Earlier on Tuesday, the Patriots let it be known that they were set to release linebacker Marte Mapu.
They’ve now found a trade partner for him instead.
Per Jonathan Alexander of the Houston Chronicle, the Texans have agreed to trade for Mapu with a late-round pick swap between the two teams.
Mapu, a third-round pick in the 2023 draft, appeared in 44 games with 10 starts for New England over the last three seasons, with his action m mostly being on special teams last season. He was on the field for 58 percent of the unit’s snaps and just 12 percent of defensive snaps in 2025.
Mapu is set to make $1.509 million in base salary for the final year of his rookie contract.
Free agent offensive lineman Kenyon Green will work out for the Buccaneers on Thursday, Aaron Wilson of KPRC reports.
The Texans made Green a first-round pick in 2022.
Green, 25, started 14 games at left guard as a rookie but missed the 2023 season with a torn labrum in his shoulder. He started 12 games in 2024 before the Texans traded him to the Eagles in the 2025 offseason.
He spent time on the Eagles’ practice squad and later joined the Ravens’ practice squad but did not play last season.
Green has started 23 of 27 career games.
With their offseason program starting this week, the Browns have made several roster moves on Monday.
According to the league’s daily transaction wire, Cleveland has signed free agent defensive back Myles Bryant. The club has also signed six of its exclusive rights free agents, including kicker Andre Szmyt.
Bryant, 28, spent the last two seasons with the Texans after playing his first four with the Patriots. In 2025, Bryant appeared in 11 games with three starts, recording 40 total tackles.
Bryant has tallied four interceptions and 17 passes defensed in his 77 career games with 20 starts.
Szmyt kicked in all 17 games for the Browns last season, connecting on 24-of-27 field goals and 25-of-26 extra points. He previously spent time with the Bears, as well as the St. Louis Battlehawks of the UFL after going undrafted out of Syracuse in 2023.
Cleveland has also officially re-signed tight end Brenden Bates, receiver Malachi Corley, linebacker Winston Reid, long snapper Rex Sunahara, and receiver Jamari Thrash — all of whom were ERFAs.
The Texans are taking a look at a defensive back.
Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Martin Emerson Jr. is visiting with Houston on Monday.
Emerson missed all of the 2025 season with a torn Achilles suffered during training camp in late July. That meant he did not play in the final year of his rookie contract with the Browns, who selected him in the third round of the 2022 draft.
In his first three seasons, Emerson appeared in 50 games with 33 starts. He recorded four interceptions and 14 passes defensed in 2023, helping Cleveland reach the postseason. In 2024, he played all 17 games with 15 starts, tallying five passes defensed, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, and 80 total tackles.
Offseason programs will start getting underway around the NFL next week.
The ten teams that hired new coaches this offseason will be eligible to start working with their players on Monday, April 6. The Ravens are the only team that has set that as their first day of work while the Cardinals, Falcons, Bills, Browns, Raiders, Dolphins, Giants, Steelers and Titans have set Tuesday as their opening day.
All of those teams will also be able to hold a voluntary minicamp later in the spring. Every team is also scheduled to hold a rookie minicamp and a mandatory minicamp over the course of the next few months.
The first two weeks of work for all teams is limited to meetings, strength and conditioning, and physical rehabilitation only. The three-week second phase allows for on-field work, but no full-speed team drills while the third OTA phase allows for team drills, but there is no live contact allowed at any point in the offseason.
Most of the 22 teams with returning coaches will be opening their offseason programs on April 20 or 21. The Broncos have set May 4 as their first day.
