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Browns predicted to trade Wyatt Teller to NFC contender.
The first week of the NFL’s new league year is nearly complete, and the Buffalo Bills have witnessed a handful of their former players find new homes with different teams. Some of these players, like guard David Edwards, even played for the Bills last season.
Edwards signed a four-year, $61 million deal with the New Orleans Saints on March 9. As a result, Buffalo should look to secure a new guard who can step in and start immediately.
Texans Agree to Deal With Wyatt Teller
One player the Bills could have signed is Wyatt Teller, whom they selected in the 2018 NFL Draft as the 166th overall pick. However, he only played one season in Buffalo before being traded to the Cleveland Browns after training camp in 2019.
Teller was a free agent this offseason for the first time in his career, but hewon’t be returning to Buffalo. According to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, the Houston Texans are signing Teller.
“Wyatt Teller’s deal is for two years, $16 million with a max value of $23 million,” Garafolo wrote Tuesday on X.
Teller played three seasons for the Browns, earning Pro Bowl selections in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
The Browns enjoyed significant success with Teller for a few seasons, particularly in 2020 and 2023. Yet, in the last two seasons, the team’s performance declined sharply, managing to win only a total of eight games.
Cleveland had no plans to re-sign Teller during this offseason, which became clear on Feb. 18when he posted a farewell message to the Browns on social media.
Houston Might’ve Been on Teller For a While
“I wish things were different, and this is hard to put into words,” Teller wrote, via Cleveland.com’s Dan Labbe. “When Buffalo traded me to Cleveland seven years ago, I never could have imagined how much this city would mean to me. Ultimately, the Browns took a chance on me that changed the trajectory of my life forever.”
The Texansmight have been targeting Teller, as CBS Sports’ Jordan Dajani hinted at a possible signing in an article he published on Saturday.
“The Houston Texans again have to revamp their offensive line this offseason,” Dajani wrote. “They added former Colts offensive tackle Braden Smith in free agency, but traded right guard/right tackle Tytus Howard to the Browns. You could make the argument that the Texans have traded their best offensive linemen in back-to-back seasons, sending Laremy Tunsil to Washington in 2025, and then Howard to Cleveland this month. In this hypothetical, we have a former Brown going to Houston in Teller, who was CBS Sports’ No. 93 available player in this free agency class.”
The Texans reached the AFC divisional round last season and could challenge the Bills this year. With the addition of Teller, Houston looks to improve its offensive line, making it a contender in the AFC. There’s a chance that the Texans could become one of the teams to beat this season.
Buffalo may face Teller again in some exciting matchups, and it will be interesting to see how it performs against him.