The sun was barely rising over the eastern skyline in Houston on Wednesday morning, with the Texans' training camp just a couple hours from beginning, when the news broke about the team taking care of one final piece of business before drills began. Just one day after the Texans announced...
For his part, Howard spent the offseason expressing great jubilation over many of the decisions the team was making over the last several months, including the hiring of DeMeco Ryans as the head coach and the extension of fellow tackle Laremy Tunsil on a three-year deal of his own. Bottom line, Howard expressed a great desire to remain a Houston Texan, and now it's happening.
At $18 million per year, the Texans lock up Howard at the going rate for an above average offensive tackle. As a comparison, the Broncos signed former 49er tackle Mike McGlinchey to a five year, $87 million deal in free agency this past spring. Considering the churn Howard has experienced — multiple position changes and four offensive lune coaches in five seasons — he has to feel fortunate and proud that he was able to secure this deal.
The Texans have now extended three veteran offensive linemen this season — Tunsil, Howard and right guard Shaq Mason. Each of the extensions was three years long, and the total annual value of the three deals is roughly $56 million. That's a lot of money for one position group, but when you consider the importance of rookie QB C.J.
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