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Getty Images Wide receiver Stefon Diggs made the move to Buffalo last offseason and it paid off with the biggest season of his career. It also paid off with the best Bills season in decades. They still fell short of a trip to the Super Bowl, however, and Diggs would like to see the Bills make...

Getty Images When an outsider buys all or part of an NFL team, a full-blown approval process becomes activated. When an owner of an NFL team dies and transfers all or part of the team to one or more family members, no approval process applies. It’s a question that more than a few Texans fans...

Getty Images Plenty of teams reportedly are interested in free-agent defensive lineman J.J. Watt. But it’s one thing to be interested and it’s quite another to start putting firm financial offers on the table. With so much uncertainty surrounding the 2021 salary cap, the question becomes...

Getty Images It is done. The Texans’ release of J.J. Watt became official at 4 p.m. ET when his name appeared on the league’s transactions report. Watt’s departure will be akin to Tom Brady leaving the Patriots, Emmitt Smith leaving the Cowboys, Earl Campbell leaving the Oilers and Andre...

Getty Images The Falcons named Chris Olsen as their senior director of football administration Friday. Olsen joins the Falcons after 13 seasons with the Texans, where he served as the senior vice president of football administration. Olsen negotiated contracts for the Texans, making him...

Getty Images The Steelers are strong favorites to land J.J. Watt, according to PointsBet. The Steelers make sense, given both of Watt’s brothers, T.J. and Derek, already play in Pittsburgh. The Steelers, though, would have to create cap space to add a third Watt. Even though teams don’t yet...

Getty Images J.J. Watt broke the news that he asked to be released by the Texans on Friday morning and the team has confirmed that he will be released. Watt won three defensive player of the year awards while with the Texans and he was also named the Walter Payton Man of the Year for his work...

Getty Images Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt has been released, and the other star who wants out of Houston has some thoughts about that. Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson wrote on Twitter that he has loved playing with Watt for the last four seasons and thinks the team that acquires him...

Getty Images J.J. Watt asked for his release and the Texans granted the request, but CEO Cal McNair said the team isn’t ready to move on without quarterback Deshaun Watson. McNair spoke to Adam Schefter of ESPN after the announcement that Watt will be playing elsewhere in 2021 and said that...

Getty Images He won’t play for the Texans. So where will J.J. Watt play in 2021? The folks at PointsBet already have compiled odds. The strong favorite, at +140, is Pittsburgh. The Packers and Buccaneers come in next at +400 each, with the Ravens at +600, and the Bears at +700. Four teams...

USA TODAY Sports Earlier today, in the aftermath of the news that Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt requested his release and got it, I made a factually accurate observation on Twitter: Quarterback Deshaun Watson has asked to be traded, and his request hasn’t been granted; Watt asked to be...

Getty Images Another old friend of Jack Easterby’s has landed a job with the Houston Texans. This time it’s Dylan Thompson, who has been hired as the Texans’ character coach, according to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle. Character coach was the job Easterby had with the Patriots before...

Getty Images Texans General Manager Nick Caserio has made an addition to the team’s roster by plucking a former player from New England. Field Yates of ESPN reports that the team has signed tight end Paul Quessenberry. Caserio became familiar with Quessenberry when he signed with the Patriots...

Getty Images Texans president Jamey Rootes resigned Wednesday, John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports. Rootes helped turn an expansion franchise into one of the most profitable in sports during his 20-year association with the Texans. Hired by late owner Bob McNair, Rootes ran the...

Getty Images The Texans have found another piece for head coach David Culley’s first staff in 2021. Houston is hiring James Campen as its offensive line coach, per a report from Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle. Campen was most recently the Chargers offensive line coach in 2020. Wilson...

Getty Images When on the record 10 days ago, the Texans said nothing to suggest that the door is slammed shut on a possible trade of quarterback Deshaun Watson. More recently, they’ve said something else under the guise of anonymity. “The goal is to get him back, period,” an unnamed person...

Getty Images Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt has won the NFL’s defensive player of the year award three times. This year, he was hoping his brother would win it. Instead, Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt came in second to Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who joined J.J. Watt and Lawrence...

Getty Images The Texans are hiring Ben McDaniels as offensive assistant/assistant quarterbacks coach, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports. Pep Hamilton is the team’s quarterbacks coach. McDaniels arrives from the University of Michigan. He began as an analyst under coach Jim...

Getty Images The Panthers have made no secret of their desire to upgrade at the quarterback position. It was known that they’d tried to trade for Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford. The full terms have now been revealed. Via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, the Panthers offered the eighth overall...

Getty Images Three first-time eligible players made the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. Peyton Manning was joined by Charles Woodson and Calvin Johnson in earning a bust in the first year of eligibility. Alan Faneca, John Lynch, Drew Pearson, Bill Nunn and Tom Flores also are in the...