Texans restructure Shaq Lawson’s Contract

The Texans have restructured the contract of one of their new acquisitions; Defensive end Shaq Lawson.

The team is converting $7 million of his compensation for the coming season into a signing bonus.

The team is also adding two voidable years to the deal, which is up after the 2022 season. That leads to $5.2 million in cap savings for the Texans this year and pushes his 2022 cap number over $10 million.

New Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio sent linebacker Benardrick McKinney to Miami for Lawson, including a swap of late-round picks late last month.

Lawson was a first-round pick of the Bills in 2016 and signed with the Dolphins last year. In his one year in Miami, he played in 14 games, with seven starts.