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Getty Images Plenty of great players have spent plenty of years in the NFL without winning a Super Bowl. Recently, Simms and I devoted a PFT Live draft to the question of which veteran players we’d most like to see win a Super Bowl. Our choices are in the attached video. Watch it and then put...

Getty Images The retirement of Michael Bennett sparked plenty of praise for the fact that he always performed at a higher level than his statistics reflected. That gave us an idea for a PFT Live draft: Who are the current players who are better than their stats would suggest? Our choices...

Getty Images One of the outstanding issues regarding the start of training camp and the 2020 season is whether players will be required to wear face shields on their helmets. Oakley developed the shields, which cover the area over the nose and mouth and have holes to allow for breathing, as a...

Getty Images The Texans have wrapped up their draft class, getting the final choice under contract Tuesday afternoon. Fifth-round receiver Isaiah Coulter agreed to terms, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. Coulter was the final of five draft picks the Texans made in April. They used the...

Getty Images The Texans have promoted Tracy Smith to the role of special teams coordinator, John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports. Smith replaces Brad Seely, who retired last month. The Texans interviewed former NFL players Josh Cribbs and Sammy Morris before promoting Smith...

Getty Images High school football is on hold in Texas, but only for the top two divisions, and only for five weeks. According to Callie Caplan of the Dallas Morning News, the UIL has postponed the start of the fall sports seasons for Class 6A and 5A football and volleyball teams, meaning...

Getty Images The Texans are moving closer to getting their entire 2020 draft class under contract. Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports that they have agreed to terms with fourth-round cornerback John Reid. It’s the standard four-year rookie deal worth $3.789 million. Reid was the...

Getty Images The Texans have another draft pick under contract. Second-round defensive tackle Ross Blacklock has signed his rookie deal. He tweeted photos of his signing. The four-year contract is worth $7.95 million and includes $4.92 million guaranteed, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle...

Getty Images The Texans and Chiefs are the first two teams to bring players in to team facilities today, and both have some business to take care of before they can bring all of them in. Rookies from the two teams scheduled to play in the Thursday night regular season opener are scheduled to...

Getty Images Several NFL players took to Twitter around noon Eastern on Sunday to blast the NFL for what the players say is the lack of a coherent plan to keep them healthy while having a safe and successful season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In tweets that were obviously part of a coordinated...

Getty Images One of the most stunning moves of the 2020 offseason happened when news emerged that the Texans had traded receiver DeAndre Hopkins to the Cardinals. Among those initially in disbelief was Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray. “I didn’t believe it,” Murray said this week on ESPN...

Getty Images With so much uncertainty about work rules for players returning to camp, time is running short to come up with answers. And for the moment, the first teams scheduled to report are still planning to. According to Mark Maske of the Washington Post, a source on the talks between the...

Getty Images Charges against Texans wide receiver Kenny Stills were dropped Friday, after he was arrested for protesting the death of Breonna Taylor. According to the Associated Press, Jefferson County attorney Mike O’Connell said police had probable cause to arrest Stills and 86 other...

Getty Images Texans rookies are set to report to training camp this weekend, but one of their veteran teammates is the latest player to point out that there’s still a lot left unsettled about the working environment this year. Defensive end J.J. Watt noted the rookie reporting date in a...

Getty Images The Titans took care of Ryan Tannehill. They got Derrick Henry signed. Now, could the Titans turn their attention to a player outside the organization? Defensive end Jadeveon Clowney remains a free agent four months after he hit the market. As long as he remains unsigned, the...

Getty Images The NFL has said all along it intends to stay on schedule. That remains the plan even as the NFL and the NFLPA continue to negotiate several important issues. The Chiefs are telling players that training camp is a go, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports Thursday night, with rookies...

Getty Images Technically, the Texans’ rookies are due to report for training camp on Saturday. Realistically, the Texans’ rookies will be showing up in one of the biggest current American hotbeds of COVID-19. The situation has left the NFL Players Association justifiably concerned. “No...

Getty Images Kenny Stills‘ message remains the same after his Tuesday arrest in Kentucky. The Texans receiver wore a shirt in his booking photo that reads: “BREONNA TAYLORS KILLERS ARE STILL POLICE.” Stills posted the photo and wrote on social media: “’Good trouble‘ with my brothers and...

Getty Images A Tuesday protest in Kentucky relating to the murder of Breonna Taylor resulted in felony chargers for 87 participants. One of the persons facing felony charges is Texans receiver Kenny Stills. Via the Louisville Courier Journal, police took Stills into custody on Tuesday...

Getty Images Training camps are scheduled to open in two weeks, but there’s plenty of uncertainty about the ability to safely do so. Specifically, the NFLPA has concerns about opening in places where COVID-19 infection rates are highest. Via to Mark Maske of the Washington Post, a union...