As if Diontae Johnson’s name hasn’t swirled around enough this week, he’s packing his bags for a new city.
The wideout has been claimed off of waivers by the Houston Texans on Monday according to ESPN NFL insider Ian Rapoport.
“Former #Ravens WR Diontae Johnson has, in fact, been claimed, source said. He goes to the #Texans, helping deal with the loss of Tank Dell,” Rapoport said on X.
It’s the merging of two of the league’s biggest headlines in the last week.
Johnson had been cut by the Baltimore Ravens on Friday after serving a one-game suspension actioned by the team earlier in December. This was due to what the Ravens labeled as “conduct detrimental to the team” by refusing to go into the game in Week 13.
After being pardoned from practice leading up to the Ravens’ 34-17 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, Johnson then got the axe.
Houston lost wide receiver Tank Dell to a gruesome season-ending knee injury in Sunday’s 27-19 loss to the Kansas Chiefs. Dell, a key target in the Texans offense, was sent in an ambulance to the hospital and it was eventually revealed that he would receive surgery for a dislocated knee.
After also losing fellow wideout Stefon Diggs for the remainder of the season to an ACL injury, the Texans needed to replenish the vanishing depth at the wide receiver position ahead of the playoffs.
This story is being updated…
