On Friday, the Texans claimed former Washington left tackle Geron Christian. But, they weren’t the only team to submit a claim for him. Had the WFT passed, Christian would have joined the Raiders (Twitter link via ESPN.com’s Field Yates). The Dolphins also submitted a claim on the 2018 third-rounder.
Christian was less-than-stellar in D.C., but quality tackles are hard to come by at this stage of the offseason. He’s also on the final year of his low-cost rookie year deal, making him an affordable pickup for teams in need. That was a definite selling point for the Texans, who have spent most of their offseason inking free agents to short-term contracts.
The 6-foot-6 blocker has played in 24 games over the course of his pro career, which started as a reserve behind Trent Williams. Injuries have held Christian up along the way, including an MCL tear as a rookie. Last year, Christian saw just six games and graded as Pro Football Focus’ No. 60 ranked tackle in the league. On Friday, Washington brought an end to Christian’s tenure while also dropping the durable Morgan Moses.
Now, Washington has new options in rookie Samuel Cosmi and veteran Charles Leno. The Texans are well covered with Laremy Tunsil, Tytus Howard, Marcus Cannon, and Christian. Meanwhile, the Raiders and Dolphins will continue to search for outside protectors.
The Texans are going to be fun to watch this year! That roster has the making to compete for the 3rd 0-16 team.
They could be the first ever 0-17 team.
Thanks for the correction!
They have signed like 12 Ex-Browns so they are fully going for it
0-17 and not a Qb in the draft better than a 3rd round grade.
Is that really true? I’m honestly asking.
I haven’t looked at the 2022 potential QBs yet, but that would make for a really bizarre and interesting draft, if true.
As it stands (and from everything I read) the 2022 draft is going to be weak in QBs and very strong in everything else. Things could change in a year but it looks meh right now.
The Morgan Moses move is the head scratcher. He’s no all-pro, but you can do worse, thus you have to wonder what else is going on behind the scenes in DC.
Rivera is re-making the team in his own image, which a lot of new head coaches do after a first year shake-out cruise, and making the team younger (he’s admitted that he let the Panthers get old by not cutting vets sooner, and has said that he drafts rookies to play sooner than later). He also saved $7.5 million or so with only a $1.9 million dead cap hit.
The speculation is that Moses would have been cut after the season if LT Charles Leno hadn’t become available, but with Leno available and cheaper, and with veteran swing OT Cornelius Lucas available to compete for the RT job with 2nd rounder Samuel Cosmi, they could move on from Moses now.