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Houston Texans Projected to Make Stunning Roster Cut

Originally posted on Houston Texans on SI
By Matthew Schmidt | Last updated Aug 4, 2025 10:35 AM ET

The Houston Texans' roster is looking quite a bit different this year than it did last season, particularly on the offensive end.

Not only did the Texans completely revamp their receiving corps, but they also overhauled their offensive line, which was one of the NFL's worst units in 2025.

Houston traded away a couple of key players in Laremy Tunsil and Kenyon Green, signed some veteran free agents and used a second-round draft pick on Aireontae Ersery. So what do all of those moving parts mean for some of the Texans' holdovers.

Well, Jacob Barzilla of Medium seems to believe that there could be a surprising roster cut coming, and in his most recent 53-man roster projection for Houston, he had the Texans parting ways with former second-round offensive lineman Juice Scruggs.

My Texans 53-Man Roster Prediction heading into week of WV trip & Preseason Week 1:

This is assuming there isn't health concerns with players and none of the PUP guys end up on IR.

Closest cuts for me were Dylan Horton/Dameon Pierce/M.J. Stewart/Juice Scruggs/Zach Thomas. pic.twitter.com/Fgn0c81t54
— Jacob (@TexansJacob) August 3, 2025

Considering that Scruggs started 13 games last season, this definitely comes as a bit of a stunner, but then again, the 25-year-old has also been a fairly big disappointment for the Texans thus far.

To be fair to Scruggs, he is naturally a center who was shifted over to guard last year, and he actually managed to post a respectable 64.2 overall grade at Pro Football Focus. However, he was also part of an offensive line unit that surrendered 54 sacks in 2024.

Houston's offense was expected to be one of the league's best last season, but instead, it was rather underwhelming, and while injuries certainly factored into the equation, so did incredibly poor protection in the trenches.

We'll see what the Texans decide to do with their offensive line in the coming weeks and whether or not Scruggs makes the cut.

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