The Houston Texans will have some continuity with their starting cornerback group after all.
According to James Palmer, Mike Garafolo, and Ian Rapoport, the Texans are signing Bradley Roby to a three-year contract worth $36 million.
The #texans are bringing back CB Bradley Roby sources tell @RapSheet @MikeGarafolo and myself. Houston brings back their best CB and a player that in year two in the defense should be even better.
— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) March 15, 2020
Texans re-sign CB Bradley Roby to three-year, $36M deal. (via @RapSheet + @MikeGarafolo + @JamesPalmerTV) pic.twitter.com/9vXjcWqhqR
— NFL (@NFL) March 15, 2020
Roby played in 10 games for the Texans in 2019, starting in all of them. The former Denver Broncos 2014 first-round picked collected 38 tackles, 1.0 sack, two interceptions, one returned for a touchdown, eight pass breakups, and a forced fumble in the fewest games of Roby’s career. The 5-11, 194-pound cornerback was limited with a hamstring injury, but apparently that is not enough of a concern for the Texans to bring back the former Ohio State Buckeye, who will be 28 years old come Week 1.
“I think that Bradley, he’s got a lot of talent, right,” coach Bill O’Brien said on Dec. 4, 2019. “He’s got good speed, good feet, good ball skills. The big thing with Bradley has been health. Just making sure that he can be available to the team, that’s the big thing. If he stays available to the team, he’s healthy, then he can help us.”
If Roby is healthy beyond 10 games for the Texans in 2020, he will certainly help them in their secondary, which will be new-look now that two-time Pro Bowler Johnathan Joseph is set to hit free agency.