Fansided · Mar 17, 2020
D.J. Reader won’t be re-signing with the Houston Texans
The Houston Texans have a big-time player to replace in D.J. Reader as he’s not returning to the defensive line in 2020.
Free agent defensive tackle D.J. Reader was possibly the top interior defensive lineman available in free agency, and the Houston Texans let him walk due to the possible high number a contract would bring.
Though not official, the now-former Texans defensive tackle will be playing with the Cincinnati Bengals for the foreseeable future as Aaron Wilson reported that Reader has signed a four-year, $53 million contract to join the Bengals.
Wilson wrote the following in an article for the Houston Chronicle:
