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Getty Images The Texans activated offensive guard Max Scharping, outside linebacker Whitney Mercilus and inside linebacker Dylan Cole from the COVID-19 reserve list Tuesday. Scharping tested positive during the team’s bye week and went on the reserve list Oct. 28. Contact tracing determined...

Getty Images As the Browns embark on the second half of a season featuring five games they should win, one of the best running backs in the NFL is moving toward a return. The Browns have designated Nick Chubb for return from injured reserve. Chubb suffered a knee injury during a Week Four win...

Getty Images Browns running back Nick Chubb practiced for the first time in over a month on Monday after the Browns designated him to return from injured reserve. Chubb has been recovering from a knee injury and defensive end Myles Garrett was dealing with one before Cleveland went on its bye...

Getty Images The Texans placed linebackers Brennan Scarlett and Kyle Emanuel on injured reserve Monday, the team announced. Scarlett broke his arm in Sunday’s victory over the Jaguars. Emanuel has not played since being diagnosed with a concussion Oct. 25 against the Packers. The Texans also...

Getty Images Jake Luton didn’t come out of Oregon State with a high profile and it didn’t get any bigger when the Jaguars took him in the sixth round of this year’s draft, but a lot more people learned his name over the last week. Luton was installed as the starting quarterback in Jacksonville...

Getty Images Texans pass rusher J.J. Watt recorded the 100th sack of his career Sunday. It came in his 120th career game. Only Pro Football Hall of Famers Reggie White (96 games) and Bruce Smith (114) along with future Hall of Famer DeMarcus Ware (113) reached 100 sacks in fewer games since...

USA TODAY Sports Probably no one started Jake Luton in fantasy football today, but maybe they should have. Jake Luton, in case you don’t know who he is, is the Jaguars’ rookie starter at quarterback. The Oregon State product is playing because Gardner Minshew is out with a thumb injury. At...

Getty Images Injuries are piling up for the Texans today. Running back David Johnson took a hard hit on a tackle by Myles Jack in the second quarter. He is being evaluated for a concussion. Duke Johnson, Cullen Gillaspia and Buddy Howell are the team’s other active backs. Left guard Senio...

Getty Images Deshaun Watson has done everything he can to lead the Texans to a victory. In a matchup of 1-6 teams, the Texans lead 20-16 at halftime. Watson has completed 13 of 20 passes for 169 yards and a touchdown, while running three times for a team-leading 35 yards. Brandin Cooks has...

Getty Images Houston is 0-6 against any team not named the Jaguars. The Texans beat the Jaguars for a second time this season, improving to 2-6. Unfortunately for the Texans, they won’t play the Jaguars again until the 2021 season. Houston dropped Jacksonville to 1-7 with a 27-25 victory...

Getty Images Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson said last month that he wanted to “squash” any trade talk floating around the team leading up to the November 3 trade deadline. Watson wasn’t quite successful at doing that. There was a lot of chatter about a deal that would have sent wide...

Getty Images Every week we bring you all the inactives from the 1 p.m. ET games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information. One of those early games will pit the Bears against the Titans in Tennessee. The Titans will not have linebacker Jadeveon Clowney for that contest as...

Getty Images If the Browns weren’t on a bye today, they’d have a problem. The Browns have placed quarterback Baker Mayfield on the COVID-19 reserve list. Officially, the Browns did not disclose whether Mayfield tested positive or whether he had contact with someone who has tested positive...

Getty Images The Texans announced cornerback Bradley Roby did not make the trip with the team to Jacksonville, and he will not play Sunday. The team added that his absence is not injury-related or for illness reasons. Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports the Texans are holding out...

Getty Images Week Eight of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Packers and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t...

Getty Images If only the pandemic truly had disappeared after the election. The nationwide COVID-19 outbreak continues, with six-figure cases and single-day records over each of the past two days. And the NFL is feeling the impact of it. Currently, 15 teams have issues with the virus, in one...

Getty Images The Texans were able to return to the practice field on Friday. Thursday’s practice was called off after linebacker Jacob Martin tested positive for COVID-19, but head coach Romeo Crennel said that the results of yesterday’s round of testing allowed them to get back to work...

Getty Images Free agent defensive back Johnathan Joseph has a new home. Joseph is signing with the Cardinals, Mark Berman of FOX 26 reports. The Titans cut Joseph earlier this week. Joseph signed a one-year deal with Tennessee in the offseason. He started six of the team’s seven games and...

Getty Images The Texans have confirmed an overnight report that they will close their facility on Thursday because a player tested positive for COVID-19. The team made the announcement in a statement on Thursday morning. “We were informed last night that a Texans player has tested positive...

Getty Images The Texans learned that linebacker Jacob Martin would miss this weekend’s game against the Jaguars because of a positive COVID-19 test and contact tracing has led to two other linebackers being scratched from the lineup as well. Interim head coach Romeo Crennel said on Thursday...