Yeah you know, his best football was with Ben Johnson when Ben Johnson was balancing out that, that rushing attack for the Detroit Lions.

I do like him as a player.

I don’t know that I like him necessarily behind the Houston Texans offensive line.

But it leads me to believe the Texans must have something up their sleeve with the offensive line.

They must have something in mind- They better to, to Well, yeah.

Right.

I mean, they, they must have something in mind to attack the offensive-

Do the Texans have a plan for their O-Line after trading for David Montgomery?

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