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• The Value of Things: Texans Optimism for C.J. Stroud?

Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK What does history tell us about year two? Teams can add free agents and new rookies all they want, but free agency hardly ever throws a team over the top. Obviously, we saw last season that new rookies can pay immediate dividends when it comes to a team making a huge jump in the standings. Arguably though, the number one factor in teams get...2024
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• Houston Texans Post-Draft 53-Man Roster Projection

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports Ahh, the smell of fresh blood. We’re talking rookies here... don't get it twisted. Fresh off the 2024 NFL Draft, it’s time to take a first swing at the first projection of the 53-man roster. For the loyal readers, this isn’t the start of my yearly Rosterology articles per se, but merely a peak into the position groups and who’s in line to make the team. Curre...2024
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• NFL Draft full team grades for all 32 clubs after 2024 selections

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK Let’s grade the draft hauls for all 32 NFL teams. Grading an NFL Draft is often a difficult exercise. But it does not mean we will not try. In many ways, it is an analysis of process rather than results. As you will see in a moment, there might be players that we like in a vacuum, but disagree with when it comes to where they were drafted, when they were draft...2024
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• Staff Reactions: Which Ravens draft pick is your favorite?

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The Beatdown staff share which of the Ravens 2024 draft picks is their favorite. The Baltimore Ravens came away with nine new rookies with the conclusion of the 2024 NFL Draft. Here, the Beatdown staff share which pick was their favorite. To review, here are the Ravens’ picks: Round 1 – CB Nate Wiggins, Clemson Round 2 – OT Roger Rosengarten, Washington R...2024
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• BREAKING: Texans select Georgia CB Kamari Lassiter

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports The Houston Texans are adding to their secondary with the No. 42 overall pick. The Houston Texans are adding to their secondary to start the 2024 NFL Draft. With the No. 42 overall pick, the Texans selected Georgia cornerback Kamari Lassiter. Lassiter stands 6-0 and weighs 180 pounds, and he played at Georgia during their two National Championship seasons. Adding...2024
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• Houston Texans NFL Draft Grades 2024: Kamari Lassiter Joins Derek Stingley Jr. in the CB Room
With DeMeco Ryans and C.J. Stroud leading the franchise, the Houston Texans' future is bright, but what were their 2024 NFL Draft grades?...2024
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• 2024 NFL Draft: 5 candidates for the Tennessee Titans at No. 38 overall

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Which direction should the Tennessee Titans take the 38th overall selection in? The Tennessee Titans selected former Alabama Crimson Tide offensive tackle JC Latham with the No. 7 overall selection in Thursday’s 2024 NFL Draft. In a minor surprise, general manager Ran Carthon and Brian Callahan quickly claimed that Latham will be playing left tackle, not the ...2024
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• The Value of Things: Texans Drafts by the numbers

Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports Part one of a three part series The NFL draft is arguably the biggest event in the NFL offseason and the most important ways for teams to build their rosters. So, one of these articles is not enough to break down the draft. I’m going to use three. Others will look at the current prospects and what to expect from the Houston Texans. I like to take a more h...2024
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• A Seahawks alternate reality: Drafting the players Mel Kiper would’ve taken

Photo by Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images It would’ve been nice to have Tre’Davious White on the Seahawks. I sure as hell wouldn’t have wanted T.J. Green, though. On Monday, a comment from Bigmarinerfan in the Mel Kiper/Field Yates mock draft article caught my attention. bigmarinerfan If you took the last 10 drafts and drafted the best available player left on Kiper's board when the Seahawks...2024
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• The Texans Way: Just how strong is Houston’s culture?

Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK In Demeco We Trust Over the last decade the term “culture” became a 4-letter word in Houston football circles thanks to the previous regime - and that “Culture Czar” guy we won’t name. Now, with Nick Caserio bringing his version of the Patriot Way and Demeco Ryans building the atmosphere Houston football deserves on that foundation, this t...2024
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• Poll: What position should the Houston Texans target early in the draft?

