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Getty Images The Texans reportedly backed away from the pursuit of Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio because of contract language preventing Caserio from leaving New England. Some in league circles are now asking whether the Caserio clause complies with league rules. The NFL’s...

Getty Images The Patriots could, in theory, push their tampering case against the Texans with a level of zeal aimed at blowing up Houston’s pursuit of Nick Caserio, forcing the Texans to look elsewhere for Brian Gaine’s replacement. The Patriots could instead use the league’s procedures to...

Getty Images Just when it looked like the circumstances surrounding the G.M. vacancy in Houston couldn’t get any more bizarre, the circumstances surrounding the G.M. vacancy in Houston have gotten more bizarre. The discrimination complaint filed by former Texans coordinator Jeff Pope, coupled...

Getty Images It seemed like a fight possibly was coming between the Patriots and Texans over Nick Caserio, and the gloves officially have been dropped. The Patriots have filed tampering charges against the Texans, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. The charges relate to Houston’s attempt to...

Getty Images An ex-security coordinator has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Houston Texans in regard to former General Manager Brian Gaine, according to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle. The Texans denied the allegations in a statement to the newspaper. Jeff Pope filed the...

Getty Images The Texans fired General Manager Brian Gaine last week after he spent just over a year in the job in a move that head coach Bill O’Brien called a tough one for team chairman Cal McNair to make. McNair said he made the move after “a thorough evaluation of our football operations”...

Warner Bros. Whenever I record an episode of #PFTPM, I need to come up with a quasi-original way to get you to listen to it. Please listen to it. (Did that work?) Today’s edition looks at four open NFL issues and answers a bunch of your questions in a one-take, no-break, one-hour-plus...

Texans defensive end J.J. Watt has said multiple times this offseason that he believes he has a lot of good football left in him and has noted that dealing with injuries in 2016 and 2017 meant there was less of a toll on his body. Being out may have left more tread on the tires, but it also...

Getty Images As Cal McNair begins his tenure as the person ultimately in charge of the Texans, a new employee with a non-traditional football background quickly has secured plenty of football influence in Houston. He’s Jack Easterby. Not a coach or a scout or a football executive in any way...

Getty Images Texans pass rusher Jadeveon Clowney is still unsigned and not participating in this week’s minicamp. We still don’t know who will make the decision about whether to give Clowney the contract he wants. That’s because the Texans fired General Manager Brian Gaine and have not yet...

Getty Images A pair of Patriots executives emerged as potential candidates foe the sudden G.M. job in Houston. For now, the Patriots have requested permission to speak to only one of them. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Texans have asked permission to interview New England...

The Texans may want to hire Patriots executive Nick Caserio to be the new G.M. in Houston, but Caserio has to want the job. And the job has to carry enough authority to allow the Texans to hire Caserio over any objection of his current employer. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Texans...

Getty Images In April, Brian Gaine said that the Texans still hoped to sign linebacker Jadeveon Clowney to a long-term deal but nothing came together before Gaine was fired as the team’s General Manager last week. The team is just starting the process of finding Gaine’s replacement and talks...

Getty Images The Patriots turned down the Texans’ request to interview Nick Caserio in early 2018. The Texans “hope” they get to talk to Caserio about their vacant General Manager job this time. The Texans have put in a formal request with the Patriots to talk to Caserio, John McClain of the...

They saw it’s the slow time but things are anything but slow, not with so much news happening and so many pending issues. Monday’s #PFTPM delves into some of the biggest open items, including the Texans’ G.M. search, the Tyreek Hill situation, and the practical challenges presented by the “new...

Getty Images Plenty of modern NFL quarterbacks have plenty of mobility. Monday’s PFT Live took a look at the best quarterbacks from the perspective of scrambling ability. Specifically, we drafted the best scrambling quarterbacks. The term has plenty of wiggle room, apparently. Scrambling...

Getty Images As the Texans begin to line up candidates to replace Brian Gaine as the team’s General Manager, the process may be starting, as many of theses processes do, with a top choice in mind. John McClain of the Houston Chronicle believes the top choice may be Patriots director of player...

If Dee Ford hadn’t lined up offsides in the AFC Championship Game, the Chiefs might have won the Super Bowl. Kansas City might not have traded Ford. It might not have fired defensive coordinator Bob Sutton. It might not have revamped its defense. In the long run, the Chiefs might be better off...

Getty Images The Texans abruptly fired G.M. Brian Gaine on Friday. They’ll apparently cast a broad net when it comes to replacing him. John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports that there will be “many” candidates for the job. McClain lists as “possible” persons to be considered Patriots...

Getty Images The Texans aren’t wasting any time in their search for a new General Manager. According to Peter Schrager of NFL Network, former Lions General Manager Martin Mayhew is in Houston to interview for the job created by the surprise firing of Brian Gaine on Friday. Mayhew’s currently...