The Houston Texans did a lot of work this offseason to make a deeper playoff run than they had in 2023, and before the beginning of the season the Texans, on paper, seemed the runaway favorites to be one of the top contending teams in the league.
Although things haven’t quite been as easy as they had hoped, they are still sitting atop the AFC South with a 6-3 record and in control of their destiny.
With question marks surrounding some areas of their roster, the Texans decided to stand pat at the NFL trade deadline until a late announcement came following the 3:00 PM CST cutoff that they would be trading the former sixth-round pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the San Francisco 49ers for a 2026 seventh-round draft pick.
Davis came to Houston back in 2023 and he flourished during his first season with the team accumulating a career-high 32 tackles with six quarterback hits and two sacks in a reserve role along the defensive line.
Before landing in Houston, Davis had one-year stints with the Buccaneers and Colts in which he had very limited production in three total games of action over the two years.
With the return of veteran Mario Edwards Jr. from his suspension for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy, it made it a bit easier for the Texans to go ahead and make the move to trade away Davis.
