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When J.J. Watt was growing up in Wisconsin, he dreamed of riding a bike after practice the way Packers players do in training camp. He didn’t dream that he’d destroy one. The Texans defensive end said the kid’s bike he picked clearly wasn’t up to the task, so he ended up buying a new bike for...

Getty Images Even before the Texans surprisingly waived running back D'Onta Foreman, some wondered whether the Texans would be interested in trading for Chargers running back Melvin Gordon. In the aftermath of Foreman’s departure, the question has intensified. John McClain of the Houston...

Getty Images The Texans cut running back D'Onta Foreman on Sunday and they filled his roster spot with a former member of the team. The Texans announced that they have signed linebacker Gimel President. It’s President’s second term with the Texans. He signed with Houston as an undrafted free...

Getty Images Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson said recently that he’s learned the importance of “keeping plays alive” by watching video of Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, but there may be other things he can glean from the way Rodgers has played the game. Rodgers is expected to have less...

Ed Reed arrived onto the Pro Football Hall of Fame stage with his trademark hat, sunglasses and a cigar. He then won the night with an entertaining 36-minute, 2-second speech. Reed, who played 11 of his 12 seasons with the Ravens, said he wrote his speech while he was waiting through four...

Getty Images D'Onta Foreman went from being a big part of the Texans plans for the year to being unemployed. According to John McClain of the Houston Chronicle, the Texans are waiving the veteran running back because they “weren’t happy with his work habits.” Foreman missed most of last year...

Deshaun Watson has learned the most from reps, being out on the field, but part of his learning process has involved watching tape of successful mobile quarterbacks. Namely Aaron Rodgers. When Watson was a rookie in 2017, then Texans quarterbacks coach Sean Ryan had Watson watch hours and...

Getty Images It’s the height of #DelusionSZN. Which makes it difficult, to say the least, to say anything that would burst the Super-Bowl-or-burst bubble of any of the league’s 32 teams, especially those 12 teams that went to the playoffs. But we did it anyway, in a recent edition of PFT Live...

Getty Images It’s not quite the Brady Six, but Saints receiver Michael Thomas likely is thinking about five specific names as the ink dries on his five-year, $100 million* extension. (The asterisk will be explained in a future post.) In 2016, five receivers were drafted before Thomas, the 47th...

Getty Images The Texans have high hopes for rookie tight end Kahale Warring, and now they finally get to see him on the field. According to John McClain of the Houston Chronicle, the Texans have activated Warring from the non-football injury list. He’s going to practice for the first time...

Getty Images Many stories involving tweaks to the contracts of veteran players involve those players taking a pay cut to avoid being dropped from the roster, but that’s not how things went for cornerback Johnathan Joseph this year. Field Yates of ESPN reports that the Texans have given Joseph...

Getty Images Justin Reid‘s stay in the body shop was a short one. According to John McClain of the Houston Chronicle, the Texans’ starting safety was removed from the non-football injury list today, and will resume practicing. Reid started camp on the NFI list after he was involved in a car...

Getty Images With safety Justin Reid on the non-football injury list, the Texans signed free agent Tyvis Powell on Saturday. Powell, 25, has played 18 games with one start in his career with the Seahawks, 49ers, Colts and Browns. He has 14 career tackles and a forced fumble. The Texans also...

Getty Images The Patriots unexpectedly made director of player personnel Nick Caserio available to reporters on Saturday. Expectedly, Caserio fielded plenty of questions about Houston’s failed effort to hire him to be the team’s next G.M. “I’d say I’m pretty honored and privileged to be in the...

Getty Images The Texans used the waiver wire to make an addition to their wide receiving corps. The team claimed Chad Hansen and added him to their roster. Hansen was waived by the Saints on Thursday to open up a spot for one of the three free agents that joined the team. Hansen was a Jets...

Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick declared the Nick Caserio-to-Houston storyline “water under the bridge.” They’re going to pump some of it back to the surface tomorrow though. According to Ben Volin of the Boston Globe, the Patriots are going to make their personnel chief available...

Getty Images Texans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins‘ stay on the physically unable to perform list was a short one. Hopkins was activated from PUP and is on the practice field at Texans camp today. Although Hopkins has been nursing ankle and shoulder injuries, he wasn’t expected to miss...

Getty Images Texans head coach Bill O’Brien oversaw the first practice of training camp on Thursday and the session unfolded without Jadeveon Clowney on the field. Clowney didn’t sign a long-term deal with the club this offseason and has not signed his franchise tag, so the expectation is that...

Getty Images The Texans wanted to hire the Patriots’ top personnel man this offseason. The Patriots didn’t let them. As far as Patriots coach Bill Belichick is concerned, that’s the end of the story. (Until it isn’t.) Via Phil Perry of NBCSportsBoston.com, Belichick was asked this morning...

Getty Images Texans defensive end J.J. Watt was placed on the physically unable to perform list at the start of training camp, but his stay didn’t extend through the first practice. Watt was on the field and working with the rest of the team as they went through the first practice of camp on...