{"id":114442,"date":"2024-04-23T01:13:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T01:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=114442"},"modified":"2024-04-23T01:13:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T01:13:24","slug":"texans-to-sign-veteran-lb-jacob-phillips-to-one-year-deal-nguyensa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/texans-to-sign-veteran-lb-jacob-phillips-to-one-year-deal-nguyensa\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans to sign veteran LB Jacob Phillips to one-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Texans did some linebacker work early in free agency, reuniting DeMeco Ryans with 49ers pupil\u00a0Azeez Al-Shaair. More than a month later, the team is still doing work on its defensive second level.\"Texans<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jacob Phillips\u00a0came in for a workout earlier Monday,\u00a0KPRC2\u2019s Aaron Wilson notes, and ESPN.com\u2019s Adam Schefter\u00a0indicates\u00a0the parties have a deal in place.<\/p>\n

After four seasons in Cleveland, Phillips will make his way to Houston on a one-year deal. Phillips found his way to the Browns in 2020 thanks to a trade that sent running back\u00a0Duke Johnson\u00a0to the Texans. Now, four years later, that pick comes back to Houston.<\/p>\n

As a third-round pick out of LSU, Phillips never quite panned out with Cleveland. Injury has been the primary factor for Phillips\u2019 struggles throughout his rookie deal. Phillips missed seven games in his rookie season, 13 games in his sophomore campaign, and the last 10 games of the 2022 season before missing all of 2023. Out of a possible 67 career regular season games, Phillips has only appeared in 20, making eight starts.<\/p>\n

Whether COVID-19 or a knee injury in 2020, a torn biceps muscle in 2021, a torn left pectoral muscle in 2022, or the torn right pectoral muscle that sidelined him all of last year, Phillips\u2019 struggles to stay on the gridiron have been unprecedented. Still, his ability to find his way into the starting lineup in the short windows when he\u2019s healthy just shows the potential that lies in Phillips\u2019 game.<\/p>\n

While the Browns never got to see that potential develop and blossom, the Texans are hoping they\u2019ll get to in 2024. Phillips will come to a Houston team that lost two starters at the position when\u00a0Blake Cashman\u00a0departed for Minnesota\u00a0and\u00a0Denzel Perryman\u00a0returned to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Henry To\u2019oTo\u2019o, the only backup linebacker to see significant time on the defense in 2023, is set to fill one of the starting spots alongside side returning starter\u00a0Christian Harris.<\/p>\n

Former 49er and Ryans disciple,\u00a0Al-Shaair\u00a0was\u00a0signed back in March\u00a0to compete for the other starting spot. In a one-year deal with the Titans last year, Al-Shaair started every game of the season for the first time in his career and set a career high with an impressive 163 total tackles, good for fifth in the NFL in 2023.<\/p>\n

With the starting lineup in 2024 assumed to be Harris, Al-Shaair, and To\u2019oTo\u2019o, Phillips will come in with less pressure to deliver right away. If healthy, Phillips could fill in To\u2019oTo\u2019o\u2019s role from last year as the first man off the bench at the position in occasions of injury replacement or rotation.<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll compete with fellow free agent addition\u00a0Del\u2019Shawn Phillips, who served a similar role with the Ravens over the last four years while also being a core special teamer in Baltimore.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the start of a new opportunity for Phillips in Houston. After an injury-riddled start to his career, the 25-year-old has a chance to make an impact off the bench for the Texans without the pressure to do so right away. He\u2019ll also get to do so with one of the league\u2019s premier defensive minds as his head coach.<\/p>\n

Ely Allen contributed to the post.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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