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Getty Images When J.J. Watt officially suits up for the Cardinals, he most likely won’t be wearing No. 99. But that’s not because one of Watt’s new teammates has squatted on the number and refuses to give it up, Michael Pittman Jr.-style. The Cardinals retired No. 99 in honor of former running...

Getty Images J.J. Watt has landed in Arizona. Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill picked up Watt and Watt’s wife, Kealia Ohai Watt, in Bidwill’s private plane. The team posted video of the Scottsdale, Arizona, landing of the team’s newest player. The defensive end spoke briefly after his arrival...

Getty Images The Texans reportedly still aren’t engaging in trade talks for quarterback Deshaun Watson, but they’re continuing other business for 2021. According to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, the club is expected to retain upcoming restricted free agents defensive tackle P.J. Hall...

Getty Images Amid widespread speculation about where free agent defensive lineman J.J. Watt will end up, Watt himself dropped the surprise announcement today: He’s a Cardinal. Watt tweeted a picture of himself working out, wearing an Arizona Cardinals shirt. In a not-so-subtle statement about...

USA TODAY Sports J.J. Watt has announced that he’s joining the Cardinals. It makes for an interesting 2021 schedule. The Cardinals play the teams of the AFC South and NFC North. They play the Houston Texans. They host them, however; J.J. won’t be going to Houston. Watt nevertheless will...

Getty Images Wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins is closing in on his one-year anniversary with the Cardinals and he has a new teammate to celebrate the milestone with later this month. That new teammate is also an old teammate as Hopkins and defensive end J.J. Watt were both on the Texans until...

Getty Images Josh McCown is no longer a Texans player. He may soon be a Texans assistant coach. The Texans officially released McCown today, but that may just be the first step toward hiring him as a member of their coaching staff. Houston considered McCown — who has never been on an NFL or...

Getty Images The Houston Texans seem to think they’ll win a standoff with quarterback Deshaun Watson. John McClain of the Houston Chronicle knows that the team won’t. McClain, who has covered the Texans since their debut in 2002 and the Houston Oilers before that, makes the case that the time...

Getty Images Former NFL defensive tackle Louis Nix III was found dead in Florida on Saturday, three days after being reported missing by his mother. Nix was 29. NBC Sports reports the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office pulled a car from a pond near Nix’s apartment that matched his vehicle’s...

Getty Images Louis Nix, a third-round pick of the Texans in 2014 who also spent time with the Giants, Washington, and Jaguars, has gone missing in Florida. Ben Becker of ActionNewsJax.com posted the plea from Nix’s mother, who explained that she has heard nothing from her son in several days...

Getty Images Seven teams, nearly a full fourth of the league, changed coaches during or after the 2020 season. Those seven teams requested a total of 58 interviews. Rob Maaddi of the Associated Press has obtained the internal NFL football operations list of 2021 head coach interview requests...

Getty Images If, as it appears, quarterback Deshaun Watson will never play for the Texans again and if, as it appears, the Texans won’t trade Watson, the stage will be set for a holdout. Different numbers have emerged regarding the monetary losses that Watson would incur. Below, we’ll try to...

Getty Images The Houston Texans have one less running back. Duke Johnson has been released, per a source with knowledge of the move. It comes as no surprise, given that Johnson had a non-guaranteed $4.65 million salary in 2021. He also was due to make another $500,000 through a workout bonus...

Getty Images With his former team in disarray, Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins isn’t above reminding everyone what a foolish decision the Texans made by trading him. Hopkins quote tweeted a list of his accomplishments in 2020, his first season in Arizona after being traded by Houston...

Getty Images The Texans aren’t picking up the phone when teams call to ask about a Deshaun Watson trade, but they are cutting ties with a bunch of other players on the team. Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports that they have released center Nick Martin. Running back Duke Johnson was...

Getty Images The Texans cut Duke Johnson on Friday. They want to keep David Johnson. Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports the Texans and Johnson have mutual interest in the running back’s return. Johnson is under contract, but the team wants him to take a paycut. Johnson, 29, has a...

Getty Images The Jets were one of the worst teams in the NFL last year, and so they’re long shots to be in the playoffs in 2021. But with the Jets reportedly a contender to trade for Deshaun Watson, some bettors in Las Vegas are seeing value in putting some money on these particular long shots...

Getty Images Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick has played for 25 percent of the NFL’s teams. He’ll likely be joining a ninth team in 2021. Via Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald, Fitzpatrick “believes he’s played well enough the past couple of years to get a chance to at least compete for a...

Getty Images Thirteen days into his 33-day head start on free agency, defensive lineman J.J. Watt continues to look for a new team. Multiple teams reportedly are interested, but no deal has been done, yet. According to Diana Russini of ESPN.com, Watt “has received contract offers from multiple...

Getty Images New Houston head coach David Culley got the word directly from the source: Deshaun Watson has no intention of playing for the Texans ever again. Watson met with Culley on Friday and told him he wants to be traded, Dan Graziano of ESPN reports. Although Watson hasn’t made that...