{"id":786820,"date":"2026-03-02T14:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/786820\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:37:17","slug":"texans-trade-tytus-howard-to-browns-source-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/786820\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans Trade Tytus Howard To Browns, Source Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/17724586771379.jpg\" alt=\"AFC Wild Card Playoffs: Houston Texans v Pittsburgh Steelers\" class=\"wp-image-5532931\"  \/>Source: Perry Knotts \/ Getty<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/hou\/houston-texans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Houston Texans<\/a>\u00a0have agreed to trade starting right tackle\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3131498\/tytus-howard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tytus Howard<\/a>\u00a0to the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/cle\/cleveland-browns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>\u00a0for a fifth-round draft pick, a source told ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n<p>Howard will receive a three-year, $63 million extension from the Browns, his agent told Schefter.<\/p>\n<p>It marks the first move in what is expected to be a major offensive line overhaul this offseason for the Browns.<\/p>\n<p>Howard, who turns 30 in May, has spent his entire seven-year career with the Texans, starting 93 games.<\/p>\n<p>A former first-round pick by the Texans, Howard showed strong skills as a rookie, starting every game in which he was healthy before an injury ended his season. He performed well enough that he was named to the Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tLove Majic 102.1? Get more! Join the Majic 102.1 Newsletter\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-ione-newsletter-sign-up__privacy\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWe care about your data. See our <a href=\"https:\/\/urban1.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">privacy policy<\/a>.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Howard has served as a consistent starter with the Texans since then. While he\u2019s dealt with various injuries, he hasn\u2019t missed a ton of time, starting at least 14 games in five of his seven seasons in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Howard didn\u2019t grade out particularly well in Pro Football Focus\u2019 metrics in 2025. The offensive lineman ranked 58th at his position. Notably, however, he also did not allow a sack, per PFF\u2019s numbers.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns could use more help on their offensive line. With the team likely to start either a new rookie or a developing, second-year player, Cleveland has every incentive to build up its offensive line to give its young quarterback more time to see the field. The team allowed 51 sacks in 2025, which ranked as the eighth worst in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>After parting ways with Kevin Stefanski in the offseason, the Browns hired former Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken. The 60-year-old Monken hasn\u2019t indicated which player will start at quarterback in 2026. If the team doesn\u2019t draft a prospect in the early rounds of the 2026 NFL Draft, Monken could go with second-year players Shedeur Sanders or Dillon Gabriel, or turn to veteran Deshaun Watson under center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Source: Perry Knotts \/ Getty The\u00a0Houston Texans\u00a0have agreed to trade starting right tackle\u00a0Tytus Howard\u00a0to the\u00a0Cleveland Browns\u00a0for a fifth-round&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[117,85,54,563,12,7,221,253,2368,6,222],"class_list":{"0":"post-786820","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-texans","8":"tag-baltimore-ravens","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-deshaun-watson","12":"tag-espn","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-houston","15":"tag-houston-texans","16":"tag-houstontexans","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-texans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116160093975217383","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786820","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=786820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}