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Getty Images The Texans released linebacker Chris Landrum on Tuesday, according to the NFL’s official transactions. Landrum has missed two of the past four seasons with injuries. He spent last season on the Texans’ injured reserve list with an unknown training camp injury. He missed all of...

NBC Sports Share this: Peter King is on vacation until July 20, and he lined up some guest writers to fill his Monday spot on Football Morning in America. Today, it’s Michael Thomas, who plays safety for the Houston Texans. Previous guest columns: Michael MacCambridge (June 15) • Front-Line...

Despite testing and social distancing and anything else done before or after games, the playing of football will entail multiple men in close proximity for three hours at a time. And so the league wants to try to keep them safe when on the field. One way to do that comes from a device developed...

Getty Images The University of Texas announced a series of changes on Monday, many of which were in response to calls from members of the school’s football team for the university to do more to make the school a welcoming place for black students. The moves included an announcement that they...

Getty Images With the Texans playing the first game of the season against the Chiefs, the team’s veterans are scheduled to report to training camp July 25. Yet, the NFL and NFLPA have not agreed to all issues yet. That leaves open the question of whether the NFL is headed toward a delay...

Getty Images Some NFL players who will be trying to get ready for football season without the benefit of an offseason program have been there, done that. Anyone in the league nine years ago prepared for the 2011 season without OTAs or minicamps, due to the lockout. Texans defensive end J.J...

Getty Images They’re calling it the “OL Masterminds Summit.” The litmus test as to whether the individuals participating are truly “masterminds” is whether they’ll realize that they shouldn’t attend. Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News explains that the event, featuring 50 offensive...

Getty Images As the NFL and NFL Players Association work out the various things that need to be worked out in advance of one of the strangest football seasons ever, there’s one option that merits consideration: Patience. “The last thing that we want as players is for this report date to be set...

Getty Images The NFL and NFL Players Association continue to discuss the parameters of the rules for opting out of the season due to the pandemic. The league wants minimal opt outs and a firm deadline for making a final decision. Players surely prefer to have the flexibility to experience...

Getty Images Former Bears tight end and receiver Earl Thomas died July 4 in Houston following an illness, the team announced Wednesday. Thomas was 71. The Bears selected Thomas in the sixth round of the 1971 draft out of the University of Houston. He spent his first three seasons in Chicago...

Getty Images The various issues on which the NFL and NFL Players Association continue to haggle include whether and to what extent the use of full face shields will be made mandatory. Many if not most (if not all) players don’t want them. The league wants players to wear, basically, an...

Getty Images With pro and college football in 2020 currently hanging in a balance influenced largely the ability and willingness of non-athletes to do what needs to be done to slow the spread of the coronavirus, one of the hotbeds of American high school football may not have high school...

Getty Images Lamar Miller hasn’t found a place to play in 2020 and the former Texans running back is trying to show possible suitors that he’s recovered well from last year’s torn ACL. Miller tore his ACL late last summer and missed the entire 2019 season as a result. On Thursday, he posted a...

Getty Images Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson expects uncomfortable conversations at training camp after the May 25 death of George Floyd sparked protests and activism that he, some of his teammates and others around the NFL joined. The team has not been together in person since last season...

Getty Images The last time that wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins played a game, he was a member of the Texans taking on the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in the divisional round of the playoffs. Hopkins and the Texans took a 24-0 lead early in that game, but they wound up trailing by halftime after...

Getty Images Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes changed the game for quarterback contracts yesterday, which was largely because he’s Patrick Mahomes. But another young quarterback who deserves a big raise might not approach the 10-year, $477 million contract Mahomes signed for reasons not...

Getty Images Texans linebacker Jacob Martin is skeptical that the NFL can return safely when COVID-19 continues to spread across the country. Martin indicated that he and plenty of other NFL players have concerns about getting back to work, with training camps scheduled to open in three weeks...

Getty Images Receiver Antonio Brown continues to be linked to plenty of teams but employed by none of them. At a time when the team that could be the most interested in Brown (the Seahawks) has yet to make a move, another possibility could be emerging. Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson has...

Getty Images Texans receiver Keke Coutee burst onto the scene as a rookie in 2018, catching 11 passes in his first NFL game, the most for a player in his debut since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. But he hasn’t quite lived up to expectations since then. This year, Coutee says, he’s ready for big...

Getty Images The Jets still are talking to free agent receiver Demaryius Thomas. But if Vyncint Smith does what he says he’s going to do, the Jets could be set at the position. Smith, who has run as fast as 4.38 in the 40-yard dash, has worked hard on his route running this offseason while...