Overview
- Multiple outlets report the teams have agreed to the deal, which becomes official when the new league year opens on March 11.
- The Texans are sending offensive lineman Juice Scruggs, a 2026 fourth-round pick and a 2027 seventh-round pick to Detroit for Montgomery.
- Detroit gains interior line depth with Scruggs and creates a vacancy behind Gibbs, who is expected to handle a larger workload in 2026.
- Houston upgrades its backfield with a short-yardage and pass-protection asset to pair with second-year back Woody Marks, with analysts noting Joe Mixon is now expendable.
- Montgomery, who denied an earlier report that he ‘wanted out,’ is under contract through 2027 after a two-year, $18.2 million extension signed in 2024, and the Texans also traded Tytus Howard to Cleveland for a 2026 fifth-round pick as part of their roster reshaping.