Browns get jump on improving offensive line by trading for starting right tackle

General Manager Andrew Berry, during the NFL Combine last week in Indianapolis, said he would use the Chicago Bears as a blueprint to improve the Browns’ offensive line. He wasn’t kidding around. The Browns on March 2 agreed to trade a 2026 fifth-round pick to the Houston Texans for 29-year-old starting right tackle Tytus Howard, a league source confirmed. Ian Rapoport of NFL Network was first to report the news. Howard played in 93 games with the Texans, all starts, since 2019. He made 16 starts in 2024 and in 2025. The trade won’t be official until the...