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• Open thread: Which remaining regular season game are you most looking forward to?

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Which remaining Lions regular season game are you most looking forward to watching? Now that we are at the (kind of) halfway point of the regular season, it feels like a good time to look at what lies ahead for the 8-1 Detroit Lions. Don’t get me wrong, the most important game for the Lions is the next one on their schedule. Co...2024
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• The Day After the Day After: Fallout from the Week 10 Houston Texans’ loss to the Detroit Lions

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A classic Houston loss. Blowing a big lead in dramatically creative fashion. Let’s review, ‘cause we love pain 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 ...2024
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• Houston Texans Week 10 Inactives vs. Detroit Lions

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Houston’s final injury report before Sunday night’s game. The Houston Texans have announced the following players will be inactive for tonight’s Sunday Night Football game at NRG Stadium: Houston Texans WR Nico Collins CB Myles Bryant RB Dameon Pierce DE Will Anderson Jr. LB Jamal Hill T Zach Thomas This isn’t g...2024
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• Lions at Texas: How to watch, game time, TV schedule, streaming and more

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How to watch Lions vs. Texas: TV channel, announcers, kickoff time, more The Detroit Lions and Houston Texans have only faced off five times in history, and the Texans have walked away winners in four of those contests. But this year’s matchup feels different than any other. For one, both teams are considered among the best in...2024
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• Colts-Bills opening odds: Colts face an uphill battle

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Colts continue their string of tough opponents with Buffalo. The Indianapolis Colts are headed home. Thank goodness. After a tough and disappointing two-game road trip, the Colts return to the friendly confines of Lucas Oil to take on the Buffalo Bills. The venue may be friendly, but it is another fierce opponent as the ...2024
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• The Day After the Day After: The Houston Texans complete the sweep of the Indianapolis Colts

Photo by Ken Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A victory, however costly, however stressful, is a victory nevertheless. 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 8: Photo by Leslie Plaza Jo...2024
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• Houston Texans Week 10 Inactives vs. Detroit Lions
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• Lions at Texas: How to watch, game time, TV schedule, streaming and more
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• The Day After the Day After: The Houston Texans complete the sweep of the Indianapolis Colts
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• Browns roster: 5 moves including 2 at QB, waive 5th round pick

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Bailey Zappe signing becomes official, Tony Fields II waived off injured reserve The Cleveland Browns roster continues to change for a variety of reasons. The Browns officially ended QB Deshaun Watson’s season by placing him on injured reserve with his torn Achilles. Watson is deciding between two different surgery options. In...2024
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• Houston Texans lose to injuries

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images At 5-2 the Texans have a lot of work to do The off-season hope and dream is a team won’t have to rely heavily on its depth chart until late in the season. If a roster can avoid the injury bug deep into the schedule, they can usually have post season success. Unfortunately for the Houston Texans, the bug has been taking bites o...2024
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• The outfield is crowded and that’s fine (for now)

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images As 2025 approaches, the Brewers have five outfielders that could make significant contributions As the Brewers prepare for the offseason, one of their areas of strength will be the outfield. With five starters for three spots, there will be plenty of discussion on how to handle that. Here’s a look at how the Brewers used their ...2024
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• What have we learned at the quarter-season mark about the Houston Texans?

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Some thoughts about the first quarter of the season. It’s hard to believe, but the season is over one-quarter complete. All teams have at least four games under their belts. Houston stands at 4-1, with a two game lead in the division. What has the season taught us so far: Are the Houston Texans Really Any Good? HOLD IT!!!! Didn’t you just say that the team...2024
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• NFL Power Rankings Week 1: Where are the Texans?

