{"id":166103,"date":"2025-06-28T20:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T20:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/166103\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T20:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T20:43:10","slug":"49ers-packers-showed-interest-in-cb-damon-arnette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/166103\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers, Packers Showed Interest In CB Damon Arnette"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damon Arnette<\/a>\u00a0returned to pro football this year with a season in the UFL, and his performance led to NFL interest. The former first-rounder wound up landing a contract with the Texans<\/a> allowing him to compete for a roster spot during training camp. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Arnette\u2019s last action in the NFL came in 2021, his second year in the league. The 28-year-old was involved in a number of legal issues after his Raiders tenure came to an end, and stints with the Chiefs and Dolphins did not result in any playing time. A strong showing with the Houston Roughnecks put Arnette back on the NFL radar<\/a>, however, leading to a Texans agreement being reached. They were not the only team to show interest in this case.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a couple of teams that were reaching out on him,\u201d\u00a0UFL executive vice president\u00a0Daryl Johnston<\/a> told KPRC2\u2019s Aaron Wilson<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s got everything you want\u2026 He\u2019s a former first round draft pick, so the talent is there. It\u2019s really the maturity.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, it was great to see the Houston Texans call, [head coach] DeMeco Ryans, because [general manager] John Lynch in San Francisco was another one that called about him. So you can see that he really fits that style of defense that DeMeco wants to install with the Texans coming from the San Francisco 49ers because those were probably the two busiest teams that were reaching out on Damon\u2019s behalf.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 49ers have undergone a number of changes at the cornerback spot this offseason.\u00a0Charvarius Ward<\/a>, Isaac Yiadom<\/a>, Rock Ya-Sin <\/a>and\u00a0Nick McCloud<\/a>\u00a0have all departed in 2025. As a result, it comes as little surprise San Francisco checked in on a low-cost Arnette addition. The Alabama product will look to carve out a depth role with Houston in the wake of Ronald Darby<\/a>\u2018s recent retirement.<\/p>\n

Wilson reports the Packers were also an Arnette suitor. Green Bay\u2019s CB depth chart will of course no longer feature Jaire Alexander<\/a>\u00a0after efforts to work out a restructure were unsuccessful. The two-time Pro Bowler was released, ending his injury-plagued run with the Packers. Arnette would have represented a candidate for a backup gig, but the team will move forward with its in-house corners (a group including big-ticket free agent addition\u00a0Nate Hobbs<\/a>).<\/p>\n

To no surprise, Arnette\u2019s one-year Texans pact is worth the veteran minimum. If he manages to make the roster and enjoy a productive return to the NFL, though, he could once again find himself on the radar of multiple teams as a free agent next spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Damon Arnette\u00a0returned to pro football this year with a season in the UFL, and his performance led to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,19378,7,345,253,6,1161,252,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-166103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-damon-arnette","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-green-bay-packers","12":"tag-houston-texans","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-san-francisco","15":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","16":"tag-sanfrancisco","17":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114762940824009986","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}