On the eve of the start of the 2025 NFL season, the Houston Texans handed a one-year, $7 million contract extension to backup quarterback Davis Mills. The deal, which keeps Mills in Houston through the 2026 season, could be viewed as an expensive insurance policy, because best case scenario, Mills would never need to see the field for a meaningful snap this season or next season.
Unfortunately, that's not the way that things broke for the Texans. In Week 9, CJ Stroud was knocked out of action early in the 2nd quarter of Houston's 18-15 loss to the Denver Broncos, thrusting Mills into action in a very meaningful game.