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Getty Images Texans defensive end J.J. Watt had surgery on his torn pectoral muscle on Tuesday and the team made a move to get him off the active roster on Wednesday. The Texans announced that Watt has been placed on injured reserve. He will miss the rest of the season, but is expected to be...

Getty Images Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson was set to be at Minute Maid Park to play a role in the pregame festivities before Game Seven of the World Series on Wednesday night, but getting kicked in the face during last Sunday’s win over the Raiders has forced a change in plans. Watson...

Getty Images Deshaun Watson may not be able to say “play ball” tonight in Houston, but he was able to practice ball earlier in the day. Watson, whose eye remains swollen after he was kicked in the eye during Sunday’s win over the Raiders, fully participated in practice. The MVP candidate is...

Getty Images Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew has a sore right shoulder but appears to be good to go this week. The Jaguars announced that Minshew has soreness in his throwing shoulder but was still a full participant in today’s practice. Minshew has been one of the pleasant surprises of...

Getty Images The Dolphins announced they released tight end Nick O'Leary after claiming cornerback Xavier Crawford off waivers from the Texans. The Crawford claim, which was reported Monday, became official Tuesday. O’Leary played 19 games with nine starts over the past two seasons with...

Trent Williams stayed put. Jamal Adams stayed put. Chris Harris stayed put. Le'Veon Bell stayed put. Janoris Jenkins stayed put. A.J. Green stayed put. Patrick Peterson stayed put. O.J. Howard stayed put. Everyone, in fact, except Aqib Talib stayed put Tuesday. The NFL’s trade deadline closed...

Getty Images Texans defensive end J.J. Watt will miss significant time for the third time in four years. Watt tore a pectoral muscle tackling Raiders running back Josh Jacobs for a 6-yard loss in the second quarter Sunday. He underwent surgery Tuesday. “Everything went smooth,” Watt wrote on...

After Sunday’s loss to the Texans was in the books, Raiders head coach Jon Gruden compared Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson to Michael Jordan. He’s not the first to make that comparison, but Watson looked elsewhere for a comparison when Peter King asked him about his final touchdown pass for...

Getty Images The Texans lost defensive end J.J. Watt for the rest of the season when he tore his pectoral during Sunday’s win over the Raiders and head coach Bill O’Brien had a pretty simple answer Monday to a question about replacing Watt in the lineup. O’Brien said “no one person is going to...

Getty Images The Dolphins claimed cornerback Xavier Crawford off waivers from the Texans, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports. Houston cut Crawford on Saturday to promote cornerback Cornell Armstrong from the practice squad. Crawford was a sixth-round choice of the Texans this...

Getty Images No need to wait for the MRI tomorrow. Texans defensive end J.J. Watt confirmed his own bad news on Twitter: He is out for the year with a torn pectoral muscle. Watt initially retweeted a video from the Texans showing Watt tackling Josh Jacobs for a 6-yard loss in the second...

Getty Images The Texans are in trouble. A week after losing to division rival Indianapolis, Houston trails the Raiders 21-13 as Derek Carr has three touchdown passes for the first time this season. Bigger still, pass rusher J.J. Watt and cornerback Lonnie Johnson won’t be around to help the...

Getty Images With two young tackles in the game, Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is having to run for his life. All the while, he has given the Texans’ new life. Watson was inadvertently kicked in the face by Arden Key, who nearly sacked the quarterback. Watson stayed on his feet and...

Deshaun Watson and the Texans had a gutsy 27-24, come-from-behind victory over the Raiders that was much needed. Houston began the day without a number of key players, including cornerback Bradley Roby (hamstring), cornerback Johnathan Joseph (hamstring/neck), safety Tashaun Gipson Sr...

Getty Images The Texans earned a big win today against the Raiders, but it may have come at a major cost. Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt left the game, and Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported shortly after the game ended that the Texans fear Watt suffered a torn pectoral muscle that would...

Getty Images When Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney was making the case for Deshaun Watson to be the first overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, he said any team that passes on Watson will be passing on Michael Jordan. Eleven teams passed on Watson before the Texans traded up to get him and many...

Getty Images Despite missing practice this week, it appears Raiders running back Josh Jacobs will be back on the field Sunday. Via Jerry McDonald of the Bay Area News Group, Jacobs will be listed as questionable, but coach Jon Gruden expects him to play against the Texans. “He’s a young...

Getty Images Week Eight of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Vikings and it continues with 13 more games on Sunday, which means that the 26 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t...

Getty Images Raiders running back Josh Jacobs missed some of last Sunday’s loss to the Packers after going to the locker room to have his shoulder looked at by the medical staff, but he was able to return to action. Whether he’ll answer the bell for this Sunday’s game against the Texans is...

Getty Images The Texans filled a need with one of their own. According to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, the Texans are signing wide receiver Steven Mitchell Jr. from their practice squad. He’s being promoted for some injury cover, since starting wideout Will Fuller is expected to...