Texans Trade for Super Bowl-Winning player for a 2 year contract deal worth $31 million
The Houston Texans opened the offseason with an exciting young duo of Tank Dell and Nico Collins at wide receiver before adding All-Pro Stefon Diggs from the Buffalo Bills in a trade on April 3.
General manager Nick Caserio has now added Ben Skowronek from the Los Angeles Rams, according to NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero on Thursday, May 9
According to the Rams’ official X account, L.A. sent Skowronek and a 2026 7th-round pick in exchange for Houston’s 2026 6th-round pick.
Skowronek, who will turn 27 in June, is entering the final year of the rookie contract signed after being selected by the Rams in Round 7 of the 2021 draft out of Notre Dame.
As a rookie in 2021, Skowronek was a member of the Super Bowl-winning Rams team, playing a then-career-high 46 snaps after O’dell Beckham Jr. tore his ACL and left the 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals in the second quarter.
What Ben Skowronek Brings to the Texans
Listed at 6-foot-3, 224 pounds, Skowronek is a big-bodied receiver who struggled to see the field in Los Angeles. That should not come as a surprise, given the presence of Cooper Kupp, Puka Nacua and Tutu Atwell on the roster of the Rams roster.
Add in the Rams’ use of a sixth-round pick on wide receiver Jordan Whittington out of Texas in the draft this offseason, and the route to playing time for Skowronek in Los Angeles for the 2024 season is certainly uncertain.
However, while Skowronek might have had trouble finding snaps for the Rams, he can address some of the special teams snaps Houston lost in free agency, while providing depth at wide receiver.
Also, Skowronek occasionally lined up at both fullback and tight end during his time with the Rams, according to Pro Football Focus. Neither of those are positions of immediate need for the Texans, with Dalton Schultz and Andrew Beck solidly in place, but it never hurts to add positional flexibility to keep a defense on its toes.
This has not gone unnoticed by fans and observers, many of whom quickly took to social media to share their opinions on Skowronek’s fit with the Texans, first as a receiver.
