The Texans have added a wide receiver in the first minutes of free agency.
Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that they have agreed to terms with Braxton Berrios. It’s a one-year deal worth $2 million.
The Texans are also set to acquire Christian Kirk in a trade with the Jaguars when the new league year opens on Wednesday. They will join Nico Collins in the Houston receiving corps and we’ll see what happens with veteran free agents Stefon Diggs and Robert Woods.
Berrios tore his ACL in his sixth appearance for the Dolphins last season. He did not catch a pass in those appearances, but was working as a kickoff and punt returner.
Berrios has 134 catches for 1,323 yards and six touchdowns for his career. He has also run for four scores and he has one kickoff return touchdown.
Cornerback Kader Kohou won’t become an unrestricted free agent in the coming days.
The Dolphins announced on Saturday that they have tendered Kohou a contract as a restricted free agent. It’s the right-of-first-refusal tender, which means that the Dolphins will have a chance to match any offer that Kohou accepts from another club.
If no other team tries to pry Kohou loose, he’ll be set to play out the year for a $3.263 million salary.
Kohou has started 38 of the 47 games that he’s played for Miami over the last three seasons. He has 180 tackles, two interceptions, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, and a sack.
Miami linebacker Quinton Bell played all 17 games last season, but the Dolphins are ready to let him leave in free agency this year.
The Dolphins will not tender Bell as a restricted free agent, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. That means Bell becomes an unrestricted free agent on Wednesday.
Bell earned rave reviews in training camp last year and earned a spot on the active roster, and then he played in every game, mostly on special teams but also getting three starts on defense. Ordinarily, that would be enough to stick around with a restricted free agent tender offer, but the Dolphins have decided to let him test free agency.
The 28-year-old Bell originally entered the NFL as a seventh-round raft pick of the Raiders out of Prairie View A&M in 2019. He has also spent time with the Buccaneers, Falcons and Eagles.
Veteran edge rusher Bradley Chubb will be back with the Dolphins in 2025.
According to multiple reports, Chubb has agreed to a revised contract with the team. Chubb was set to have a base salary of $19.45 million for the coming season, but will now make less under the new deal.
Per the reports, Chubb will be able to earn back the rest of his compensation through incentives.
Chubb tore his ACL during the 2023 season and did not play at all in 2024. He had 73 tackles, 11 sacks, and six forced fumbles before his 2023 injury and the Dolphins would love to see a return to that kind of production this year.
The Dolphins took care of some roster housekeeping on Wednesday.
The team announced that they have tendered linebacker Cameron Goode and tackle Kion Smith as exclusive rights free agents. Neither player can negotiate with the tender in place, so they’re both likely to be in Miami when the team resumes work.
Goode played in 17 games as a rookie and made six tackles while seeing most of his playing time on special teams. A knee injury forced him to miss most of the 2024 season, but he did return to make one tackle in three appearances.
A knee injury also features into Smith’s NFL story. He tore his ACL last year and missed the season, but did play in nine 2023 games.
Wide receiver Grant DuBose is the team’s third exclusive rights free agent. He will become an unrestricted free agent if he’s not tendered by the start of the new league year.
