The asking price is known. The outcome isn’t.
Where will defensive end Maxx Crosby play next?
DraftKings has the Bears as the +200 favorites to secure his services via trade with the Raiders. Staying put with the Raiders is a +350 proposition.
Five teams are clustered at +700: the Rams (Fuck Them Picks, Part Two), Cowboys, Bills, Ravens, and Eagles.
The Patriots land at +1000, with the Lions and Buccaneers at +1200.
The Raiders, as PFT reported last week, want two first-round picks and a player for Crosby. Crosby, as Jay Glazer said during Super Bowl week, is “done” with the Raiders.
Whether this saga is done remains to be seen. Although no trades can become official until next Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. ET, teams can reach tentative agreements now.
The Lions have made another roster decision on Monday.
According to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, Detroit will not tender restricted free agent Tyrus Wheat, which will make him an unrestricted free agent at the start of the new league year.
Wheat, 26, joined the Lions last August. Detroit claimed him off waivers from Dallas as Wheat was a part of the Cowboys’ roster cuts to get down to 53 players.
Wheat appeared in 15 games for Detroit in 2205, recording 15 total tackles with 1.5 sacks. He was on the field for seven percent of defensive snaps and 52 percent of special teams snaps in games played.
Having entered the league as an undrafted free agent in 2023, Wheat has appeared in 35 career games for Dallas and Detroit.
The Lions have let go of one of their veteran offensive linemen.
Detroit announced on Monday that the club has released Graham Glasgow.
Glasgow, 33, was originally a Lions third-round pick in 2016, playing his first four seasons with the franchise. After spending three years with Denver, Glasgow returned to the franchise in 2023.
Last season, Glasgow appeared in 15 games with 14 starts.
Glasgow had one year remaining on his contract without any guaranteed money. By releasing him, the Lions will save $5.56 million against the cap in 2026 with $2.88 million in dead money.
In his 10 seasons, Glasgow has appeared in 147 career games with 136 starts.
The Lions agreed to acquire offensive lineman Juice Scruggs from the Texans as part of the David Montgomery deal earlier on Monday. But that trade will not become official until the start of the new league year.
The Lions agreed to trade running back David Montgomery to the Texans today, and Montgomery is saying farewell to his home for the last three years.
“It’s hard to find the right words for a goodbye like this,” Montgomery wrote on social media. “Detroit has never just been a location to me -- it’s been a community. And you all have been more than supporters or a team. You’ve been steady hands, loud cheers, honest feedback, and quiet strength when I needed it most. You believed in me when things were uncertain. You stood beside me through challenges. You showed up -- consistently, fiercely, unapologetically. There is something special about the people here. The resilience. The loyalty. The way you don’t just support someone -- you ride with them. I have felt that from each of you, and I will never take that lightly. This isn’t goodbye because something ended. It’s goodbye because something grew. And growth sometimes calls us forward. Please know this: Everything I do next carries a piece of Detroit with it.”
In his three seasons with the Lions, Montgomery totaled 562 carries for 2,506 yards and 33 touchdowns, plus 76 catches for 650 receiving yards. But after being a starter his first two years, last season Montgomery’s role in the offense was reduced, as he became a backup to Jahmyr Gibbs.
The Texans gave up offensive lineman Juice Scruggs, a 2026 fourth-round draft pick and a 2027 seventh-round pick for Montgomery. Paying that price and paying Montgomery $6 million this season shows the Texans view Montgomery as a starter. Going to a team where he’ll be the No. 1 running back may make this a trade that benefits everyone involved.
Running back David Montgomery publicly denied the report that he wanted out of Detroit.
Well, he’s now headed elsewhere anyway.
According to multiple reports, the Lions have agreed to trade Montgomery to the Texans.
Via Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, the Lions will receive a Houston fourth-round pick, offensive lineman Juice Scruggs, and a seventh-round pick in exchange for Montgomery.
Montgomery, 28, saw his role in Detroit’s offense reduced in 2025 as Jahmyr Gibbs continued to ascend at running back. He finished the season with 716 yards rushing with eight touchdowns, also catching 24 passes for 192 yards.
Lions General Manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell expressed a desire to keep Montgomery around at the scouting combine last week. But that plan has apparently changed with the Texans’ offer.
Woody Marks led the Texans last season with 703 yards rushing with Nick Chubb finishing second with 506 yards on the ground. Joe Mixon did not play after sitting out the season with an injury. It was reported last week that Mixon is expected to be released with a failed physical designation.
The Montgomery trade cannot become official until the start of the new league year on March 11.
