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Getty Images Shortly after word of the deal sending wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins from the Texans to the Cardinals became public, Michael Irvin said on ESPN that Hopkins was upset about a meeting with O’Brien that included references to Aaron Hernandez and perceived displeasure with aspects of...

Getty Images Kyler Murray likely was the happiest player in the league to see the Texans trade DeAndre Hopkins to the Cardinals. The Cardinals quarterback has yet another weapon to go with Kenyan Drake, Larry Fitzgerald and Christian Kirk. But Colts linebacker Darius Leonard ranks right up...

Getty Images Plenty of people were taken by surprise when they heard that the Texans traded wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins to the Cardinals last month, but Hopkins wasn’t one of them. Hopkins spoke to the media on Friday for the first time since the trade became official and said that talk of a...

Getty Images DeAndre Hopkins made it clear Friday he believes he is the best receiver in the NFL. He has a case, of course, with three consecutive All-Pro nods. “I would never tell myself I am second-best,” Hopkins said in a conference call with the team’s beat writers, via Darren Urban of the...

Getty Images When Texans coach Bill O’Brien calls left tackle Laremy Tunsil, the discussions can get pretty in depth. Since O’Brien is his own General Manager and Tunsil is his own agent, their conversations toward a new contract for Tunsil can be fairly streamlined. “We’re working hard to...

Getty Images The Texans took on a couple of big contracts in trade this offseason, and both players come with sizable injury histories as well. But coach Bill O’Brien was happy to say that running back David Johnson passed his team physical easily, and that he wasn’t concerned about wide...

Getty Images Heading into next week’s draft, the Bills and Steelers rank at the bottom of the league in the quality of the picks available to them. Based on the Jimmy Johnson trade value chart, and three more recent draft value charts that have attempted to quantify the value of draft picks...

Getty Images The Texans trade of DeAndre Hopkins to the Cardinals has put the onus on Will Fuller to stay healthy in 2020. Fuller has 94 catches for 1,452 yards and 14 touchdowns in only 22 regular-season games with quarterback Deshaun Watson. But he has played 28 games the past three seasons...

Getty Images Running back David Johnson‘s trade to the Texans became official once he passed a physical earlier this week and Friday brought his first chance to discuss the deal. Johnson was with his wife when he found out that the Cardinals were trading him as part of the deal that netted...

Getty Images The blockbuster trade sending DeAndre Hopkins from Houston to Arizona can finally become official. David Johnson, who is going to the Texans in the deal, has passed his physical, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network. That comes on the heels of a report earlier this week that...

Getty Images Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas‘ name hasn’t popped up in conjunction with any teams this offseason, but that’s not because Thomas has decided to call it a career. Thomas was a guest on 104.3 The Fan on Wednesday and said, via Nicki Jhabvala of TheAthletic.com, that he wants to...

Getty Images No one knows when sports are going to return in anything resembling a normal fashion, but the cancellations are pressing toward the summer months. Via Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, Texans defensive end J.J. Watt has canceled his charity softball game, which was scheduled...

Getty Images The Texans traded away their 2020 first-round pick in the deal that netted left tackle Laremy Tunsil from the Dolphins last year and it doesn’t sound like head coach and General Manager Bill O’Brien is going to be lamenting its absence next week. O’Brien discussed the move to make...

Getty Images Receiver DeAndre Hopkins passed his physical Monday afternoon, James Palmer of NFL Media reports. There were no additional details on who gave the physical or where it was administered, but Hopkins was in Houston training last week. The teams agreed to a trade that sends the...

Getty Images The Texans didn’t blare the news, but they did announce the trade that has Brandin Cooks on the move again. The Texans’ release read simply: The Houston Texans agreed to acquire the following player via a trade with the Los Angeles Rams: Brandin Cooks, WR, height 5-10, weight 183...

Getty Images Brandin Cooks is on the move, again. The 2014 first-round pick of the Saints, traded to the Patriots for a first-rounder then to the Rams for a first-rounder, has now been traded to the Texans for a second-round pick. The Rams also are sending a 2022 fourth-round pick to the...

Getty Images Add Brandin Cooks to the list of recent contracts for which Kevin Demoff would like a Mulligan. The Rams paid way too much to running back Todd Gurley in 2018 and way too much to quarterback Jared Goff in 2019. They’ve rectified (and admitted) a third mistake on Thursday, sending...

Getty Images One is a former first overall pick whose career as a starter ended after five years. The other is a former first overall pick whose career as a starter may be ending after five years, but he’s trying his best to keep that from happening. On Thursday, they engaged in a...

Getty Images The trade that eventually will send David Johnson from the Cardinals to the Texans and DeAndre Hopkins from the Texans to the Cardinals still isn’t done, because the physicals haven’t been completed. With a pair of 2020 draft picks attached to the transaction (a second-rounder and...

Getty Images DeAndre Hopkins remains in Houston, even if the Texans have moved on from him. The Texans traded Hopkins to the Cardinals on March 16. Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury said Tuesday he is unconcerned despite Hopkins and David Johnson still needing to pass physicals to finalize the...