You know, last week, when I made the extremely funny joke about C.J. Stroud potentially being a target for a bounty, I WAS NOT BEING SERIOUS, SEAN PAYTON.

Fight me, you coward! For the honor of Coleridge Bernard Stroud IV!

Davis Mills will be lining up under center with a banged up offensive line missing two pieces which weren’t very good to begin with, to say nothing of the heart and sole of the offense: PK Ka’imi Fairbairn.

We might not even get the all field goal offense today! This is gonna be interesting.

Here’s what you need to know...

Woooo boy. Oh, man this one’s gonna be tough, y’all.

In case you haven’t heard, the Texans are going to be without the following players for Sunday’s game against the Jaguars.

QB C.J. Stroud
K Ka’imi Fairbairn
OG Ed Ingram
OT Tytus Howard
DB Jalen Pitre
LB Christian Harris
FB Jakob Johnson

Ingram, Howard, Pitre, Harris, all of whom were expected to contribute significantly this season are out. Stroud, our starting quarterback, is out. THE ENTIRETY OF OUR OFFENSE TO DATE, Ka’imi Fairbairn, is out.

I’m not going to lie to you. This one is gonna get gnarly. Prepare yourself...

The Texans are now in must-win territory after dropping several games they had a chance to win late in the fourth quarter.

Houston’s defense might be the best in the entire league this year, but it doesn’t matter if they can’t score points on a consistent basis. The Texans’ offensive line hasn’t been able to perform against good defensive fronts, which puts quarterback C.J. Stroud in an extremely tough spot.

Stroud has the potential to be an elite quarterback in this league, but it’s hard to elevate your game when everything around you has regressed. Offensive coordinator Nick Caley has...

Although no touchdowns were scored, the Texans offense started off well against the Denver Broncos, and it looked like Stroud was about to have a very impressive day, until he suffered a concussion on a late-slide attempt that will now keep him out this weekend against the Jaguars.

Houston’s defense has been great all year, they just need some help on offense, and that help may not be happening this season.

An already beat down Texans team is set to be without several pieces. Here is a look at Friday’s injury report:

Did Not Participate

-DB Jalen Pitre (Concussion)...

It’s been three and a half seasons since the 2022 rookie class took the field and Texans fans have a good sense of who hit and who missed. Many of the woes the team is experiencing in the 2025 season are due to the mistakes of this class. Offensive line Conversely, the strength of the Texans stems from two key picks early in this class.

It’s difficult to call an entire class a disappointment when there’s an All Pro amongst the mix, but its difficult not to be disgusted at the number of high-draft picks that didn’t make it through...

Welcome to week 8 of the Cyclone tracker!

This is where we follow our resident weather-themed duo in rookie receivers Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel, both out of Iowa State (hence, the “Cyclone” twins).

As always, there will be analysis, projections, commentary, and relevant updates that happen in real time.

Week 9 Cyclones Tracker:

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Name: Jayden Higgins

Position: WR

Projected week 9 storm path: 3 targets, 1.7 receptions, 20.3 yards, 0.1 TD’s, 2.9 fantasy points

Actual week 9 path: 1 targets, 1 reception, 4 yards, 0 TD’s, 1.4 fantasy pts

Total stats through week 9: 22 targets, 14 receptions,...

This has been the fourth year I have been doing these and Gus Logue of Big Cat Country has been there for all of them. It’s funny how divisional games are always circled on the calendar as big games and yet behind the scenes we seem to get along better than the teams outside of the division. At least, it is easier to work with them than the other teams.

The Jacksonville Jaguars are coming in with a 5-3 record. It hasn’t always been pretty, but they are in position to make noise in the AFC playoff chase. They also...

Hello, good evening and welcome to week 10 of the NFL season.

Tonight, Thursday Night Football is going west. Well, mountain west anyway. It’s a prime time AFC West matchup that somehow does not include the Chiefs. I don’t know if it was intentional or if someone made a mistake creating the schedule or what.

But I’m not complaining, either. Well, not about that anyway.

Here’s what you need to know to watch tonight’s game (preferably on mute to avoid that stupid incomplete chant they do in Denver):

Who: Las Vegas Raiders (2-6) at Denver Broncos (7-2)

What: Thursday Night...

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Heading into Week 10, we want to know how you’re feeling after watching the team so far this year. Every week of the season we will ask fans if they are confident the team is headed in the right direction and more of the most pressing questions facing the coming game. Let us know what you think!

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Your Houston Texans were hit with several pieces of unfortunate news this week. With the deck already stacked against them in the AFC South, the road ahead is getting rougher.

The division leading Indianapolis Colts traded with the New York Jets to land all-pro cornerback Sauce Gardener. For a team already sitting at 7-2, facing the 3-5 Atlanta Falcons Sunday morning, the Colts should have a solid grasp on 8 wins by the time Houston takes the field.

Unfortunately, what’s happening outside the Texans organization isn’t even the half of it. The punches landing inside the team are the real...

The stages of suck moves on to week ten with another subject of focus. With most things, the fanbase is likely in the questioning stage with DeMeco Ryans. No one is ready to pull the plug, but there is some serious side eye going on. One of the hallmarks of Ryans’ first two seasons was a sparkling record in one score games. Every win seemed to be close and they almost always found a way to pull out the close ones. The Texans are now 0-5 in one score games on the season. So, that brings the obvious question for...

If the most recent Houston Texans injury report didn’t provide you with enough bad news for the day, buckle up: head coach DeMeco Ryans announced starting quarterback CJ Stroud currently remains in concussion protocol, and will miss Houston’s Week 10 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

This comes as a massive gut punch to the entire Houston Texans organization and fanbase, who are still reeling from the last-second loss to the Denver Broncos. Sitting with a 3-5 record, the Texans can’t afford many more, if any, losses for the rest of the season, and now one of their franchise leaders will...