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A review of the best member of the 2012 Houston Texans who's still unsigned: Shaun Cody, defensive tackle Over the past four years, Cody started 57 of a possible 64 regular-season games. In Wade Phillips' 3-4, he worked as the nose tackle in...

They are two-time defending division champs and have been to the second round of the playoffs two consecutive seasons. Teams like that are not typically prime players in free agency. They have players they have to spend to retain, limiting the cas...

As we sort through the needs each team has with free agency and the draft approaching, inside linebacker comes up often for the Houston Texans. I believe the need is being overrated and the focus is on the wrong element of the team's two inside gu...

Today we look at the biggest issues facing each team in the AFC South and give you an opportunity to assess priority one: Pending free agents of note: Safety Glover Quin, fullback James Casey, outside linebacker Connor Barwin, cornerback Brice McC...

Five things to know about next Sunday's Houston Texans-New England Patriots AFC divisional playoff game at Gillette Stadium: It was ugly last time: On Dec. 10, on "Monday Night Football," the Patriots smoked the Texans 42-14. New England was up 28...

The Houston Texans are hurting heading into the stretch run.

DETROIT -- They dragged their drained bodies around the visitor's locker room at Ford Field, the cumulative effect of nearly 10 quarters of NFL football in five days showing itself. The Houston Texans were smiling after their second consecutive ov...

DETROIT -- Thoughts on the Houston Texans' 34-31 overtime win over the Lions at Ford Field: What it means: The Texans came from behind late again and pulled out an overtime win for the second week in a row, adding more fuel to a team-of-destiny fe...

CHICAGO -- The Houston Texans beat up the Tennessee Titans when they played, just like the Chicago Bears did. But when Chicago did it, it had more amplitude -- four turnovers forced by Charles Tillman punching balls loose followed by a presidentia...

Bradie James lost his mother to breast cancer and had spent countless hours and dollars since to ensure access to mammograms and resources for the less fortunate -- something that might have saved his mom.

Heading into Monday night's game at the New York Jets, we examined ways teams can try to attack the Houston Texans. One of them was to try to run up the middle, to go after the combination of Shaun Cody or Earl Mitchell at nose tackle and Bradie J...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- This is how the Houston Texans' season might unravel. Not from an upset by a team like the New York Jets, who stuck around but couldn't pull it off Monday night and ultimately falling to Houston 23-17. But with a long-term...

Even the best teams tend to have cracks. Arrive at the wrong matchup against an opponent equipped to exploit it, and a top team can lose even if it plays well. The 4-0 Houston Texans are not invincible as they prepare for "Monday Night Football...

Reading the coverage... Houston Texans Brian Cushing and Bradie James plan on being Batman and Robin, and James is happy to be second fiddle at this stage of his career, writes Dale Robertson of the Houston Chronicle. Communication between the tw...

HOUSTON -- He's a starter, a situational player and a newcomer all wrapped up into one. This could make the role Bradie James inherited with the Houston Texans sort of complicated. It's not, however -- because he's a veteran coming into a good ...

Four guys with upside I think we can see show itself this fall in the AFC South. Houston Texans Maybe Wade Phillips' lasting love for veteran addition Bradie James puts a damper on the opportunity for inside linebacker Darryl Sharpton. Sharpton...