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Where are the Texans ranked entering the regular season? Welcome back to another, highly anticipated season of the NFL Power Rankings. Last year, we got to bear witness to the Houston Texans making a thrilling, Hollywood-grade comeback for the ages in the 2023 NFL Power Rankings. Starting the season literally ranked #30 or #31 on a list that only has 32 spo...2024
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• The Day After the Day After (plus another): The Houston Texans’ win over the NY/NJ Giants

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The fallout from preseason game three (game two for the Giants). When the raw emotions and the furious hot takes following a game have the chance to simmer down, that’s the best time to take a look at some key points from the previous game. Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images You mean we gotta cut some of t...2024
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• Giants injury updates: Linebacker position hit hard

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Jon Runyan, Cor’Dale Flott remain sidelined New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll went through the team’s lengthy injury list on Tuesday. The biggest takeaway has to be that the Giants are hurting at inside linebacker. Daboll said that starter Micah McFadden (groin), second-year player Dyontae Johnson (ankle), and veteran spe...2024
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• AFC North is not out of reach for the Browns: Here’s how

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports The NFL playoff picture is shaping up but the Browns are still eyeing the AFC North title The Cleveland Browns currently own the #5 seed in the AFC post-season tournament if the season were to end today. They sit at 8-5-0 and the outlook appears bright and sunny, with a chance of rainbows and unicorns. That is, as long as they continue to win. If not, what was o...2023
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• Interview: Browns linebacker Tony Fields II
Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Is this the season that the healthy young linebacker cracks the lineup? The 2022 season for the Cleveland Browns was a miserable one for the linebacker group. As games fell off the calendar, more and more of them became injured. For some, the games they missed were substantial. There are those who feel that the Browns will need to bri...2023
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"01 million Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images LB Sione Takitaki Versatility is Takitaki’s trademark as he excels at the SAM position and has also taken reps in the middle when Anthony Walker went down for the season."

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"Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images "I've kind of DM'd and chatted with Kadarius," the "Human Joystick" confirmed."

• The Day After the Day After: Fallout from the Week 10 Houston Texans’ loss to the Detroit Lions
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• Lions at Texas: How to watch, game time, TV schedule, streaming and more
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• The Day After the Day After: The Houston Texans complete the sweep of the Indianapolis Colts
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• The outfield is crowded and that’s fine (for now)
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• What have we learned at the quarter-season mark about the Houston Texans?
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• NFL Power Rankings Week 1: Where are the Texans?
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• Totally Not Fake News: Meet the newest member of the Houston Texans’

Photo by Smiley N. Pool/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Not on anyone’s bingo card, but will have some impact on the home games. HOUSTON - At the time of publication, the Texans’ roster thrash is all but done. Plenty of returnees from last season, but a lot new faces as well. New expectations also follow the team, along with some new uniform designs. In short, a lot of “newness” associ...2024
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• The Day After the Day After (plus another): The Houston Texans’ win over the NY/NJ Giants
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• Your current take on Chris Grier!

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Over the past few years, outside of starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, no other figure associated with the Miami Dolphins has been more loved or hated than general manager Chris Grier. This past week, I asked a question based on the ups and downs of our Dolphins, where they stand right now, and Chris Grier’s part in getting t...2024
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• Fight Camp! Series pits Browns players against each other: Devin Bush vs. Tony Fields

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Starting SAM linebacker spot up for grabs this camp The Cleveland Browns have a history of great linebackers: Chip Banks, Clay Matthews, Dick Ambrose, Jim Houston, Bob Babich, Joe Schobert, Mike Johnson, and Vince Costello. RELATED: BROWNS LINEBACKER ANTHONY GRIGGS INTERVIEW It is not often that a starting linebacker spot opens up for the Browns. But this ...2024
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• The Day After the Day After: Fallout from the Week 10 Houston Texans’ loss to the Detroit Lions
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• Colts-Bills opening odds: Colts face an uphill battle
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• The Day After the Day After: The Houston Texans complete the sweep of the Indianapolis Colts
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• What have we learned at the quarter-season mark about the Houston Texans?
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• NFL Power Rankings Week 1: Where are the Texans?
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• The Day After the Day After (+1 day): The end of the Houston Texans’ preseason

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Four preseason games down...17 regular season and X playoffs games (if all goes to plan) to go. The Day After the Day After (with some slush built in); a chance to get past the hot takes/emotions immediately following the game. With the 17-15 win over the Los Angeles Rams, the Houston Texans close out their fourth straight winning record in the preseason. ...2024
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• The Day After the Day After (plus another): The Houston Texans’ win over the NY/NJ Giants
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• Your current take on Chris Grier!
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• Full deal details, finally: White Sox look toward the future

Wait, you’re saying I am the SECOND-BEST hitter on my new team? | Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Three prominent prospects come from the Dodgers in exchange for a 4.6 WAR starter, reliever lost in the wilderness, and fantasy football player Tommy Pham Confirmation has come from the White Sox, in the form of tweets and press releases. Here’s our copyedited version of ...2024
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• Poll: Who should be inducted into the Houston Texans ring of honor next?

