ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports the NFL has taken away a 2023 fifth-round pick from the Texans and fined them $175,000 for a salary-cap violation.
Houston believes it is an “accounting error” that dates back to Deshaun Watson’s training per Schefter. The Texans had Watson train at a local facility while theirs was shut down due to COVID-19. It’s hard to say that the Texans have really lost much here, but given how Nick Caserio operates drafts, that fifth-rounder was likely to become ammunition for a trade up at some point.