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Recent Patriots cornerback Keion Crossen ‘very highly thought of’ within Texans organization

Johnson Bademosi’s inclusion in a trade between the Houston Texans and Miami Dolphins had a ripple effect.

In the eyes of Texans head coach Bill O’Brien, that ripple effect led to another former New England Patriots cornerback being acquired.

Keion Crossen.

“Crossen was a guy that when we decided to include Johnson Bademosi, who did a lot of great things for us here – that was a tough decision, but we decided to include Bade in the trade with Miami – we felt like we had to replace that,” O’Brien said in his Monday press conference

Houston had sent Bademosi, offensive tackle Julién Davenport and three premier future draft choices to Miami in exchange for former No.