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports Which group gets a youth shot? It’s the first day of April, and aside from the played out jokes/pranks/silliness that arrives today, April 1st also means: it’s NFL DRAFT MONTH! And, in the vein of illusions and misdirections, here’s the list of current Houston Texans’ draft picks: From ProFootballNetwork Houston Texans Draft Picks by Round in 2024 Round 2, ...2024
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• Thorough pessimism surrounding Houston Texans free agent Jeff Okudah

Daniel Bartel-USA TODAY Sports Detailing Houston’s newest cornerback’s path to becoming a Texan As much fun, optimism, and potential presumed to be in every NFL Draft class, there’s always stories of failed opportunities and busts. And to be transparent, there’s many more of these less-than-fairy tale stories than there are of ones where the slipper fits. Jeff Okudah is one of those less-...2024
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• Houston Texans Post-Trade Seven Round Mock Draft

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports Houston’s frustrating but long-term trade mixes up the draft board. Well, there goes two months of watching first round picks film... The Houston Texans go rogue and trade out of a extremely talented first round. This trade removes them from contention of getting a top-end talent. Instead, it allows them to stock up on the draft next year and still pick a soli...2024
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• Hair of the Dog Week 18: Houston Texans @ Indianapolis Colts

Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Where the playoffs began, and it was the start of the best weekend this decade for the Texans. One could argue that this might have been the best weekend in Houston Texans’ football history. Certainly this was the best weekend since 2020. Saturday night, the Texans and Colts battle it out in a winner-goes-forward-loser-goes-home slugf...2024
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• The Value of Things: Texans Optimism for C.J. Stroud?
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• Staff Reactions: Which Ravens draft pick is your favorite?
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• 2024 NFL Draft: 5 candidates for the Tennessee Titans at No. 38 overall
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• Video: Why the Lions should draft Alabama CB Kool-Aid McKinstry

Photo by Ken Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Meko Scott breaks down why he believes the Detroit Lions should draft University of Alabama cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry. Another really interesting prospect in this year’s 2024 NFL Draft class is University of Alabama cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry. In some ways, McKinstry’s college football arc can be compared to former Louisiana Stat...2024
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• Grading the Houston Texans’ Defense Pre-Draft Depth Chart

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images Texans defense is top heavy and the “depth” chart is kiddy pool deep Part Two of our pre-draft recon of the depth chart. Last week we reviewed the offense’s depth chart and discovered a significant need for depth at the tackle position. This week, we deep dive into the defense - a defense with as many new faces as familiar ones. Nick Caserio has done a fair...2024
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• The Value of Things: Texans Drafts by the numbers
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• A Seahawks alternate reality: Drafting the players Mel Kiper would’ve taken
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• The Texans Way: Just how strong is Houston’s culture?
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• 2024 NFL Draft: 5 candidates for the Tennessee Titans at No. 38 overall
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• Houston Texans Post-Trade Seven Round Mock Draft
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• Houston Texans Seven-Round NFL Mock Draft

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Houston’s projected draft picks for the 2024 NFL Draft Houston owns eight picks in the 2024 NFL Draft including five in the first 128 picks. While we know Nick Caserio’s draft strategy mandates wheeling and dealing throughout the draft weekend, there’s still a lot to learn based on the team’s current needs. This will also change as free agency unfolds o...2024
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• Value of Things: Evaluating the Texans cornerbacks

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports Who should stay and who should go? I was going to close out with the secondary all in one article, but there were 14 guys that played 100 or more snaps in the secondary this past season including Shaq Griffin who was cut before the end of the season. Like most of the other positions, most of these guys will be free agents. So, like with the other spots, we will...2024
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• Analyzing Texans’ GM Nick Caserio’s Draft Strategy and Habits

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Houston Texans top tactics to team building through the draft Houston has three seasons under its belt with General Manager Nick Caserio. It’s been a tumultuous but rewarding ride. It feels as though it’s been a millions years but also just finally getting underway. We’ve learned a lot about Houston’s GM and how he constructs a roster. Caserio’s building...2024
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• Poll: Who brought the most to the 2023 Houston Texans?

