Sheldon Rankins rejoins the Texans and Demeco Ryans on a one-year deal worth up to $7 million.

Early Monday morning, ESPN’s Dianna Russini reported that the Texans are signing former Bengals defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins to a one-year, $7 million deal. Rankins spent the 2023 season as a member of the Texans before signing with Cincinnati for the 2024 campaign.

During that 2023 season, Rankins played in 15 games with 15 starts, totaling 37 tackles, six sacks, nine tackles for loss, one forced fumble, and a fumble recovery returned for a touchdown. This past season, Rankins was limited to just...

Should the Texans pursue former Commanders defensive tackle Jonathan Allen?

The Houston Texans defense was great in 2024, but there are still a few positions that need to be addressed, and one of them is defensive tackle.

General Manager Nick Caserio had a clear plan last offseason, and that was to sign several mid-tier defensive tackles, instead of one high-tier. Caserio’s plan actually worked out well, considering their limited investments in Tim Settle, Foley Fatukasi and Mario Edwards Jr. Settle will be in Houston for another year, while Fatukasi and Edwards are headed for free agency.

This offseason, things could...

The Texans are releasing the 32-year old Shaq Mason as they will now rely on a stable of young offensive linemen along the interior.

And the transactions just keep on coming for the Houston Texans.

Per NFL insider Aaron Wilson, the Texans are releasing veteran offensive guard Shaq Mason after two seasons with the team. The move saves Houston roughly $2 million in cap space as Mason was set to earn a base salary of $10 million in 2025. However, the Texans will take on $12.482 million in dead cap money.

With the 32-year old out the door, the Texans...

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Azeez Al-Shaair was due $9 million in base salary in 2025.

The Texans continue to make moves to clear cap space as the clock ticks down on the 2024 league year.

On Friday morning, the Texans restructured the contract of linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair which has freed up $6.26 million in salary cap space, per NFL inside Aaron Wilson. Prior to the restructure, Al-Shaair was going to be due $9 million in 2025 base salary.

In his first season with the Texans, Al-Shaair started all 11 regular season games he played in, missing the other six games due to a suspension...

DT Kurt Hinish has four starts over his first three seasons with the Texans.

On Thursday afternoon, NFL insider Aaron Wilson reported that the Texans are signing defensive tackle Kurt Hinish to a one-year deal worth up to $2.35 million. The base salary of the deal is $1.8 million.

At 25 years old, Hinish was scheduled to become a restricted free agent after next week’s start to the new league year. Per Wilson, the Texans chose to execute deal over tendering him as a right of first refusal or other level.

The 6’1, 296-pound Hinish is coming off a 2024...

Is Christian Kirk the answer in the slot?

For the second time in two seasons, the Texans are sending away their seventh round selection for veteran reinforcements. The 2025 edition of this game sees them trade seventh round selection in the 2025 draft for wide receiver Christian Kirk. Last season saw them trade a seventh rounder to the Cincinnati Bengals for running back Joe Mixon. I think we’d all agree that this would be a steal for the Texans if Kirk is even almost as good as Mixon was last season.

This trade exists in three different levels. First, there...

The Texans are trading a 2026 7th-round draft pick in exchange for Jaguars wideout Christian Kirk prior to Jacksonville officially releasing him.

On Wednesday, it was reported that the Jaguars were planning on releasing wide receiver Christian Kirk ahead of next week’s start to free agency. Instead, the Texans are going to send a 2026 seventh-round draft pick to acquire Kirk immediately. In turn, the Texans will take on Kirk’s 2025 salary which will pay him $16.5 million for the upcoming season.

The Texans will likely find a way to make Kirk’s cap hit in 2025 much more palatable as...

The disgruntled wide receiver could find a new home on Kirby Drive.

Seattle Seahawks All-Pro wide receiver DK Metcalf has requested a trade from the franchise, and the Houston Texans are said to be interested.

NFL Insider Ian Rapoport believes the Texans will be interested, but should they actually make the move? The answer is maybe, but the compensation has to be right. The reported price that the Seahawks are looking for in exchange for their star wide receiver is a first-round pick, along with a third-round pick. If that is truly the case, Houston should pass.

Not only would...

What are Houston’s best options to repair the interior offensive line?

Another season full of optimism has came and went without the Houston Texans hoisting the Lombardi trophy, but optimism for the future has rarely ever been higher. Despite the season ending in the Divisional Round once again for Houston, it has never been so clear to the spectators and decision-makers alike what this team needs to claim a championship.

Few previous teams in Texans history can claim to be better than the 2024 squad, but few more have had weaknesses so glaring; namely, a porous offensive line. You cannot...

NFL players are still elite athletes, despite on field results

A lot has been made this off-season about the poor play of the 2024 Houston Texans offensive line. And rightfully so, their combined efforts were far from glorious. 52 sacks allowed, 2nd most in the league, isn’t exactly an indicator of top-tier talent.

But, Texans general manager Nick Cairo invested heavily in the offensive line since he took over player personnel decisions. In fact, you could argue that Caserio assembled more offensive line talent than many “top offensive line” teams possess.

That’s where the problem comes in, however.

A general...

Restructuring Nico Collins’ contract saves the Texans $9.8 million in cap space a week before free agency officially begins.

Like many other teams right now, the Texans are looking through their books to find ways to open up more of their salary cap ahead of next week’s start to the free agency period. On Wednesday morning, they did just that as NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported that the Texans are restructuring the contract of wide receiver Nico Collins to save the team $9.8 million in cap space.

The move is getting done by converting some of Collins’ base salary for...