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Getty Images Texans linebacker Dylan Cole is coming back from another injury, but he’s doing it for the Texans. Via the league’s transaction wire, the restricted free agent linebacker has signed his tender offer of $2.144 million. Cole tore his ACL in Week 12, so he’s still got some rehabbing...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s selection committee voted on which players would be named to the NFL’s All-Decade team for the 2010s and the results of that vote were announced on Monday. Eight players were unanimous choices, including Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady. Brady, who...

Getty Images The NFL told teams last week that they were deciding between allowing small gatherings of club personnel to work together during the draft or requiring everyone to work from their homes by themselves. The league announced its ruling on Monday. In a memo delivered to all teams and...

Getty Images The biggest trade of the 2020 offseason still isn’t finalized, nearly three weeks after the deal was preliminary done. Per multiple sources, neither receiver DeAndre Hopkins nor running back David Johnson have passed their physicals. As a result, Hopkins still isn’t officially a...

Getty Images The Texans’ decision to trade wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins and a 2020 fourth-round pick to the Cardinals for running back David Johnson, a 2020 second-round pick and a 2021 fourth-round pick has not been met with praise. Responses have been almost universally negative about the...

Getty Images Texans head coach and General Manager Bill O’Brien said on a recent call with season ticket holders that the team’s decision to trade wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins to the Cardinals was made for financial reasons and dollars and cents contributed to another big departure from...

Getty Images By almost anyone’s analysis, the Texans did not get enough in the trade of DeAndre Hopkins to the Cardinals. David Johnson, a 2020 second-round choice and a 2021 fourth-round choice in return for Hopkins and a 2020 fourth-round choice seems lopsided in the Cardinals’ favor. So why...

Getty Images Texans safety Justin Reid has never played on the same team with his older brother, free agent safety Eric. In 2019, for the first time, the brothers competed against each other when the Panthers beat the Texans 16-10. The Panthers released Eric Reid last month, and Justin Reid...

Getty Images The Texans have been working on a new contract with left tackle Laremy Tunsil and a recent report indicated that Tunsil is looking for an average annual salary of more than $20 million. That report also indicated that the Texans have offered Tunsil a contract with an average...

Getty Images The Texans saw defensive lineman D.J. Reader sign with the Bengals early in free agency, but they didn’t make any additions to the group until Wednesday. Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports that the team has agreed to a deal with former Eagle Timmy Jernigan. Ian Rapoport...

Getty Images The Texans didn’t want to give DeAndre Hopkins a raise, which led him to become a Cardinal. The Cardinals, it seems, are far more open to the idea. Via Kent Somers of the Arizona Republic, Cardinals chairman Michael Bidwill said General Manager Steve Keim has had discussions with...

Getty Images A report a couple of weeks ago indicated the Seahawks may have interest in defensive end Everson Griffen. Now comes word the feeling is mutual. Chris Tomasson of the Pioneer Press reports that Griffen “definitely has interest” in signing with the Seahawks. Griffen has a...

Getty Images Houston Texans head coach Bill O’Brien and his wife, Colleen, are among the many across the sports world stepping up to attempt to help quell the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Via Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, the O’Briens are donating $100,000 to the Houston Food...

Getty Images Left tackle Laremy Tunsil is negotiating with the Texans on a deal that is expected to make him the highest-paid offensive lineman in the league. He isn’t waiting for a new contract to help others less fortunate, though. Tunsil announced Monday he will help Texas and Florida...

Getty Images The Texans traded for left tackle Laremy Tunsil before negotiating a new deal. After giving up two first-round draft picks and a second-rounder to get Tunsil and receiver Kenny Stills from the Dolphins, the Texans now are backed into a corner. They have to do what it takes to get...

Getty Images The XFL has agreed to pay its players for the final five games they didn’t play. Brian Peters, who spent only three days with the Houston Roughnecks before the season ended because of COVID-19, is donating half of each of his paychecks to assist in the fight against the pandemic...

Getty Images The same official cap numbers that show the Chiefs as having the least current cap space ($177) show the Texans as having the most, with more than $49 million. Those figures, as noted by Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, don’t include deals that the Texans have reached but...

Getty Images In this world without live sports, we’ve got to find something to talk about. Earlier this week, Bills receiver Stefon Diggs helped fill the vacuum with one simple tweet: “Top 5 wideouts to ever play the game . . . GO.” Simms and I did just that on PFT Live, with a five-round...

Getty Images Receiver Randall Cobb could have gone back to the Cowboys. He chose to leave for Houston despite Dallas hiring his former head coach in Green Bay. When the Cowboys hired Mike McCarthy, everyone assumed Cobb would return for a second season. “One of the special things about Dallas...

Getty Images In one of the stranger signs of these strangest of times, the Texans have announced the acquisition receiver Randall Cobb, added him to the roster, and made him available to the media for a conference call even though he has yet to sign a contract with the team and thus is not a...