The Roller Coaster That Is Texans Fandom
Sometimes we have to laugh at ourselves. I did that this week as I watched our intrepid team of part-time journalists try to keep up with all of the news items coming across the pike. We hit the major ones, but obviously some flew under the radar. We do our best, but most of us […]
The Texans are continuing to clean up their roster on the eve of the free agency tampering period. Both his agent Mike McCartney and NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero are reporting that the Texans are re-signing veteran DT Naquan Jones to a one-year, $2 million deal, with a max of $2.5 million: Jones, 28, was claimed off […]
The Houston Texans are locking up one of their key 2025 free-agency additions. On Saturday morning, the Texans agreed to a two-year, $13 million deal with $7.5 million guaranteed with linebacker E. J. Speed, keeping him in Houston through the 2027 season. The extension comes just a year after Speed signed a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the Texans. The sizable pay […]
Houston’s best tight end since Owen Daniels is coming back for another year! According to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport, the Texans are signing TE Dalton Schultz to a one-year, $12.6 million extension, tying him to Houston through the 2027 season: Schutlz, 29, had his best season as a Texan in 2025, receiving a career-high 82 catches […]
The Houston Texans’ moves just keep on coming on the eve of the NFL’s free agency tampering period. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler and KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson have reported that S M.J. Stewart is re-signing with the Houston Texans to a one-year deal: Stewart, 30, earned starting time as a safety for the Houston Texans in 2025 […]
Welcome to the silly season of the NFL calendar. The new league year is almost here, but before then, or even some time afterwards, there is time for some somewhat off-the-wall discussions/thought experiments based on recent happenings in the NFL world. With that, let’s kick back, take an adult beverage or two, and have at […]
The Houston Texans are at it again! Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport of NFL.com have reported that the Texans and DE Danielle Hunter have agreed to a one-year, $40.1 million extension: Hunter, 31, will now be tied to the Houston Texans through the 2027 season. This extension frees up some immediate cap space for the […]
Sean Pendergast has been a staple on Houston sports radio for almost two decades. He currently cohosts the morning show on 610 AM with Seth Payne. He has been a good partner over the years and has always been willing to spend time with us to answer our questions. Considering how close he is to […]
The Texans are a good team as currently constructed, but they have a chance to reach a truly elite level if they can bolster a few position groups — and it all starts with free agency. When you look at the roster, it’s clear the offensive line needs significant upgrades. Houston has its left tackle […]
The Houston Texans aren’t finished with their pre-free agency transactions. KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson and ESPN’s Adam Schefter have reported that the Texans are re-signing RT Trent Brown to a one-year, $7 million extension: Brown, 32, was initially signed to a one-year, $3 million deal by the Texans last year to be a swing tackle for […]
This is the first article in my weekly analysis of top prospects for the Houston Texans heading into the NFL Draft. While offensive and defense lineman will be the primary focus, I’ll sprinkle in profiles of players at immediate positions of need such as safety, and linebacker. The focus will be on polarizing players at […]
In light of this week’s trade news, you know what time it is. For those who missed it: the Texans sent would-be/never-was franchise center Juice Scruggs to the Detroit Lions for tailback David Montgomery and Swiss-army-o-lineman Tytus Howard to the Cleveland Browns for a practice squad pick. Caserio has been around long enough for us […]
The Value of Things journey began almost five years ago to the day. It began with two guiding principles. The first (and the genesis of the title) is that every player has value. The key to success is for a team to accurately figure out which players have the most value and which players don’t. […]
And you thought today’s news was over? Think again! ESPN’s Adam Schefter just reported that the Houston Texans have released S Jimmie Ward According to KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson, the Texans now void Ward’s base salary of $2.75 million. A veteran signing at the beginning of head coach DeMeco Ryans’ tenure, Ward would start 10 games […]
The Juice Scruggs era in Houston has come to an end. The embattled offensive lineman never quite gained traction in his three seasons in Houston as he played center and guard. Unfortunately for him, he was not able to crack the lineup last season even when the team was shuffling guards. Obviously, the bigger ticket […]
Houston was already expected to target the offensive line in free agency, but things just got a whole lot more interesting. Dianna Russini of the The Athletic just reported the the Texans are trading starting RT/LG Tytus Howard to the Cleveland Browns for a 5th-round pick: This comes as another absolute stunner from Texans general […]
With Super Bowl LX long in the rearview mirror, the NFL is gearing up for the official start of the new season and the flurry of financial and personnel activity in tow. We are getting some initial tip-offs to the madness, from the purges in Miami to the restructuring of Patrick Mahomes’ massive contract. Yet […]
The period between the Super Bowl and start of the NFL year is probably the coaches and players favorite part of the year. It is the time where they can take a breath for at least a moment before working on free agency and the draft. Players obviously will start working out in the spring […]
This past January, while the Texans sought (and failed) to breakthrough the Divisional Playoff barrier, they also saw the anniversary of their hiring of Nick Caserio as GM for the team. Five years ago, Houston finally got their man (as Houston had a rather abortive attempt at Caserio in 2019). Since that time, He oversaw […]
We’re in that slow period between the Super Bowl and the new league year where it sometimes feels like the NFL world has ground to a halt. And that makes it a perfect time to ask: Where in the world are our Battle Red Blog readers? We don’t want or need your address or any […]
UPDATE: Texans expect to name Jerry Schuplinksi as new QB coach. As if on cue, just as this morning’s C.J. Stroud article was posting, the Texans were addressing 1 of the bullet points therein. From the earlier post: As hypothesized, the people speaking into Stroud’s ear might not be saying the things this particular young man […]
As we’re all well aware, Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud had a disastrous outing in the AFC divisional round against the New England Patriots. The backlash from this, as is often the case in sports fandom, was knee-jerkish and rapidly took on a torches and pitchforks vibe. On the surface, it’s cheap and easy to […]
According to NFL reporter Aaron Wilson, the Houston Texans are expected to enter the high-tier running back market in free agency. Star running back Joe Mixon missed the entirety of last season with an undisclosed injury, and his status for next year remains very much up in the air. There has been speculation that Houston […]
All was quiet on the Texans front heading into the NFL Combine until General Manager Nick Caserio took the stage. He spoke for 20 minutes on the roster, contracts, draft prospects, and the future of the team. Even after the interview, there are still unanswered questions and storylines that will need to play out over […]
Today we deviate from the normal course of breaking down numbers and analyzing players into the theatre of the absurd. So, what follows is a bit of a commentary. Yesterday, a major news story broke concerned embattled running back Joe Mixon and the Texans were likely to part ways. The cut would save the Texans […]