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    Miles Sanders drawing lots of interest

    Getty Images Penn State running back Miles Sanders is a popular man. He has visits with five teams and workouts with eight others. He has traveled to or will travel to Philadelphia, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Buffalo, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports. Sanders also will...
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    Former NFL running back Cierre Wood arrested on first-degree child abuse charges

    Getty Images Former NFL running back Cierre Wood and his girlfriend, Amy Taylor, were arrested and charged with first-degree child abuse charges after the death of a 5-year old girl, according to multiple reports. Via Christopher Redfearn of FOX 5 Vegas, Wood and Taylor were arrested at the...
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    Justin Reid on Antonio Brown: “I can’t wait to smash this dude”

    Getty Images Antonio Brown would be wise to keep his head on a swivel when the Raiders face the Texans this season. That’s because Texans safety Justin Reid says he’s looking forward to taking Brown on this season. Reid wrote on Twitter that he was bothered by the way Brown insulted former...
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    Lions sign Tom Savage to compete for backup job

    Getty Images The Lions announced Tuesday that they signed free agent quarterback Tom Savage. Savage, 28, will compete with Connor Cook for the backup job behind Matthew Stafford. He joins the Lions after spending last season with the Bengals and 49ers after the Saints cut him out of the...
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    Texans-Packers to hold joint practices

    Getty Images The Texans will travel to Green Bay early before their Week One preseason game to participate in joint practices with the Packers. The teams have never previously met in the preseason. The Packers do not know where they will play their key Week Three preseason game. They play the...
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    Injury to elderly charges dropped against Michael Bennett

    Getty Images Michael Bennett’s lawyer predicted a year ago that the case against the defensive lineman would be exposed as “ludicrous.” On Wednesday, prosecutors in Houston dismissed the charge of injury to the elderly against Bennett, David Barron of the Houston Chronicle reports. “We...
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    Andre Hal: You have to love the game to play at high level

    Getty Images Andre Hal is completely healthy, but even the $16.5 million left on his contract over the next two years wasn’t enough to lure him back. Once Hal’s father, Andre Hal Sr., died from a heart attack in late October, Hal knew he was done. He had accomplished everything he set out to...
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    Texans hopeful Will Fuller can return for training camp

    Getty Images Texans coach Bill O’Brien repeatedly has said Will Fuller is “on the right track” in his rehab from a torn anterior cruciate ligament. O’Brien has never offered a timetable but said on Adam Schefter’s podcast the receiver has a chance to return by training camp. Fuller tore the...
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    Kingsley Keke has visits with Patriots, Cowboys, others

    Getty Images Texas A&M defensive lineman Kingsley Keke has a busy month, with five visits and three private workouts. He will travel to the Houston, New England, Detroit, Dallas and Denver, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports. He also has private workouts with the Bills, Saints and...
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    Alfred Blue agrees to terms with Jaguars

    Getty Images Free agent running back Alfred Blue has agreed to terms on a one-year deal with the Jaguars, a source tells PFT. Blue fills a need behind Leonard Fournette with T.J. Yeldon a free agent and Carlos Hyde having signed with Kansas City after being cut. The Jaguars visited with both...
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    Duke Johnson asks to be traded

    Getty Images When Browns running back Duke Johnson didn’t show up to the first day of voluntary offseason work, it naturally fueled the talk that had already begun that he could be traded. It appears a trade is exactly what Johnson wants. Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com reports that Johnson’s...
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    Is the next stop Canton for Shane Lechler?

    Getty Images Shane Lechler retired this week after sitting out the 2018 season. He didn’t have to call it quits, though, getting calls from the Vikings, Steelers and Chargers after the Texans cut him in favor of rookie Trevor Daniel on Sept. 1. “I had plenty of opportunities,” Lechler said...
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    Texans hire former Patriots character coach

    Getty Images The Texans have hired another former Patriot. The team announced the addition of Jack Easterby as their executive vice president of team development. Easterby had worked for the Patriots as their “character coach” the previous six years, but left at the end of his contract (which...
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    Andre Hal announces retirement

    Getty Images Safety Andre Hal has announced his retirement after spending the last five seasons with the Texans. Hal made the announcement on social media on Tuesday and said that health was not the reason why he’s decided to walk away from the game. Hal was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma a...
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    Jordan Mills visiting Bengals

    Getty Images Tackle Jordan Mills met with the Texans a couple of weeks ago, but didn’t land a deal to join the team for the 2019 season. His job search will move on to an AFC North team on Monday. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Mills is visiting with the Bengals on Monday night and...
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    Shane Lechler makes his retirement official

    Getty Images When Shane Lechler was cut by the Texans in training camp last year, he said he wasn’t planning to retire. But after no other team picked him up, now he is ready to call it a career. Lechler’s retirement was announced in the form of an Instagram post by J.J. Watt at Lechler’s...
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    Andre Johnson’s new goal is to become a G.M.

    Getty Images Andre Johnson made 1,012 catches for 13,597 yards and 64 touchdowns in his 12 seasons as a receiver for the Texans. He caught another 50 passes for 588 yards and six touchdowns in two other seasons elsewhere. Now, Johnson wants to have as much success in the front office...
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    Demaryius Thomas pleads guilty to careless driving

    Getty Images Former Broncos and Texans wide receiver Demaryius Thomas pleaded guilty to a careless driving charge on Wednesday. The charge stemmed from a February 16 car crash that saw Thomas’ car roll over after hitting a median. Thomas was going 70 mph in a 30 mph zone at the time of the...
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    DeAndre Hopkins proposes Texans wearing Oilers throwbacks

    DeAndre Hopkins on Instagram The Texans franchise hasn’t been around long enough to have decades-old throwback uniforms to wear, but pro football in Houston goes back to long before the Texans, and that gives DeAndre Hopkins an idea. Hopkins proposed on Instagram that the Texans should wear...
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    Titans say no way to Texans wearing Oilers throwbacks

    Getty Images DeAndre Hopkins and J.J. Watt both publicly have expressed a desire to wear the Houston Oilers’ uniforms as a throwback. That, though, isn’t going to happen. The Titans own the rights to everything Oilers. “That’s very interesting, except the Oilers don’t have anything to do with...
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