{"id":139150,"date":"2023-03-13T14:08:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T18:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=139150"},"modified":"2023-03-13T14:08:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T18:08:48","slug":"case-keenum-signs-contract-with-houston-texans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/03\/13\/case-keenum-signs-contract-with-houston-texans\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Keenum Signs Contract With Houston Texans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NFL veteran quarterback Case Keenum signed a contract with the Houston Texans. Keenum spent the 2022 season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/browns\/\" target=\"_self\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Texans have agreed to sign Case Keenum to a two-year contract as their backup QB behind the second overall pick in the draft. The deal can&#39;t become official until the start of free agency on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McClain_on_NFL\/status\/1635340426466172934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Case Keenum, Houston Texans, Agree to Contract<\/h2>\n<p>Keenum was traded to the Bills after Mitchell Trubisky signed as a free agent with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/steelers\/\" target=\"_self\">Pittsburg Steelers\u00a0<\/a>in a deal that sent the Browns a seventh-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. The veteran quarterback would appear in only two games this past season in late appearances as a closer against the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/titans\/\" target=\"_self\"> Tennessee Titans<\/a>\u00a0and the Steelers. He attempted seven passes, completing two of them for eight total yards.<\/p>\n<p>Signed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/texans\/\" target=\"_self\">Houston Texans<\/a> as an undrafted free agent in 2012, Keenum would finish his rookie year with 1,760 yards, nine touchdowns, and six interceptions in eight games with a passer rating of 78.2. Keenum would be waived by the Texans prior to the 2014 season eventually landing on the St. Louis Rams practice squad before re-signing with the Texans later that season.<\/p>\n<p>Playing in the NFL for 10 years, Keenum has been a part of seven franchises, appearing in 78 games and starting 64 of them. With a career record of 29-35, Keenum had his best season as a starter in 2017 with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/vikings\/\" target=\"_self\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a>. He went 11-3 helping the Vikings win a playoff game. As a backup for Sam Bradford, Keenum would get his start after the quarterback suffered a season-ending injury. He was able to set career-high numbers in starts, passing yards, completions, and touchdowns, leading his team to a last-second win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/saints\/\" target=\"_self\">New Orleans Saints<\/a> in the game known as the Minneapolis Miracle.<\/p>\n<p>Following his time in Minnesota, Keenum would play for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/broncos\/\" target=\"_self\">Denver Broncos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/washington-commanders\/\" target=\"_self\">Washington<\/a>, and the Browns. Considered to be a journeyman quarterback, the veteran has been able to fit into many different franchises since his rookie year as a backup and a starter.<\/p>\n<p>Main Image: Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL veteran quarterback Case Keenum signed a contract with the Houston Texans. Keenum spent the 2022 season with the Cleveland Browns. The Texans have agreed to sign Case Keenum to a two-year contract as their backup QB behind the second overall pick in the draft. The deal can&#39;t become official until the start of free [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4426,"featured_media":139154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,3],"tags":[9641,7705,377,246],"class_list":["post-139150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-bills","tag-2023-nfl-free-agency","tag-buffalo-bills-news","tag-case-keenum","tag-nfl-news"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4426"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}