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Head coach, quarterback, EDGE, coordinator? While the villains of the past are easy to spot: Jack Easterly, BO’B, Cal McNair, [NAME REDACTED], [NAME REDACTED2], it’s not quite so easy to point at the 1 person most responsible for the success of the team in the last calendar year. Who do you think it is? CAL MCNAIR The face of the family who owns the Housto...2024
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• A Seahawks alternate reality: Drafting the players Mel Kiper would’ve taken
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• Houston Texans Four-Round Mock Draft 1.0

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Nick Caserio’s fourth draft class is loading... With the Senior Bowl under way in Mobile, Alabama and only one game left in the 2024 post-season, it’s time for Battle Red Blog to unveil it’s first Mock Draft of the offseason. Houston enters the 2024 Draft in a “best player on the board” mentality. It’s a rare position for this organization to be in given t...2024
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• The Lynchpin Injury for the 2023 Houston Texans

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Of all the injuries Houston suffered, one had perhaps the biggest impact on the team.. In the course of a full NFL season, rare is the team that doesn’t get hit by injuries. In a sport where men are going at high speed carrying incredible mass, there will be collisions, with injuries to follow. Sometimes injuries disrupt the overall season for a team, som...2024
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• Divisional Round Preview: Five Ravens to watch vs. the Texans

Photo by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images Who to keep an eye out for on Saturday The Ravens face off Saturday versus the Houston Texans in the first game of the divisional weekend. After the Texans blew the doors off the Cleveland Browns, and with C.J. Stroud looking like one of the top quarterbacks in the AFC, it will take some big performances for the Ravens to come out o...2024
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• How a Changing of the Guard in the NFL May Signal a New Era in Texans Football

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images The Houston Texans are primed to become a routine contender in the AFC, will they be able to seize the moment? Two days ago, long-tenured Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll was removed from his position as head coach after 14 years. That same day, legendary coach of the University of Alabama, Nick Saban, announced his retirement after 17 years at th...2024
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• Texans Value of Things: Roses and Thorns— Cleveland Browns Edition

Jenna Watson/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK How will the Browns attack the Texans in the rematch? We have been waiting for this moment for four long years. The Houston Texans are hosting a playoff game for the first time since 2020 when they defeated the Buffalo Bills. It would arguably be the high water mark of the Bill O’Brien era as they would go to Kansas City. You know what happened nex...2024
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• Browns, Texans Playoff Primer: Who are the star players on Houston's defense?

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Though they’ve been flying under the radar, the Texans’ defense has quite a few “studs” The Houston Texans have been very strong defensively for most of the 2023 regular season and that’s due to the development of young talent over the past handful of years. Despite the outcome of their regular season matchup, Houston’s defense is nothing to be scoffed ...2024
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• Cowboys’ cornerback DaRon Bland named as team’s ‘best-kept secret’ on their roster heading into 2023
Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports The young Dallas cornerback was outstanding during his rookie year. The 2022 Dallas Cowboys had plenty of players exceed expectations. No player did so more than rookie cornerback DaRon Bland. After being drafted in the fifth round of the 2022 NFL Draft, Bland came into the 2022 season not being expected to produce very much. Thankfully for the Cowboys and th...2023
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• Brownies & Frownies: Flacco to Mr. Cooper pushes Cleveland past Houston

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images All about the NFL playoffs now for the Browns Like so many NFL clubs this time of year, the Cleveland Browns have almost an entire team on the injured reserve list. And the bad part is, they ain’t coming back to help in the playoffs. Attrition is a horrible word. It can kill a very good roster, and for the Browns, it is certainly nex...2023
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• Trading for Stephon Gilmore gives the Dallas Cowboys more options in the 2023 NFL Draft
Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images This move could have more meaning than we realize. The Dallas Cowboys have been trying to improve their cornerback group for a while now. Ever since they made the conscious decision not to hang on to Byron Jones and Chidobe Awuzie, they have been searching for replacements. They struck oil with the second-round pick of Trevon Diggs in 2020 and he’s solidi...2023
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• Bengals vs. Texans Injury Report: Ja’Marr Chase, Sam Hubbard DNP; Tee Higgins limited

Sam Greene-USA TODAY Sports Not great. The Cincinnati Bengals and Houston Texans have released their Wednesday injury reports, and both sides could be down key players in Week 10. For Cincinnati, the big one to watch is Ja’Marr Chase, who is dealing with a back injury and did not practice today. However, there is this... Just spoke to Ja’Marr Chase and asked if he’s going to play this we...2023
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• Seahawks pass on Tariq Woolen to select Abe Lucas with in 2022 redraft
Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Abe Lucas, Tariq Woolen, and Charles Cross all come of the board in Nick Baumgardner’s redraft of the 2022 first round. The Seattle Seahawks had one of the best draft classes in the NFL last season. Possibly the best, depending on who you ask. In fact, they had such a good draft that three of their rookies landed in the first round of the Athletic’s Day...2023
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• Texans activate Derek Stingley Jr. off injured reserve: CB missed seven games due to hamstring injury

