texasaggie2015 said:The #Texans didn’t have to move far or give up much to acquire Keylan Rutledge. The Texans didn’t want to take any chance of losing out on a player they love. A league source said there was an actual threat that they could have potentially lost out on Rutledge within the AFC…
— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) April 24, 2026
I wonder if players are alerted by teams that may be trying to trade up to get him. Could he have known of the Titans and Texans both having intentions of drafting him and alerted the Texans that they were trying to trade up for him and he preferred Houston? Does that kind of stuff go in?