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Getty Images It was a raucous caucus. A former NFL player was sentenced to two days in jail, for showing up drunk and armed at an Iowa country supervisors meeting. According to the Associated Press, former NFL defensive lineman Mike Stensrud was arrested for drinking during a May 21 meeting...

Getty Images The Texans have reportedly added a new face to their defensive coaching staff. Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports that the team has hired Chris Rumph as their outside linebackers coach. He takes the place of John Pagano, who was fired after the 2019 season and is now on...

Getty Images All four of the Week One XFL games drew between 17,000 and 18,000 fans. But only one of the four games created the impression that the stadium was nearly full. In D.C., the Dragons-Defenders game seemed like a big deal because it was a played in a small stadium. Indeed...

Getty Images To survive, the XFL will need to attract or cultivate star players. With few (no) star players on the Week One rosters, the XFL will have to grow their own. In Saturday’s last game, the XFL was sprouting something other than mung beans. P.J. Walker, who was known in the NFL as...

Getty Images Some big names become eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame over the next few years. Peyton Manning, Charles Woodson and Calvin Johnson are among those eligible for the first time next year. DeMarcus Ware is the most qualified for the Class of 2022. Here is the list of...

Getty Images Football fans like the idea of more football. But do they really want more football? The next experiment begins in only two days. The XFL is back, after a 19-year absence. Fueled by the reality that people who will be placing legal sports wagers will need more sports on which to...

Getty Images With the Super Bowl in the books, the NFL is back in offseason mode today, and open for business. And for the teams at the top, that means the big focus will be the 2020 NFL Draft. After last night’s game, the rest of the order of the first round was filled in. There are still...

Getty Images The 2020 NFL season will begin in Kansas City — unless the NFL has some sort of other game cooked up for the 100th anniversary season (not 100th season) of the league. So who will the Chiefs host? The home schedule includes the usual AFC West suspects (Raiders, Broncos, Chargers)...

Getty Images Former Houston Texans assistant coach John Pagano interviewed for the vacant outside linebackers coaching job with the Denver Broncos on Thursday, according to Ryan O’Halloran of the Denver Post. Pagano spent the last two seasons as a senior defensive assistant and outside...

Getty Images The Texans are hiring Deon Broomfield as a defensive assistant, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports. Broomfield is leaving Indiana State, where he was cornerbacks coach. The Texans previously promoted D’Anton Lynn from assistant secondary coach to secondary coach after...

Getty Images Seantrel Henderson wasn’t able to finish last season, but he’s looking for a new home. According to Field Yates of ESPN.com, Washington worked out the former Texans tackle Wednesday. Henderson played four games last year, starting one, before the Texans put him on the...

Getty Images The Rooney Rule was established in 2003 with an intent to give minority candidates more opportunities for head coaching and football operations jobs. But the league has come under fire after the current hiring cycle ended with only one minority candidate hired as a head coach...

Getty Images The Texans continue to shake up their front office. According to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, the Texans have fired director of player engagement J.J. Moses, along with other staffers in the latest purge. Also leaving the team are assistant strength and conditioning...

Getty Images The Texans will have a General Manager, after all. The Texans have given coach Bill O’Brien the General Manager label. Also, Jack Easterby has become the team’s executive V.P. of football operations. It’s an unexpected ending to a process that began in June, when the Texans...

Getty Images The Texans moved defensive coordinator out of that role, again. He’s going to take another job with the team, again. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the longtime coach will stay with the Texans in a “key role on defense.” They moved him out of the coordinator title to...

Getty Images The Texans made a big change to the top of their football operations department by naming head coach Bill O’Brien their General Manager on Tuesday and they made a less dramatic change to the coaching staff. Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports that the team has promoted...

Getty Images The Texans went 8-3 with Will Fuller and 2-3 without him this season. They need him, and he needs to stay healthy. The receiver said that “a big goal” for him in 2020 is to play all 16 games, something he has never done. He has played 42 of a possible 64 games since the Texans...

Getty Images Texans cornerback Gareon Conley will be working on getting his ankle up to 100 percent in the near future. Conley’s Instagram story this week showed the cornerback with his right foot and ankle in a protective boot and a shot of a surgical scar. Conley said he had a screw removed...

Getty Images Laremy Tunsil is scheduled to make $10.35 million under the fifth-year option for 2020. Considering what the Texans gave up to get the left tackle, they want to sign him to a long-term deal. After a season in Houston, Tunsil seems to have found a home. “I’m cool with it,” Tunsil...

Getty Images Texans safety Justin Reid will reportedly spend part of the offseason recovering from surgery after he spent part of the season playing through a shoulder injury. Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports that Reid will have surgery to repair a torn labrum. It’s not clear what...