{"id":255636,"date":"2025-11-20T17:22:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T22:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=255636"},"modified":"2025-11-20T17:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T22:22:34","slug":"breaking-texans-cut-former-fifth-round-bust-dameon-pierce-3-potential-destinations-ranked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/11\/20\/breaking-texans-cut-former-fifth-round-bust-dameon-pierce-3-potential-destinations-ranked\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Texans Cut Former Fourth-Round Bust; 3 Potential Destinations, Ranked"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahead of their matchup against the Denver Broncos, the Houston Texans have cut running back Dameon Pierce, who spent all of his career with the team. According to several reports<\/a>, the Texans are moving on in the wake of the Joe Mixon<\/a> injury news; the team is not waiting, and it came at the expense of Pierce. Originally selected in the 2022 NFL Draft, the former Florida product had one of the most promising rookie seasons. Despite recording 939 rushing yards, four touchdowns, along 30 catches for 165 receiving yards through 13 games and starts, Pierce has been falling on the depth chart.<\/p>\n

Breaking: Texans Cut Former Fourth-Round Bust Dameon Pierce; 3 Potential Destinations, Ranked<\/h2>\n

The running back lost his backup duties due to the emergence of veteran Nick Chubb, since the Texans were in dire need of help in the backfield unit when the Mixon injury occurred. Unfortunately for him, it put Pierce on the back burner, and running back options like Woody Marks<\/a> and Dare Ogunbowale passed him to be more of a capable starter. Even though it looks like he might have to wait around for an opportunity, he could be claimed as soon as tomorrow. Pierce was a part of several trade conversations, but no one saw his value since it had diminished over the past few seasons.<\/p>\n

This doesn’t mean that Pierce isn’t good. A fresh start could do well for the running back, and these three teams might be open to getting him before the start of their postseason aspirations.<\/p>\n

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1. Dallas Cowboys<\/h3>\n

After picking up a win over the Raiders on Monday Night<\/a>, the Cowboys aren’t necessarily out of the wild-card race. It’s still a long shot, but Dallas could sneak their way in. The team once had a promising backfield years ago with Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard a part of one unit, but that went out the window since now they have one of the worst. Dallas never made a true investment in their running back room, and even though Pierce won’t dramatically change much, he’s better than what they have as far as backups.<\/p>\n

Javonte Williams is slowing down a bit, and with Miles Sanders out for the rest of the season, Dallas could claim Pierce in a situational role to fill the void to help rookie Jaydon Blue and an unproven Malik Davis.<\/p>\n

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Sep 4, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Dallas Cowboys running back Javonte Williams (33) celebrates with his teammates after scoring a touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles during the first quarter of the game at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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2. New England Patriots<\/h3>\n

However, the New England Patriots are looking to be one of the most underrated offenses entering the playoffs in January. No one expected them to have made a deep run this 2025 campaign, but quarterback Drake Maye is thriving, and the Patriots will need to load up on the ground. Antonio Gibson is out for the season, and this made the Patriots interested in the market for a replacement.<\/p>\n

Rhamondre Stevenson is a solid backup, but they shouldn’t lean on him too much due to his fumbling issues. Rookie TreVeyon Henderson<\/a> will play in his first postseason game, and even though Pierce can’t do much, he may be reliable to just move the chains.<\/p>\n

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Nov 13, 2025; Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA; New England Patriots running back Treveyon Henderson (32) runs the ball for a touchdown against the New York Jets in the second quarter at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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3. Indianapolis Colts<\/h3>\n

The past trade deadline showed the rest of the league that the Colts could go aggressive by acquiring Sauce Gardner on defense, and it’s time to do the same on offense. Jonathan Taylor<\/a> will be the starter for this squad for a long time as long as he can stay healthy. There are no worries there since he’s been on a ferocious run. The Colts potentially claiming Pierce wouldn’t be the most dramatic addition, but it might keep them ahead, depending on how they use him this season.<\/p>\n

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Oct 19, 2025; Inglewood, California, USA; Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor (28) moves the ball in the first half against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Houston Texans have released this former fourth-round pick, but these three teams could immediately claim him off waivers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4795,"featured_media":255641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[36,19,14,12,5,6431],"tags":[7422,8923,7360,7800,7580,1911,6237,7394,10069],"class_list":["post-255636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-cowboys","category-texans","category-colts","category-patriots","category-nfl-teams","tag-dallas-cowboys-news","tag-dameon-pierce","tag-houston-texans-news","tag-indianapolis-colts-news","tag-javonte-williams","tag-joe-mixon","tag-jonathan-taylor","tag-new-england-patriots-news","tag-treveyon-henderson"],"modified_by":"Anthony Palacios","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255636","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\/4795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255636"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255667,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255636\/revisions\/255667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}