New Delhi, March 2 -- The Detroit Lions have made a surprising move in the offseason, trading veteran running back David Montgomery to the Houston Texans on Monday (March 2). The deal sends Montgomery to Houston in exchange for a 2026 fourth-round draft pick, a seventh-round pick, and offensive lineman Juice Scruggs.

This trade comes just days after Lions GM Brad Holmes expressed a desire to retain David Montgomery. "Kind of want to put last year in the rearview and just move forward," Holmes said at the NFL Combine last week.

"But obviously, a player has to want to be at a certain place as well. So those conversations are still fluid and we'll just kind of see how it goes."

David Montgomery, who turns 29 in June, saw his production dr...