While the Texans have been adding offensive linemen in free agency, has been quietly rehabbing. The starting right tackle’s return status has been unclear after he suffered a devastating injury in both knees against the Denver Broncos on Oct. 24, 2016.
"I would say he’s on schedule, but he probably, I wouldn’t say that he’d be able to do a ton of things this spring,” O’Brien said at the Annual League Meeting in Orlando. “Nobody’s worked harder than Derek Newton to try to get back to where he’s at.”
Newton, who ruptured the patellar tendon in both knees, was carted off the field after starting 56 consecutive games from 2012-16.