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Who is legend? Saw a Tweet (an X? what?) from the fine folks at Texans Fan Battle Podcast that said Brian Cushing should be the next person inducted into the Houston Texans Ring of Honor. And, it got the wheels turning. Should he? Should someone else? Currently the ring honors Andre Johnson, who’s about to see himself inducte...2024
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• The Day After the Day After: Fallout from the Week 10 Houston Texans’ loss to the Detroit Lions
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• Totally Not Fake News: Meet the newest member of the Houston Texans’
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• Your current take on Chris Grier!
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• The new kicking rules and the Houston Texans: What will this season bring?

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Some thoughts on what the new kickoff rules may mean for the 2024-25 Houston Texans In the overall history of the Texans, their special teams play ranges from fair to middling. Few will look back fondly on the Marciano days, especially as he seemed to rule over their play for years. Not that the team hasn’t had their moments. I...2024
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• Horse Tracks: How fantasy football will be different with new kickoff rules

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Not your typical year of fantasy football. In case you missed it, kickoffs in 2024 are going to be vastly different than they’ve ever been. In the interest of player safety and because it’s boring to watch teams kick balls out of end zones, the NFL adopted the XFL kickoff model. Mile High Report’s Joe Mahoney broke down exactly...2024
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• Takis snacks and Browns LB Sione Takitaki: A match made in naming heaven

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images From Mexico to Cleveland, Taki(taki)s are loved! The chip-related category of the snack business is a $10.8 billion industry. And now Cleveland has a slice of that pie. Or should we say, corn masa flour processed with lime with iodized salt, citric acid, soy protein, sugar, onion powder, hot chili pepper, sodium bicarbonate, yeast, and ...2024
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• Brownies & Frownies Wild Card Playoff Edition: Browns vs Texans

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Everything ends when it should, just why so ugly The Cleveland Browns had the luck of the seeding in the AFC playoffs in the sense that the AFC South Division winner would appear to be the weakest team. In the end, the Jacksonville Jaguars lost a three-game division lead and eventually lost the crown to the Houston Texans. Cleveland an...2024
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• AFC North is not out of reach for the Browns: Here’s how
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• The Houston Texans and The NFL Power Rankings: Week 12

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Where do the Texans land after their win against the Cardinals? Another week, another heart-stopping victory for the Houston Texans! This time, instead of rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud pulling the rabbit out of his hat with seconds left, it was the defense saving Houston from collapse to keep the Texans on their win-streak. St...2023
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• State of the Dolphins Address

Tua and the Fins are poised to take the next step into being considered a true threat in the playoffs. | Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images My mostly subjective take on our Dolphins at the mid-season bye week. I can’t lie, I was massively depressed at halftime of the Frankfurt game against the Chiefs. Down 21-0, and with all signs pointing to a spectacularly h...2023
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• Dante Hall: ‘Kadarius Toney has the potential to be better than me’
Patrick Breen/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK The Chiefs legend shared his thoughts on one of the heroes of Super Bowl LVII Kansas City Chiefs legend Dante Hall — soon to be inducted into the team's Ring of Honor — was unsurprisingly asked about a particular play from Super Bowl LVII. In the fourth quarter of the eventual 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles, Chiefs wide receiver Ka...2023
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• Interview: Browns linebacker Tony Fields II
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• AFC North is not out of reach for the Browns: Here’s how
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• Defensive Tackles in the Jim Schwartz system
Keeanu Benton | Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports Cleveland’s new DC has a method The Cleveland Browns top priority this offseason should be the defensive tackle group. Jordan Elliott was supposed to be the main man once he got an increase in snaps. That was supposed to be in 2021, but Malik McDowell took over the starting nod along with Malik Jackson. In 2022, Elliott was finally the starter...2023
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• Complete list of Browns free agents: Who is most likely to be gone? Who should they keep?
Jeff Lange / USA TODAY NETWORK Next year’s roster will look completely different The Browns have some important decisions to make before the free agency period begins on March 15, the start of the 2023 league year. First off the block are the numerous free agents. There are currently 17 unrestricted free agents (UFA), two restricted free agents (RFA), and three exclusive rights free agen...2023
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• Miami Dolphins release TE Eric Saubert with injury settlement

