The Texans are looking to bounce back against the Buccaneers on Monday Night Football, but will be without a couple key contributors. Here is a look at the Saturday injury report:

FULL PARTICIPATION:

• OT Blake Fisher (Ankle)
• OG Ed Ingram (Abdomen)

DID NOT PARTICIPATE:

WR Braxton Berrios (Hamstring) OUT

WR Christian Kirk (Hamstring) OUT

OL Jake Andrews (Ankle) OUT

Last weekend, the Texans offense put up a terrible performance against the Rams defense, and they will once again be without several starters. Wide receiver Christian Kirk has a good chance to be back soon, but that...

It’s finally week two of the NFL season and the Texans are playing in prime time. This one is yet another matchup of two teams that hope to be playing in the postseason in January of 2026. We managed to catch up with Evan Wanish of** Bucs Nation** to get his take on the Bucs and the matchup with the Texans. The conversation began with a look back at week one.

**Battle Red Blog: The Bucs won a hard fought 23-20 game against the Falcons on Sunday. Was there anything from the game that surprised you? What are your biggest...

It’s week 2 of the NFL season and we’ve got more football for you today! Isn’t that fortunate?!

It’s an NFC showdown between a team that was last year’s NFC runner-up and a perpetually good team.

Here’s what you need to know to watch tonight’s game:

Who: Washington Commanders (1-0) at Green Bay Packers (1-0)

What: Thursday Night Football

Where: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI

When: Thursday, September 11, 7:15 p.m. CDT

Why: Because hope springs eternal and this week has to be better.

How: Amazon Prime Video*, NFL+* (*subscriptions required)

Enjoy the game, y’all.

Go, Texans!

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We’ve come to week two in the NFL season. The Houston Texans will be playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the bright lights of Monday Night Football. What kind of a game are we likely to see? The prognosticators have picked the Texans by a little less than a field goal. Let’s see what they are basing this on. As you saw last week, we start by looking at the top five players for each team based on Pro Football Focus. This time around, we have a week’s worth of numbers to base it on.

Additionally, we have the overall...

After last weekend’s game, it’s hard to get excited for this Monday. The McNairs have trotted out an anemic offense more suited for a kickball game than world class football far too often over the last 5 years.

Brand new offense, same old results.

As many feared, the Houston Texans’ offensive line did not look revamped, repaired or otherwise improved when they faced the Los Angeles Rams in week 1. It’s sort of mind-boggling that Nick Caserio, a GM who cut his teeth in New England – a team known for always having a good and/or great o-line while he...

Well, that start to the season wasn’t exactly planned!

After flying into Los Angeles with the hype of half of Texas (or most of Texas) under their wings, the Houston Texans arrived at SoFi Stadium to play the Rams, and lost in a rather familiar fashion: allowing too much pressure on Stroud, too many penalties, and ending up with field goals on their best drives when they needed touchdowns.

It’s a bit of a deflating start to the season after so much focus on the offense as a whole, but it’s still only week one. This is going to give...

One of the things that old time journalists used to do was something they called a special comment. It was something out of the ordinary that they would do when something was sticking in their craw. As you might imagine, there is always a ton of chatter amongst the masthead in between games and behind the scenes. This week was no different. A topic came up that was so important that I thought I should mention it here.

The Texans came into the offseason with the fifth highest total expenditure on their offensive line. Their 50.3 million ranked behind only...

Sunday’s game was a somber start to the football season. The Texans lost to the Los Angeles Rams 14-9 and failed to score in the second half. The offense looked anemic and suffered server injuries across the offensive line. The defense appeared stout, but were unable to turn the tide for an offense that could not get in the endzone.

After a disappointing loss, I asked the Battle Red Blog writers to provide their initial thoughts directly after the game.

Texans dropped their first game of the season to the Los Angeles Rams. Give me your initial thoughts, reactions,...

The Day After the Day After…when the raw, immediate emotions from the aftermath of a game diminish into the realm of clarity and the proverbial (or literal) hangover no longer haunts the mind. With that, a review of Week 1:

Meet the new offense, same as the old: The offensive line faced consistent pressure, forcing Stroud to move around and throw the ball off-schedule. Even when he wasn’t under a ton of pressure, Stroud had an uneven game throwing. When Stroud got sacked, he lost a LOT of yards (37). The team struggled to execute in the red zone and...

Now that we’ve forgotten about all that unpleasantness on Sunday, we can cap off this first week of the regular season with a nice, soft, relaxing NFC North matchup.

Here’s what you need to know to watch/listen to/stream tonight’s game:

Who: Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears

What: Monday Night Football

Where: Soldier Field, Chicago, IL

When: Monday, September 8, 7:15 p.m. CDT

Why: Because football is stupid and we should watch other teams be stupid too.

Enjoy the game, y’all.

Go, Texans!

The 2025 season started with a thud as the Houston Texans lost to the Los Angeles Rams 14-9. It was a lackluster defensive effort as the offense spotted the defense nine whole points and a two point lead going into the second half. The defense wasn’t able to shut out a Hall of Fame quarterback in the second half, so the team loses its first game of the 2025 season. Okay, I can’t keep that farce going. This game was an obvious offensive failure as Nick Caley and company will need to go back to the drawing board before week...