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Houston Texans Mock Seven-Round Draft Analysis from NFL Stock Exchange Podcast
The preeminent NFL Draft podcast in the game is the NFL Stock Exchange featuring former Senior PFF Analyst Trevor Sikkema and NBC’s Connor Rogers. If you haven’t already, go subscribe to their YouTube channel; you’ll be a better football fan for it. Each year, they subject themselves to a seven-round, seven-hour mock draft for charity. […]
Will Anderson Jr. gets PAID!
Houston Texans star EDGE rusher, Will Anderson Jr. is now the highest paid, non-quarterback in NFL history. Per Adam Schefter, Anderson’s new deal puts him at $50 million for 2026, with a full 3-year contract valued at $150 million – $134 million of that fully guaranteed. Plus, a rare “no-trade” clause. Yay us! This means […]
Five Potential DT Prospects for the Houston Texans
It’s one week until the 2026 NFL Draft, which means the questions and curiosity surrounding who the Texans might draft 28th overall. Although…the Texans don’t really like drafting in the first round, so they? In the five and soon to be six drafts that I’ve covered on Battle Red Blog, the Texans have only drafted […]
Texans draft needs: Build from the trenches
When you look at how Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio and head coach Demeco Ryans have built the 2026 roster so far, it takes a minute to find a hole in the starting lineup. Quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight end. Check. Check. Check. Check. EDGE, linebacker, cornerback, safety. Check. Check. Check. Check. Kicker. […]
Film study of Peter Woods reveals Houston Texans should stay far away
I truly believe Peter Woods was the most misused player in all of College Football in 2025. The Clemson defense tried to take an F-150 and put it on an F-1 track. The thought clearly was to put Woods in as many different positions to win as possible. Instead, it should have been to put […]
The Houston Texans 2026 Do-Not-Draft List
Last week, I wrote about the top “my guys” for the Houston Texans in the 2026 NFL Draft. Today, we are flipping the script and focusing on players who I am less excited about than other media outlets or analysts. Specifically, these are players I do not see fitting in Houston schematically, culturally, or technically. […]
Value of Things: Delayed Market possibilities
One of my esteemed colleagues calls this time of year the silly season. That name fits just about as much as anything else. In the NFL, there is very much a hurry up and wait mentality. Free agency opens in early March and most fans want their team to act now, now, now. We declare […]
Fourth Annual Houston Texans NFL Draft Dreams and Nightmares
One of my favorite articles of the offseason! This is the fourth annual Dreams and Nightmares article inspired by Meek Mills’ iconic Dreams and Nightmares. Last year, several dreams came true including the Texans finding Woody Marks to take over at RB and the team selecting three starters in the class. So much hope, anticipation, […]
Houston Texans News: How much would a Will Anderson extension cost?
Houston Texans News Houston Texans Fans Find Out The Price Tag On A Will Anderson Jr. Extension (Yahoo Sports) Aireontae Ersery Weighs In on Texans’ Massive O-Line Overhaul (Sports Illustrated) VanderMock 1.0: Who I’d Draft for the Houston Texans in the 2026 NFL Draft (HoustonTexans.com) Man who allegedly robbed and stole car of Houston Texans […]
Top Five TE Draft Targets for the Houston Texans
The spring bloom of April has filled the air with warmth, new horizons, and hay fever. An inviting breeze seems to pull open your neighbors screen doors and freshen up their porches, and the newfound shade of nearby trees comes as a welcome surprise. This kind of weather can only mean one thing: the NFL […]
Offseason Thought Experiment: The Houston Texans trade for Dexter Lawrence.
