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Getty Images The Texans have signed third-round choice Nico Collins, according to agents Drew Rosenhaus and Ryan Matha. The Texans traded two fourth-round choices, one for 2022, and a fifth-rounder to the Panthers to move up to select the Michigan receiver. Collins caught 78 passes for 1,388...

USA TODAY Sports The full 2021 schedule won’t be out until later today, but the beginning of the season is taking shape. CBS announced its slate of Week One games and there are several intriguing matchups in the early and late window. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers will begin...

Getty Images The first month of the Deshaun Watson legal controversy featured numerous social-media posts, written statements, and press conferences. For nearly three weeks, silence has prevailed in the Watson situation. It’s obvious, given the sharp shift in efforts by the lawyers away from...

Getty Images Deshaun Watson remains on the Texans’ roster for now, but he’s not expected ever to play for the team again. Watson faces 22 civil lawsuits, and at some point, the Texans will trade him. The Texans drafted Stanford quarterback Davis Mills in the third round, and he joins a...

Getty Images Saturday night’s boxing match at AT&T Stadium — attended by a pandemic record of 73,126 — is a sign of things to come when that venue once again hosts football games. Undoubtedly, the Dallas Cowboys will be playing before a full house this season. Other NFL teams in other NFL...

USA TODAY Sports Quarterback Ryan Mallett last played football in 2017. He’s back, in the Spring League. Playing for the Generals, one of the eight teams in the expanded minor league, the 2011 third-round pick of the Patriots completed 20 of 31 passes for 252 yards in a 21-19 win over the...

Getty Images The Texans have added another free agent. After visiting with Houston on Thursday, linebacker Neville Hewitt has agreed to sign a one-year deal with the club on Friday, Hewitt’s agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Hewitt played for the Jets for the last three seasons...

Getty Images The Texans have signed more free agents than any other team, but they’e still combing through players on the open market as they look to set up their roster for the 2021 season. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that linebacker Neville Hewitt is visiting with the team on Thursday...

Getty Images Darren Fells could be returning to one of his former teams. Per Mike Garafolo of NFL Media, Fells will visit with the Lions on Tuesday night. Fells spent the last two seasons with the Texans. He caught 21 passes for 312 yards with four touchdowns in 2020, a year after setting...

Getty Images Texans owner Cal McNair spoke for the first time since his team added a new quarterback in the third round of the draft. The move comes at a time when the Texans still have quarterback Deshaun Watson under contract. “I really don’t have anything new,” McNair said regarding Watson...

Getty Images When the Ravens brought in tackle Alejandro Villanueva for a visit last month, word from Baltimore reporters was that the team was not expected to make a move until after the draft. Compensatory draft picks were central to that approach. The Ravens and other teams have prized the...

Getty Images The deadline for NFL teams to exercise their fifth-year contract options on 2018 first-round picks passed on Monday afternoon and 21 players had those options picked up. Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold is part of that group. Carolina traded for Darnold last month and announced...

Getty Images The Texans hired a new General Manager this offseason. So it comes as no surprise that Nick Caserio is making changes post-draft. The Texans and director of pro personnel Rob Kisiel have mutually decided to part ways, Albert Breer of SI.com reports. Kisiel’s history in Houston is...

Getty Images Former Houston Oilers offensive lineman Al Jamison has died, John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports. Jamison would have turned 84 next week. Jamison, a left tackle, joined the Oilers for their original 1960 season. He made three All-AFL teams and started all possible 42...

Getty Images Eight quarterbacks have been selected so far in the 2021 NFL draft, the most through three rounds since the NFL began the “common draft” era in 1967. Friday night saw three quarterbacks selected, when Kyle Trask went to Tampa Bay at the end of the second round and Kellen Mond went...

Getty Images The Texans picked quarterback Davis Mills in the third round on Friday night and a common reaction to the news was that the team was beginning to plan for life without Deshaun Watson. Watson remains on the roster, but he wants to be traded and is facing numerous civil lawsuits for...

Getty Images Deshaun Watson‘s availability for the 2021 season is very much in the air and the Texans have added a quarterback to go with Tyrod Taylor in the event Watson isn’t around. The Texans didn’t have picks in the first two rounds, but they used the 67th overall pick to take former...

Getty Images On Monday, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan provided a memorable (or forgettable) sound bite regarding the status of Jimmy Garoppolo. On Thursday night, he acknowledged that hinging Garoppolo’s status on the quarterback remaining alive through Sunday may have been a mistake. Here’s what...

Getty Images The NFL is investigating the 22 civil claims pending against Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. At least two of the women suing Watson have agreed to meet with league investigators. Commissioner Rodger Goodell was asked about Watson on ESPN before the draft Thursday night. He...

Getty Images At a time when momentum has been building toward a potential Jimmy Garoppolo trade before or during the draft, a hose has been turned on the possibility of a transaction of this kind, at least for now. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the chances of a Garoppolo trade during the...