The Houston Texans’ busy day of wheel and dealing is over. After four trades and a litter of cuts, the Texans possess a suddenly rebuilt roster with winning on their minds.
With all cuts now official, let’s take a crack at an unofficial 2019 depth-chart; pre-waiver pickups.
OFFENSE
| QB | Deshaun Watson* | A.J. McCarron | |||
| RB | Duke Johnson* | Carlos Hyde | Buddy Howell | Taiwan Jones | |
| FB | Cullen Gillaspia | ||||
| WR | DeAndre Hopkins* | Will Fuller* | Kenny Stills | Keke Coutee | DeAndre Carter |
| TE | Darren Fells* | Jordan Thomas | Jordan Akins | Kahale Warring | Jerrell Adams |
| LT | Laremy Tunsil* | Matt Kalil | Roderick Johnson | ||
| LG | Tytus Howard* | Senio Kelemete | |||
| C | Nick Martin* | Greg Mancz | |||
| RG | Zach Fulton* | Max Scharping | |||
| RT | Seantrel Henderson |
defense
| DE | J.J. Watt* | Angelo Blackson* | Carlos Watkins | Charles Omenihu | ||
| NT | D.J. Reader* | Brandon Dunn | ||||
| OLB | Whitney Mercilus* | Brennan Scarlett* | Barkevious Mingo | Jacob Martin | ||
| ILB | Benardrick McKinney* | Zach Cunningham* | Dylan Cole | Peter Kalambayi | ||
| S | Justin Reid* | Tashaun Gipson* | Jahleel Addae | A.J. Moore | ||
| CB | Johnathan Joseph* | Bradley Roby* | Aaron Colvin | Lonnie Johnson | Keion Crossen | Xavier Crawford |
special teams
| K | Ka’imi Fairbairn |
| P | Trevor Daniel |
| LS | Jon Weeks |