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Houston Texans Draft Profile: Connor Lew
Houston’s free‑agency moves across the offensive line addressed the major holes at tackle and guard. Those additions have changed the priority for this article series to focus on centers instead of tackles. Thus far, we’ve reviewed OT Blake Miller and OG Chase Bisontis. In today’s post we’ll move further inside to cover Auburn’s Connor Lew. […]
Value of Things: The State of the line
Engagement is always a double-edged sword. Nobody wants to scream into the void, but with engagement comes disagreement and ultimately arguments. No one in Houston and no one rooting for the Texans argues more than about the state of the offensive line. It’s a seemingly annual affair with dedicated fans feeling let down year after […]
BREAKING: Texans Sign G Wyatt Teller
THE TEXANS STRIKE AGAIN!!! NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo is reporting that the Houston Texans are signing RG Wyatt Teller to a 2-year, $16 million deal, worth up to a maximum of $23 million: This is a massive signing by Texans’ general manager Nick Caserio and his front office. They’ve signed RT/LG Braden Smith, LG/C Evan Brown, […]
Houston Texans’ Winners and Losers from the First Week of Free Agency
The Texans signed, traded, cut, and extended their way through the first week of free agency. General Manager Nick Caserio improved the roster on both sides of the ball and still has salary cap room to spare. The fallout from the first week of free agency had a significant impact, both positive and negative, on […]
Texans Sign LG Evan Brown to 1-Year Contract
The Houston Texans aren’t done filling in their 2026 roster quite yet: Ian Rapoport has reported that the Texans are signing LG Evan Brown to a 1-year deal worth up to $3.5 million. Brown had just been released by the Arizona Cardinals on March 12th. Brown, 29, was an undrafted center out of SMU that […]
What have we learned? The Houston Texans and the NFL New Year
For a sport that is currently not playing on the field, the NFL drives headlines. In particular, the silly season of the tampering period and the opening of free agency are examples of absurdity. The ordinary person gets a new job with a major pay raise, they’ll just post it on LinkedIn and the 5-10% […]
Houston Texans Free Agent Signings
The Houston Texans have had a very solid free agency so far, signing several outside free agents, along with a few of their own. Here is a look at who they have acquired off the market so far: -S Reed Blankenship (3-year, $25M) -OT Braden Smith (2-year, $25M) -RB David Montgomery (Trade) -DE Dominique Robinson […]
Value of Things: Phase one in the books
I have to hand it to my colleagues. They really tackled every news story with gusto. Handing the first week of the league year is a lot like drinking water from a firehose. Undoubtedly, some things are going to slip through the cracks. This is particularly true the way the Texans do business. They rarely […]
Houston Texans Seven-Round Mock Draft: Texans Trade Up
Mock Draft 3.0 for the Houston Texans kicks off with Houston a banger. This mock draft attempts to resemble the chaos and fluidity with which General Manager Nick Caserio moves around the draft board rather than how I would approach this class. Caserio averages FIVE trades per draft class, a daunting and mind-numbing number of […]
Houston the run game can’t be a problem
Heading into last season, the Houston Texans had a very questionable offensive line, a rookie tailback by the name of Woody Marks and a big time playmaker in tailback Joe Mixon. How times have changed. The questions around the offensive line piled on like the 1978 Oilers D on Terry Bradshaw, Mixon moved to the […]
Houston Texans Draft Profile: OT Blake Miller
The second edition in our analysis of top prospects for the Houston Texans heading into the NFL Draft. Last week, Chase Bisontis received his time in the spotlight with a full breakdown. This week, we highlight another highly debated offensive tackle in Blake Miller. Houston adding right tackles Braden Smith and Trent Brown doesn’t rule them […]
Texans Sign DE/DT Logan Hall to 2-Year Contract
The Houston Texans have struck free agency once again: NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero have announced that they’re signing DE/DT Logan Hall to a 2-year, ~$7 million deal: Among other things, the defensive line has been a point of emphasis this offseason for general manager Nick Caserio. DE Danielle Hunter got a big, albeit […]
Former Colts tackle Braden Smith signs two year contract with Texans
Have you ever had the theory of relativity explained to you? Einstein explained it as “being in a room with a pretty girl for two hours feels like only a minute has passed, while putting your hand on a hot stove for a minute feels like two hours have passed.” Why do I mention this? […]
Texans Sign K Ka’imi Fairbairn to 2-Year Extension
The Houston Texans are back at it again in the NFL’s free agency, but this time they’re paying one of their most important assets. The Texans are signing K Ka’imi Fairbairn to a 2-year, $13 million dollar extension, per NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo and Ian Rapoport: Fairbairn, 32, will now be tied to Houston through the […]
Texans Draft 2026: Top offensive line candidates require a trade up
The Nick Caserio era has been fraught with draft day trades. His willingness to move up and down the draft board unnerves Texans fans each year who try to predict and project draft choices for the team (me). An average of six offensive lineman are selected in the first round of the NFL Draft over […]
Houston Texans’ biggest need no one was talking about: Safety
NOTE: This article was written before the Reed Blankenship signing. Blankenship signed a three-year $24.75M contract with Houston. I get it, you’re sick and tired of reading about offensive lineman. If you’re a film junkie like myself, the past half-decade has been an arduous slog of watching kick-slides and trench warfare. However, this offseason isn’t […]
Texans free agency 2026: Houston signs Reed Blankenship, former Eagles safety
The Texans have ARRIVED to NFL free agency! ESPN’s Adam Schefter just reported that the Houston Texans are signing former Philadelphia Eagles S Reed Blankenship to a 3-year, $24.75 million deal: Many of us here at Battle Red Blog have been hoping/expecting some Texans activity this offseason, and the Texans have been plenty active when […]
Texans free agency 2026: Houston signs DE Dominique Robinson
Houston is bringing in their first non-Texans free agent of the offseason! ESPN’s Adam Schefter just reported that the Texans are signing former Chicago Bears DE Dominique Robinson to a one-year deal worth up to $4 million: Robinson, 27, was drafted in the 5th round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears. In […]
Value of Things: Clean up on aisle six
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 […]
Texans Re-Sign DT Naquan Jones
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 […]
Breaking News: Houston Texans Re-Sign LB E.J. Speed
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 […]
Texans Sign TE Dalton Schultz to Extension
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 […]
Texans Bring Back S M.J. Stewart on One-Year Deal
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 […]
Offseason Thought Experiment: Should the Houston Texans get a new backup QB in Kyler Murray?
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 […]
Texans Extend DE Danielle Hunter
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 […]
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