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Getty Images The Texans placed safety Justin Reid on the non-football injury list four days after his car was rear-ended by a drunk driver. The team can activate Reid at any time, and he is not expected to be sidelined long. Reid tweeted Sunday he was sore and bruised but not seriously...

Getty Images The Texans couldn’t reach an agreement with Jadeveon Clowney on a long-term deal before the deadline for franchise-tagged players to do so. So, Clowney will see them in a month. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, Clowney plans to report to the Texans just before the start...

Getty Images The Texans bungled their way through the firing of G.M. Brian Gaine and a failed effort to hire Patriots V.P. of player personnel Nick Caserio as the replacement. So they’re proceeding with a General Manager — presumably until they can hire Caserio. Or maybe they won’t, if things...

Getty Images The Texans worked out running back Johnny Thomas, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports. Thomas originally signed with the Bengals as an undrafted free agent after a tryout at the team’s rookie minicamp. Thomas appeared in 13 games for the Nittany Lions in 2018, playing...

Getty Images The Texans signed veteran punter Bryan Anger, the team announced Tuesday. He will compete with second-year punter Trevor Daniel for the job. The Buccaneers, who were scheduled to pay Anger $3 million this season, cut Anger in March. Anger’s deal with the Texans is worth $1...

Getty Images The Cowboys haven’t reached the NFC Championship Game since winning their last Super Bowl in 1995. Yet, they remain America’s Team and the World’s Team for that matter. Nine of the 50 highest-rated sports TV broadcasts in 2018 were regular-season games featuring the Cowboys...

Getty Images The Jets know they will be without Chris Herndon for the first four games of the 2019 season and that may be why they are adding another tight end to the roster this week. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that the team is signing former Texans tight end Ryan Griffin. Jets...

Getty Images Texans safety Justin Reid tweeted that he is sore and bruised after a scary wreck Saturday night. Reid said he was rear-ended by a drunk driver, but nobody was seriously injured. “I feel better than I do sometimes after football games,” Reid tweeted, adding an “LOL.” He...

Getty Images Texans defensive end J.J. Watt has learned about the importance of rest this offseason. He’ll get at least a bit more of it as his team starts training camp. According to Field Yates of ESPN, Watt and teammate DeAndre Hopkins will begin camp on the physically unable to perform...

Getty Images The NFL and NFLPA gathered for their fourth set of talks about a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on Wednesday and the schedule called for the meetings to last for three days. There was a change in plans, however, and the two sides wrapped things up after several hours of...

Getty Images The Houston Texans recently interviewed two African-Americans, Ray Farmer and Martin Mayhew, for their General Manager vacancy. Then the Texans tried to hire Nick Caserio for the job. Then the Texans didn’t hire anyone when Caserio couldn’t get out of his contract with the...

Getty Images The Texans could fight the anticipated grievance regarding Jadeveon Clowney‘s clunky dual-position franchise-tag designation of linebacker/outside linebacker. They could hire a retired coach who would expain to an arbitrator that outside linebackers in the 3-4 routinely put a hand...

Getty Images Plenty of NFL players will take issue with their Madden ratings. Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu is taking issue with someone else’s. Mathieu has taken up for former teammate Deshaun Watson. The Texans quarterback somehow has emerged from the Madden laboratory with an 82. “Ain’t no...

Getty Images Jadeveon Clowney didn’t agree to a deal with the Texans before the 4 p.m. ET deadline for franchise-tagged players to sign multi-year pacts with their teams, so he’s set to play out the season under the terms of the tag. Clowney’s expected to take some time before reporting to the...

Getty Images They say that deadlines lead to deals and that was the case for Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jarrett. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Jarrett and the team have agreed on a four-year extension worth $68 million. Jarrett was given the franchise tag earlier this offseason and he...

Getty Images 49ers kicker Robbie Gould got a new deal Monday. So did Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jarrett. The franchise tag window closed at 4 p.m. ET with Texans pass rusher Jadeveon Clowney the only one of the players franchised in 2019 not to get a new deal. That was not unexpected. He...

Getty Images The full Madden ratings have been released, and a certain player with a reputation for being a tad sensitive may not be happy with the number he received. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who last year was one of seven players to get a game-high 99, has fallen all the way to 90...

Getty Images Falcons owner Arthur Blank bragged this offseason that defensive tackle Grady Jarrett would be a “Falcon for life.” He’s down to the final hours of being able to deliver on that promise. Today’s the deadline for franchise-tagged players to sign long-term deals, putting some heat...

Getty Images Veteran safety Glover Quin announced his retirement last week, but he doesn’t need to find another job if he doesn’t want to. Quin told Peter King for this week’s Football Morning in America that he has saved 70 percent of his after-tax income. Quin made about $33 million in his...

Getty Images Everything is bigger in Texas. Except for sports betting, which remains nonexistent. Kevin Sherrington of the Dallas Morning News takes a look at the status of efforts to legalize sports wagering in Texas. Powerful forces are aligned against it, but one very powerful owner could...