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• 2022 NFL Draft grades: Texans select Derek Stingley Jr. at No. 3 overall, adding LSU CB to secondary
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• Titans vs. Texans preview: 5 questions with Battle Red Blog

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Everythign you need to know about the Texans heading into today’s game. Scott Barzilla of Battle Red Blog was nice enough to answer 5 questions about his Houston Texans ahead of today’s game: 1. How do you feel about the Texans chances of winning the division with two games left to play? I don’t think they win the division. I think a split in the next t...2023
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• The Linc - Someone placed a million dollar bet on the Eagles to win the Super Bowl
Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 2/4/23. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... The first million-dollar bet for Super Bowl LVII has landed - PFTVia David Purdum of ESPN.com, the first reported seven-figure Super Bowl wager for next Sunday’s Eagles-Chiefs game has been made. Someone has bet $1 million on the Eagles straight up with BetMGM, ...2023
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• Grading the Houston Texans’ Defense Pre-Draft Depth Chart
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• Rounding the Houston Texans Corners

Photo by Kirby Lee/Getty Images Who starts opposite Derek Stingley Jr.? Despite early struggles in his pro career, Houston Texans cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. stepped up and showed out in 2023 under new head coach Demeco Ryans. The former LSU Tigers star scored an 81.8 overall PFF grade in 2023, with a 84.9 in pass defense. His run defense was a meager 59.5, but he wasn’t drafted to stop...2024
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• Poll: What will help the Houston Texans more - free agency or the draft?

Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images Which avenue of roster building will make the biggest difference for the 2024 Texans? Anticipation builds as we slowly drag this thing to March 11th, better known as the “legal tampering period” or the first day NFL teams can officially negotiate with outside free agents. Everything from nearly substantiated rumors from credible sources to echo-chambered...2024
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• The Houston Texans and the NFL Power Rankings: Divisional Round

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images Where are the Texans ranked after their blowout of the Cleveland Browns? It happened!!! It happened!!!! The Houston Texans have won a playoff game!!!! Take that, Cleveland! Week after week, the Power Rankings cognoscenti would place the Texans in between the 10 and 15 positions, clearly marking them as playoff hopefuls, then playoff also-rans. Even into ...2024
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• Houston Texans have emerged from purgatory to be a dangerous AFC Playoff team

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images How did the Houston Texans get here? In 2019, the Houston Texans defeated the Buffalo Bills to move on to a Divisional Round game against the Kansas City Chiefs for the right to go to the AFC Championship Game. Head coach Bill O’Brien signed an extension in 2018 and took over personnel before that 2019 season, and it appeared to be working. They had a 2...2024
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• All 32 NFL teams, ranked by how likely they are to win 2024 Super Bowl

Let’s rank every team in the NFL by their Super Bowl chances before the new season begins. The NFL offseason is manufactured, packaged hope. As soon as one Super Bowl ends, all 32 fan bases start talking themselves into the notion that next year will be their year, or in the case of one fanbase, that next year will again be their year. If their favorite team just drafts the right players and/or ad...2023
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• How common is it for rookie NFL cornerbacks to play well?

Deonte Banks | Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images Unfortunately it’s more the exception than the norm Aside from the buzz about Darren Waller and now Jalin Hyatt in training camp, there is probably no topic of greater interest among New York Giants fans than the team’s two cornerback draftees, Deonte Banks and Tre Hawkins III. That Banks would draw attention is no surprise, being a first-r...2023
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• Building a Vikings Championship Roster in a Short Period of Time: Part V - Defensive Secondary
Vikings will likely roll with a largely unproven defensive secondary this season In Part V of this series on building a championship roster for the Vikings (Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV links) I’ll look at the defensive secondary. In a pass-driven league, defending the pass is the most important task for a defense. And while pass-rush and pass coverage play an interconnected role in defendi...2023
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