The Houston Texans restructured another contract to create salary cap space.
General manager Nick Caserio converted the $12.875 base salary of offensive tackle Tytus Howard in 2024 into a signing bonus to give the team another $10.3 million to work with this offseason, according to ESPN’s Field Yates. This will alter the three-year, $56 million deal Howard signed before the 2023 season.
The Texans restructured the contract of OL Tytus Howard, converting $12.875M of his base salary into a signing bonus and creating $10.3M in 2024 cap space.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) March 29, 2024
Howard’s 2024 base salary will now be $1.125 million and his cap hit will be reduced from $18.705 million to $8.405 million, per KPRC 2’s Aaron Wilson.
This is the second major contract restructure by Houston this offseason. The Texans previously created $6.4 million in salary cap room by altering guard Shaq Mason’s contract earlier in March.
Houston has around $31 million in salary cap space after both restructures, according to Over The Cap.
Injuries played Howard’s 2023 season; he only played in seven games after he suffered a broken hand and a knee injury. Howard missed the first six games of the season with the hand injury and then was placed on season-ending injured reserve in Week 13 after he hurt his knee.
Howard is expected to return in time for training camp later this summer, head coach DeMeco Ryans said at the NFL owners meeting this past week. Howard should retain his starting role on the Texans offensive line as well.