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This page lists all the 2024 Trades for the Houston Texans. I’ve listed all of the NFL Free Agent Signing Grades here, which included the trades. Because I’ve begun posting polls for the trades, I thought it would make sense to list just the NFL trades here, so archiving the voting would be easier.
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- Total Trades: 6
- Average Grade: C+ (78.5)
October 2024 – Trades and Signings
Vikings acquire RB Cam Akers from Texans for late-round pick swap
Cam Akers started a couple of games for the Texans in the wake of Joe Mixon’s injury, but he did not take advantage of his opportunity. He was one of the least-efficient runners in the NFL, ultimately getting supplanted for Dare Ogunbowale.
The Texans did well to get something for Akers, even if it was just a sixth-round pick in exchange for a seventh-rounder. The Vikings, on the other hand, could have just signed someone comparable with Aaron Jones sidelined, so I don’t know why they wasted a resource, even an insignificant one, on someone as pedestrian as Akers.
Grade for Vikings – C
Grade for Texans – B+
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May 2024 – Trades and Signings
Texans acquire WR Ben Skowronek from Rams for swap of 2026 late-round picks
The Rams reportedly waived Ben Skowronek, but the Texans called at the 11th hour and proposed a deal for him. They could have just signed him, but wanted him so much that they were willing to swap sixth- and seventh-round picks in the 2026 NFL Draft.
I don’t understand why the Texans wanted Skowronek so much. Granted, swapping sixth- and seventh-round picks two years from now will almost certainly be irrelevant, but the same word could be used to describe Skowronek’s impact on the team. The Texans have a loaded receiving corps, so why trade anything for Skowronek, who has just 58 career receptions and absolutely no skill set?
Grade for Texans – C-
Grade for Rams – B+
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April 2024 – Trades and Signings
Texans acquire WR Stefon Diggs, 2024 6th-round pick, 2025 5th-round pick from Bills for 2025 second-round pick
Teams with talented quarterbacks under rookie contracts have a huge financial advantage, and this is a primary example. The Texans are paying C.J. Stroud very little compared to the value he provides, which allows them to make a blockbuster move like this.
Trading for Stefon Diggs was unexpected. The Texans already had a strong duo in Nico Collins and Tank Dell. However, they now possess the league’s best trio of receivers with Stefon Diggs joining the group. Diggs will be a great target for Stroud, and his presence will make Collins and Dell even more potent. The compensation is fair as well; the Texans had two second-round picks in 2025, so they had the luxury of surrendering one of them. They’re also getting two third-day picks in return, which didn’t even seem necessary.
As for the Bills, this is a big disappointment for them. They’re a Super Bowl contender, but losing their primary receiver will have big consequences. Granted, this receiver draft class is phenomenal, but it’s highly unlikely that whichever wideout the Bills obtain at No. 28 will be able to match Diggs’ production this season. I can understand the Bills needing to shed Diggs’ contract with Allen being so expensive, but this trade will undoubtedly make Buffalo worse in the short term.
Grade for Texans – A+
Grade for Bills – C-
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March 2024 – Trades and Signings
Vikings acquire Nos. 23, 232 from Texans for Nos. 42, 188, 2025 2nd-round pick
The Vikings have made their intentions known: They want to trade up for a quarterback. They have nothing at the position, so if they don’t want to trade for Justin Fields, they have no alternative but to move up for a franchise signal-caller.
Of course, Minnesota’s decision will hinge on which quarterback it can obtain. If the Patriots are stupid enough to trade out of No. 3, the Vikings will earn a great grade by obtaining either Drake Maye or Jayden Daniels. If, however, they can only land J.J. McCarthy, then this will seem like a waste of resources.
As for the Texans, it seems as though they lost this trade because they surrendered a first-round pick without obtaining one back in return. The trade value chart says Minnesota won this deal by a slim margin, but I can’t help but feel that the Texans were cheated out of a prospect who could help them advance deep into the playoffs this year.
Grade for Vikings – B+
Grade for Texans – C-
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49ers acquire DT Maliek Collins from Texans for 7th-round pick
The 49ers continue to beef up their defensive line. They lost Arik Armstead and presumably Chase Young this offseason, so they had to find some replacements. They signed Leonard Floyd, Yetur Gross-Matos and Jordan Elliott, and now they’ve traded for Maliek Collins.
Collins projects to be a better defensive tackle option than Elliott. Collins is a solid interior pass rusher who will be a nice piece in San Francisco’s rotation. The price is great, as it’s just a seventh-round pick. If I were the Texans, I would have preferred to keep Collins rather than ship him away for next to nothing.
Grade for 49ers – A
Grade for Texans – D
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Texans acquire RB Joe Mixon from Bengals for conditional 2024 7th-round pick
It was initially announced that Joe Mixon would be released, but Houston ended up trading for him. I wondered why the Texans would do that when they could have just signed him, but we know why. All Houston relinquished was a seventh-round pick, and it’s even conditional.
This move seems to have drawn lots of acclaim on Twitter, but people praising the Texans must not have watched Mixon the past couple of years. Mixon has been a rapidly declining player, so much so that I wrote that Chase Brown should have drawn starts over him late last year. Mixon can catch the ball out of the backfield, which is nice, but it’s not enough to offset his pedestrian running.
Then again, I can’t grade this poorly for the Texans because they didn’t surrender anything of note. The Bengals didn’t receive anything of note either, making this a very “blah” trade.
Grade for Texans – B
Grade for Bengals – B
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