Texans Secure $50M Bid for Pro Bowl Defensive Lineman Brown!

GLENDALE, ARIZONA - SEPTEMBER 25: Evan Brown #63 of the Arizona Cardinals runs on field prior to an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks at State Farm Stadium on September 25, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Houston Texans aren’t done filling in their 2026 roster quite yet: Ian Rapoport has reported that the Texans are signing LG Evan Brown to a 1-year deal worth up to $3. 5 million.

Brown had just been released by the Arizona Cardinals on March 12th . Former #AZCardinals G Evan Brown, who was released late this week, lands quickly with the #Texans on a 1-year deal for up to $3. 5M, per The Insiders.

Deal negotiated by Sean Kiernan & Tommy Povinelli from @AthletesFirst . pic. twitter.

com/CUjxQO65Aq — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 14, 2026 Brown, 29, was an undrafted center out of SMU that spent time as a backup lineman on the Miami Dolphins, New York Giants, Cleveland Browns, and Detroit Lions from 2019 to 2021, where he became Detroit’s starting center after Frank Ragnow’s season-ending injury . Brown stepped in with low expectations and performed well above them, finishing that season as one of PFF’s highest graded centers in pass-blocking, but under the average mark in run-blocking. Since then, Brown has started at RG for the Lions, then C again for the Seattle Seahawks, and then moved to the LG spot for the Arizona Cardinals for the 2024 and 2025 seasons.