After spending last summer as a trade candidate, John Metchie remained in place with the Texans. However, this will not be the case in 2025. 
Houston agreed to exchange the fourth year receiver EaglesReports Adam Schefter of ESPN. One season remains on the recruit contract of Metchie. The 25 -year -old Canadian was sidelined for the 2022 season when he recovered from acute promyelocytic leukemia. Since then, he has had trouble carving himself a role in the play of passes of the Texans. Adding other details on the exchange, the colleague of Schefter Dj E belly tight notes Harrison Bryant heads in the other direction.
According to Tom Pissero of NFL Network, the teams will exchange the choices of future day 3 that they previously exchanged. The Texans will recover their sixth round in 2026, while the Eagles will again have their own selection of fifth round that year.
Metchie managed a 29% share in 2023, and this figure increased to 45% last season. While seeking to gain a role among the most established sparks in Houston, the Alabama product recorded 254 yards and one touch in 24 catches. By entering a contractual year, an increase in production will be sought in Philadelphia (although the WR depth of the team will of course make it difficult).
Super Bowl champions will have again AJ Brown And Devonta Smith at the top of the depth painting in 2025. Philadelphia also Jahan Dotson – Acquired via trade almost exactly a year ago – in the lap. Metchie will seek to win a role behind this trio and next to Marshall Jr. terrace. as well as 2024 recruits Ainias Smith And Johnny Wilson. The initiate of the NFL Jordan Schultz reports the 49ers Also made an offer for Metchie, but the Eagles proposal was better.
The Houston receiver room still includes Nico CollinsBut the Bowler Pro will have a very different support cast around it compared to 2024. Stefon Diggs gone in a free agency, while Dell tank Should not play this season when he recovers with a major knee injury. The Texans have balanced an intra-divisional trade for Christian Kirk in spring before adding Jayden Higgins And Jaylin Noel During the project. The two Iowa state recruits appear to play a role in attack early and often in their careers.
Bryant played his recruit contract with the Browns before spending 2024 in Vegas. The 27 -year -old signed with the Eagles in March. Before seeing a regular season match action with his new team, Bryant finds himself in motion. Like Metchie, he is a free agent waiting for 2026. Bryant will now join a Texans Salle that lost Brevin Jordan For the season recently. He will seek to intervene as a backup for Dalton Schultz.
Texans and Eagles worked on a job earlier this offseason, with safety CJ Gardner-Johnson and keep Kenyon Green be exchanged. The teams repeated a player exchange for the player shortly before the deadline for the list cuts. Now Metchie and Bryant will spend the coming weeks to acclimatize to their new teams while trying to help their market values for next spring.