Welcome to the offseason. The initial wave of free agency madness is done. We are but a few weeks away from the NFL Draft and the promise of new talent infusions. For the Houston Texans, their free agency forays managed to add some needed options at the offensive line, as well as locking up some […]
Positions we believe the Houston Texans will draft earlier than expected
We are 14 days out from the start of the NFL Draft. Houston enters with eight total picks including four in the top 70. That draft capital will inevitably move and shake according to the whims of General Manager Nick Caserio. What’s more prevalent is not when the Texans draft, but who. Houston Texans 2026 […]
Top “my guys” for the Houston Texans 2026 NFL Draft Class
Hours spent pouring over film, digging into player backgrounds, and tracking countless school transfers all culminate in this list of my favorite draft targets for the Houston Texans. These are the players I’d gladly pound the table for if I were sitting in the Texans’ draft war room regardless of where they ultimately come off […]
Houston Texans offseason workout dates announced
In an attempt to keep the playing field as level as possible, the NFL has fairly strict controls on what teams can and cannot do in the offseason as far as coaching up players, installing schemes and other necessary preparations for the coming season. NFL Communications NEW YORK — April 3, 2026 — Voluntary offseason workout programs […]
Texans Exercise Fifth-Year Options on CJ Stroud, Will Anderson
The Texans are continuing to have an active offseason: KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson has just reported that Houston is exercising the fifth-year option on QB CJ Stroud and DE Will Anderson: Under these options, CJ Stroud will be due $25.904 million and Will Anderson will be due $21.512 million in 2027. As of the 2026 league […]
Houston Texans 7-round mock draft lands five future starters
As you’ll see in an article later this week, this will be the most complicated draft to predict in the Nick Caserio era. Balancing needs, positional value, and Caserio’s draft strategy creates a tangled web of conflicting priorities. The Houston Texans’ biggest need, defensive tackle, has never been drafted by Caserio earlier than the sixth […]
Value of Things: Rating the drafts
This will probably end up being a series of posts because there is more than one way to rate your general manager’s drafting. In this edition, we are looking only at the Texans drafts. Nick Caserio has five drafts in the books, so it seems like a perfect opportunity to look back. We will look […]
Texans Trade For LB Marte Mapu
The NFL Draft hasn’t started yet, but that doesn’t the Texans can’t get busy. Jonathan M Alexander just reported that the New England Patriots are sending a 2027 seventh-round pick and LB Marte Mapu to the Houston Texans in exchange for a 2026 sixth-round pick: A former third-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, Mapu […]
Should you be confident in the Houston Texans in 2026?
If you asked Houston Texans fans whether they had faith in the team to make the obvious moves after last season, the answers likely would’ve been split. Last offseason, it felt like the Texans made all the wrong decisions. The biggest one was trading away star left tackle Laremy Tunsil and replacing him with Cam […]
ESPN’s 7-round mock draft is a dream scenario for the Houston Texans
In a rare feat of quality media content, ESPN’s Matt Miller posted a comprehensive seven-round mock draft for the upcoming NFL Draft. There were no trades in Miller’s mock, which means Houston has eight selections across seven rounds to complement the already robust roster. Miller selected multiple players from my Texans’ Draft Needs Big Board […]
The grades are in: reviewing the 2023 Houston Texans Draft Class
With the coming of draft season, we enter a realm of instant grading. However, there is the school of thought that it takes 3 years to really figure out if a draft pick will pan out in the NFL. This, in theory, accounts for the slow-developers and/or the rookie flash-in-the-pans that can’t further evolve into […]
Houston Texans News: Texans ownership show support for Stroud
Houston Texans News Why you’ll be spending more to watch the Texans play this year (Chron.com) Texans’ Cal and Hannah McNair show support for C.J. Stroud despite playoff woes (Houston Chronicle) 7 Things We Learned From the Texans at NFL Owners Meeting (Sports Illustrated) Texans Could Play International Game in 2026 (Sports Illustrated) Texans’ Woody […]
Texans prepare to “set the market”
The Houston Texans hit the 2026 off-season with a lot of uncertainty. Would they fix the issues that plagued the 2025 offense? Would quarterback C.J. Stroud stay or go? What was general manager Nick Caserio going to do about the dysfunctional offensive line? So far, Caserio has brought in a host of solid free agents […]
Texans draft dilemma will be sticking with what works or the best players available
Since Matt Weston and Brett Kollmann bequeathed the site’s draft analysis to me, I’ve always felt closely tuned in to who the Texans are picking come each April. For instance, the 2024 Texans draft class was full of prospects I projected landing in Houston, including Kamari Lassiter, Cade Stover, and Jamal Hill. Even though Nick […]
Value of Things: Is the number two WR in house?
One of the talking points of the offseason is the improvement of the offense. We have focused most of our attention on the offensive line, running game, and the quarterback. A topic that hasn’t been mentioned much is the second wide receiver slot. There are a few candidates to take over the slot with Christian […]
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