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Houston Texans News
Texans to fly a bit more in 2025 regular season than last year (HoustonTexans.com)
Houston Texans Could Cut Bait With Disappointing Defender (Sports Illustrated)
Report: Rams assistant Nick Caley will interview for Texans’ OC job (Pro Football Talk)
Report: Texans interview Bucs QBs coach Thad Lewis (Pro Football Talk)
Report: C.J. Stroud, Bobby Slowik Had ‘Contentious’ Altercation Before 2023 NFL Draft (Bleacher Report)
Meet the Texans’ first two offensive coordinator candidates (Chron.com)
[Reports: Some Super Bowl...
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For a weekend where Houston didn’t actually play, a lot happened.
Someday, Houston fans will watch the Conference Championship games with more than detached interest. There may be an actual rooting equity for the Houston fans, and dare I say it, the chance to end the night with the greatest pro football achievement in Houston history. Until then, we must satisfy ourselves with the same thing we’ve said since 2002...wait until next year.
Shake up in the Houston leadership ranks, two expected, one not: This past week, the offensive line coach (Chris Strausser) and the offensive coordinator (Bobby Slowik) left...
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Could the McNair’s new president lead to the team changing stadiums... or cities?
In a sequence of stunning moves, the Houston Texans abruptly fired team president Greg Grissom and immediately appointed Mike Tomon to the same role. The flurry of changes has sparked questions among the fanbase. Grissom, a consummate professional, had been with the organization since its inaugural season in 2002. He assumed the role of president in 2021, shortly after the hiring of general manager Nick Caserio and amidst the turmoil surrounding the Deshaun Watson situation.
It’s not uncommon for teams to overhaul their front office and restructure...
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Who will take the reins?
The 2024 Houston Texans offense was... dysfunctional...
The offensive line was often shockingly bad for the amount of talent on the roster. Frequently missing obvious blocks and seeming to have an alarming level of apathy that would-be-star-quarterback C.J. Stroud spent almost as much time under a pile of defenders as he did throwing passes. All-pro tailback Joe Mixon and fellow runner Damion Pierce continually had nowhere to go and often found themselves dodging opponents in the backfield.
Houston’s 3952 passing yards was not indicative of a top flight quarterback and wide receiver duo. Good enough...
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Should the Houston Texans re-sign Stefon Diggs?
The Houston Texans had high hopes for their offense with the addition of veteran wide receiver Stefon Diggs in April of last offseason, but things did not go according to plan.
Diggs started the 2024 season off hot with two-touchdown catches against the Indianapolis Colts, but ended with only four total in eight games, due to the veteran receiver suffering a season-ending Torn-ACL.
Houston’s offense was struggling with Diggs in the lineup, but it made sense for...
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Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Monday, January 27, 2025.
Houston Texans News
An early look at Texans’ options in NFL draft at pick No. 25 (Houston Chronicle)
PFF names the Texans as ‘best landing spot’ for this Colts free agent (Yahoo Sports)
Houston Texans Could Be Zeroing in on New OC (Sports Illustrated)
Texans firing OC Bobby Slowik after two seasons (NFL.com)
NFL fines Will Anderson Jr. $25,000 for publicly criticizing officials (Pro Football Talk)
J.J. Watt takes aim at the NFL’s Joe Mixon fine misadventure (Pro Football Talk)
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Now DeMeco Ryans has two offensive coaching vacancies to fill.
The Houston Texans have made another change to their coaching staff. In addition to letting offensive line coach Chris Strausser go, they have also notified former Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik that he will not be a part of the team next season.
Slowik was offensive coordinator for the Texans for the last two seasons. After following up last year’s breakout performance with a disappointing 2024-25 season, it was clear that something needed to change on the offensive side of the ball.
The offense looked stagnant for long stretches of...
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Putting a bow on the Texans 2024 season by getting the writers together for their final thoughts
Offense. Offense. And maybe some offense. I think the defense held their end up and you can always make refinements but this has to be an offensive offseason. I’d start by canning the offensive coordinator. Clearly a new voice needs to coach Stroud and get him to check it down...
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We are breaking out the charts and graphs
In my last value of things I casually mentioned that I thought Bobby Slowik’s run as offensive coordinator should come to an end. An accusation of that sort shouldn’t just hang in the wind too long. An assertion like that deserves some evidence and it is time to bust out some evidence. Of course, a case like this likely won’t be made by itself in this one article, but let’s lay the groundwork.
I mentioned a statistic last time that deserves some exploration. Teams that win usually score efficiently. When they get...
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Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Wednesday, January 22, 2025.
Houston Texans News
Texans OL Coach Chris Strausser Not Expected Back, Team Noncommittal About OC Bobby Slowik (NFL Trade Rumors)
Houston Texans Star Offers Exciting Future Outlook (Sports Illustrated)
Derek Stingley Jr.: I want to be in Houston forever (Pro Football Talk)
NFL makes statement on Texans-Chiefs officials after Patrick Mahomes controversy (The Mirror US)
Houston Texans Linked to High-Impact Defender (Sports Illustrated)
4 Houston Texans who won’t be back in 2025 after being Chiefs latest victim (FanSided)
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It’s the first edition of the 2025 NFL Mock Draft Season and starts off with the big boys up front.
One would think that a division winning team with a star QB and 19 returning starters would be humming with enthusiasm, but that’s not how the Texans enter the 2025 offseason.
With only $5M in salary cap before the offseason fully kicks off, Houston will rely on the NFL Draft to fill several of the gaping holes.
Personally, the first round pick should always go to the best player available and the second and third rounds to filling positions of...
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Where does Stroud rank among NFL starting quarterbacks?
Everyone knows I love statistics and I love what statistics can tell us. There is no greater controversial topic in the NFL than ranking quarterbacks. Usually, it is simplistic analysis that leaves out relevant information that can help us. This article is going to be thorough and hopefully enlightening as the Texans tack forward. Make no mistake, C.J. Stroud is the quarterback of the future, but these numbers could tell us a lot about what he needs to work on and maybe who should be working with him.
I’ll start by outlining...
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