Lions RB David Montgomery traded to Texans for Day 3 picks and Juice Scruggs

[p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/detroit-lions/boZWV3E7/"]Detroit Lions[/a] get a fourth-round pick, a 2027 seventh-round pick, and offensive lineman [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scruggs-frederick/MFYiZ4vf/"]Juice Scruggs[/a] in return for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/montgomery-david/65AfDVpq/"]David Montgomery[/a].[/p][p]It's the second trade the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/houston-texans/SIj9q2Q7/"]Texans[/a] have completed in the last two days after trading starting right tackle Tytus Howard to the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cleveland-browns/KfzTWqa1/"]Cleveland Browns[/a] in exchange for a fifth-round pick.[/p][p]Montgomery, 28, joined the Lions in 2023 from the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chicago-bears/2clovUM8/"]Chicago Bears[/a] and formed a formidable running back duo with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gibbs-jahmyr/QHh4C639/"]Jahmyr Gibbs[/a]. In his three seasons in Detroit, Montgomery racked up 2,506 yards and 33 rushing touchdowns, while also going for 650 receiving yards.[/p][embed guid="52eea8ef-8179-4cee-8f76-482aa0244792" url="https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/2028507841309401538?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]In 2025, Jahmyr Gibbs was named the starter and was given the bulk of the touches. Montgomery thus played the statistically worst season of his career with 716 rushing yards and 8 touchdowns, while being given zero starts.[/p][p]Together with Jahmyr Gibbs, Montgomery formed a duo called 'Sonic and Knuckles'. The duo went for 6,086 rushing yards and 2,099 receiving yards together in Detroit, with a total of 82 rushing and receiving touchdowns being scored between them.[/p][p]In Houston, Montgomery joins a running back room consisting of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marks-woody/zoTZjY6r/"]Woody Marks[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mixon-joe/n3M77Pvi/"]Joe Mixon[/a]. Mixon didn't play a snap during the 2025 season after suffering a mysterious off-field foot injury, while rookie Marks ran for 703 yards and 2 rushing touchdowns[/p][p]Offensive lineman Juice Scruggs was picked by the Texans with the 62nd pick of the 2023 NFL Draft and started 20 games across three seasons. The 26-year-old center started just one game last season.[/p]