Texans not getting much respect entering playoff opener
It would be easy for the Texans to play the “no respect” card entering Saturday’s AFC wild-card game against the Chiefs at NRG Stadium. Oddmakers have Houston as an underdog on its home field while...
View ArticleA Brian Hoyer autograph can net you $100
The list of Cleveland Browns starting quarterbacks since the franchise rejoined the NFL in 1999 hardly is a murderers row of NFL greats. But if you have an autograph from one of those two dozen men,...
View ArticleCities clashing in the MLB and NFL playoffs doesn’t happen too often
On Saturday afternoon, Houston and Kansas City will meet for the second time in three months in a win-or-go-home scenario. In October, it was the Astros and Royals who clashed in the American League...
View ArticleTexans pick 22nd: Here’s a look at notable players drafted in that spot
The Texans pick 22nd in the first round of this year’s draft after Washington’s loss to Green Bay in an NFC wild-card game Sunday. The No. 22 spot in the draft order has seen some intriguing players...
View ArticleA look at Texans’ possible free-agent options at quarterback
Unless you’ve been on another planet for the past 14 seasons, you’re aware of the Texans’ acute need for a franchise quarterback. That need was magnified last week when Brian Hoyer turned in a...
View ArticleEx-Texans QB Matt Schaub: ‘I’ve still got good years left in me’
If you expected Matt Schaub to walk away after he was supplanted by fellow Texans reject Ryan Mallett as the Baltimore Ravens’ backup, think again. Schaub, who turns 34 on June 25, told the Ravens’...
View ArticleA closer look at where QBs in NFL conference championship games come from
Once again, arguably the greatest weekend of the NFL season – Championship Sunday – comes without the Texans participating. Of course, it could be argued that the Texans have only twice, in 2011 and...
View ArticleGary Kubiak leads bevy of ex-Texans players, coaches heading to Super Bowl...
Super Bowl 50 will have no lack of Houston Texans ties. The Broncos’ 20-18 victory over the Patriots in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game at Denver sent five former Texans players and eight ex-Houston...
View ArticleGrading the 2015 NFL head coaches
With the 2015 NFL season all but in the books – save for that little thing they call Super Bowl 50 – it’s time to take a look at the coaching jobs done in the league this year. Of course, the NFL’s...
View ArticlePossible ways for Texans to clear salary-cap room
In a piece on ESPN.com published Friday, Bill Barnwell looked at potential salary-cap casualties for each NFL playoff team. When it comes to the Texans, Barnwell identified a new contract for star...
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