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Miami Dolphins signed Eric Saubert to a one-year deal back in March. Former fifth-round pick Eric Saubert was released from injured reserve on Wednesday afternoon. The one-time Denver Broncos tight end played 60 snaps in the preseason before an injury derailed his season. Saubert, 29, was placed on injured reserve on Aug....2023
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• New ranking of the league’s best duos ignores two deserving Chiefs players
Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images NFL.com’s Bucky Brooks made some good choices — but blew it when judging the league’s tight ends. You might have missed it over the weekend — but on Friday evening, NFL.com ‘s Bucky Brooks published a ranking of the league’s best duos at 11 different positions. Typically, this kind of thing is an interesting exercise — and I ag...2023
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• Browns Playoff Watch 3.0: Control their own destiny in AFC playoff picture

Cleveland’s string of losses needs to end right now but playoff hopes stay strong The Cleveland Browns were having a good season and had jumped up to the Number 5 seed. But two losses in a row have pushed them down one slot. And they are fortunate that other teams that affect their standing have had a loss or two recently. The continuance of losing games will only force Cleveland from the playoff...2023
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• Full deal details, finally: White Sox look toward the future
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• Horse Tracks: How fantasy football will be different with new kickoff rules
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• Your new Miami Dolphins nicknames!

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images This past week, I highlighted some of the past and present Miami Dolphins nicknames for players and the team units. I then asked the following question- What if any other players or units of the Miami Dolphins deserve nicknames, and what should they be? Do any of the new rookies need a nickname? Below are some of the ideas that...2024
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• Open thread: Which remaining regular season game are you most looking forward to?
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• The Day After the Day After: Fallout from the Week 10 Houston Texans’ loss to the Detroit Lions
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• Lions at Texas: How to watch, game time, TV schedule, streaming and more
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• Colts-Bills opening odds: Colts face an uphill battle
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• The Day After the Day After: The Houston Texans complete the sweep of the Indianapolis Colts
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• Houston Texans lose to injuries
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• The outfield is crowded and that’s fine (for now)
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• What have we learned at the quarter-season mark about the Houston Texans?
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• NFL Power Rankings Week 1: Where are the Texans?
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• The Day After the Day After (+1 day): The end of the Houston Texans’ preseason
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• The Day After the Day After: Fallout from the Week 10 Houston Texans’ loss to the Detroit Lions
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• Some (other) things to watch for from the Houston Texans and the NFL New Year

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A few things to look for that may not generate the biggest headlines The start of the new league year is met with mostly a high degree of optimism. Teams look at the new year as a new start, a chance to put the past year behind them, at least for every team not named the Kansas City Chiefs, and move forward with the goal of imp...2024
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• Who could replace Vic Fangio as Dolphins defensive coordinator? Taking a look at the candidates

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Miami Dolphins have swung into the coaching carousel with the news on Wednesday that defensive coordinator Vic Fangio will not return in 2024. Who could be his replacement? The Miami Dolphins and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio mutually agreed to part ways on Wednesday, opening a major vacancy on the Dolphins’ coaching sta...2024
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• Brownies & Frownies Wild Card Playoff Edition: Browns vs Texans
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• The Houston Texans and The NFL Power Rankings: Week 12
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• State of the Dolphins Address
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• Totally Not Fake News: The Houston Texans keep rolling…hopefully to an actual home win

Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images In their way, just the fearsome defense and running game of the Pittsburgh Steelers. HOUSTON - Spirits were high in Houston Texans’ facilities this week, as the team looks to build off of its 37-17 win this past week against the Jacksonville Jaguars. “Yeah, man, it was a great team win. Made some great progress passing the ball. Defense made the plays ...2023
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• Dave Toub addresses Patriots’ unique field goal block

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A blocked field goal on Sunday Night Football has the Chiefs special team’s coordinator preparing his unit for what’s to come. With the NFL constantly evolving, teams continue to find innovative ways to gain an edge over their opponent. While the Kansas City Chiefs have been no strangers to innovation – especially on the offens...2023
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