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Getty Images The Browns said repeatedly they were not trading Duke Johnson. They traded the running back Thursday. “I do want to wish Duke the best,” General Manager John Dorsey said on News 5′s pregame show Thursday night, via Nate Ulrich of the Beacon Journal. “With regards to that, we sat...

Texans receiver Keke Couteee was carted off with a knee injury. Coutee was injured on a 9-yard catch from quarterback Joe Webb with 13:35 remaining in the second quarter. He grabbed his right knee after falling awkwardly. He was slow to get up and helped off the field by the team’s athletic...

Getty Images Fortunately for the Texans, receiver Keke Coutee‘s injury looked worse than it was. Coutee landed awkwardly on a 9-yard catch from quarterback Joe Webb with 13:35 remaining in the second quarter. He was slow to get up and helped off the field by the team’s athletic trainers before...

Getty Images In the not-so-subtle disagreement between Packers coach Matt LaFleur and Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers regarding joint practices, Rodgers is the winner. As expected. After Thursday’s preseason game against the Texans, LaFleur was asked to address Rodgers’ pointed criticism of...

Getty Images The Browns blinked. After insisting all offseason they weren’t going to trade surplus running back Duke Johnson, they have shipped him to Houston. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the Texans are sending a 2020 fourth-round pick which could become a third-rounder...

Getty Images The Texans are going without a General Manager this season after firing Brian Gaine and being blocked in their bid to interview Patriots exec Nick Caserio, which leaves the G.M. responsibilities divided between a variety of people in the organization. One of those responsibilities...

Getty Images Texans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins got to play with Deshaun Watson for a full season in 2018 and posted career highs in catches and receiving yards, but he posted good numbers in the first five years of his career despite having far shakier quarterbacking situations. Hopkins...

Getty Images The 49ers announced they waived receiver Chris Thompson to make room for defensive lineman Jeremiah Valoaga, whom the signed to a one-year deal. Thompson, 25, signed with San Francisco on Aug. 3. He originally signed with the Texans as an undrafted free agent out of Florida in...

Getty Images The Texans are going to be without quarterback AJ McCarron for a while after he injured his thumb during Tuesday’s joint practice with the Packers and that made adding another signal caller behind Deshaun Watson a priority for the team. They announced the addition of another...

Getty Images Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers emerged from two days of joint practices with the Texans by speaking out against the practice of joint practices. Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson has even more reason to not like practicing against anyone other than his own teammates. The...

Getty Images Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson made it through this week’s practices with the Packers unscathed despite getting jostled by a member of Green Bay’s defense during Tuesday’s session, but his backup wasn’t quite as lucky. AJ McCarron had to leave Tuesday’s practice early after...

Getty Images First, the “audible thing.” Then, the “joint practice thing.” It’s hard not to wonder what “thing” will come next between one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history and his first-year head coach. For now, it’s clear that Packers coach Matt LaFleur likes joint practices, and...

The Packers weren’t particularly happy with Texans cornerback Lonnie Johnson, and some of the hits he was delivering in yesterday’s joint workout. They won’t have to worry about them today. According to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, the Texans are holding Johnson out of today’s second...

Getty Images The Texans may need to change their plans at quarterback for Thursday’s preseason opener against the Packers. AJ McCarron had to leave Tuesday’s joint practice with Green Bay after injuring his right hand, which is his throwing hand, during the session. Per Aaron Wilson of the...

The Packers finished two days of joint practices with the Texans, and no one was happier about that than Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers sounds as if he would prefer never having a joint practice. “I wouldn’t mind if they didn’t do it for another 14 years,” Rodgers said Tuesday, via video from...

When Texans coach Bill O’Brien removed cornerback Lonnie Johnson from yesterday’s joint practice with the Packers, he described it as “not a big deal.” The Packers apparently do not agree. Several players were upset after Johnson’s big hits in practice and a scuffle broke out at one point...

Getty Images Once teams have been in training camp for a while, you start to hear players talk about looking forward to hitting guys who play for other teams. Texans rookie cornerback Lonnie Johnson got his first chance to do that on Monday when the Texans took the field for a joint practice...

Getty Images Word in July was that Jadeveon Clowney would report to the Texans until just before the start of the regular season, but it appears that plan has shifted to give him a little bit more time with the team before they face the Saints on the first Monday Night Football game of the...

Getty Images D’Onta Foreman is staying in the AFC South. Foreman, the running back waived by the Texans yesterday, was claimed by the Colts today, the team announced. The Colts had been in the market for another running back after Spencer Ware was lost for the season. Foreman has talent, but...

Texans defensive end J.J. Watt broke a kid’s bicycle Monday after a joint practice with the Packers. His groin injury came before that. Watt left before the practice ended and is not expected to practice Tuesday or play in Thursday’s preseason game, according to coach Bill O’Brien. “Yeah, it’s...