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The mission is clear for the reigning No. 1 team in ESPN's NFL Power Rankings: Keep quarterback Matt Schaub healthy at all costs. The Texans lost Schaub late last season and had no chance to advance through the playoffs as a result. With Schaub he...

Considerations as the NFL's regular-season schedule release nears Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET: Calculating strength of schedule using records from the previous season has limitations. But as ESPN's John Clayton pointed out, significant swings in schedul...

Here's a nightmare scenario for Arizona Cardinals fans: Kevin Kolb flounders while a reborn Matt Leinart leads the Houston Texans deep into the playoffs. The 7-3 Texans' outlook minus injured starting quarterback Matt Schaub framed the biggest deb...

Several years ago, when the Houston Texans were transitioning away from David Carr to Matt Schaub, I asked one of their assistants how the team planned to reduce sacks allowed. Mike Sherman, the Texans' offensive coordinator at the time, said quar...

Matt Leinart told Houston Texans coach Gary Kubiak he wanted a chance to compete for a starting job, John McClain reports. Why, then, would Leinart choose the Texans over the Seattle Seahawks when agreeing to contract terms Tuesday? Leinart was...

The first round of the 2011 NFL draft was notable in the NFC West for the players teams did not select -- quarterbacks available when Arizona and San Francisco selected. The second round presents a second chance for the Cardinals, 49ers and Seattl...

The NFC West registered twice on Business Week's Power 100 list featuring sports' movers and shakers. Larry Fitzgerald ranked 43rd and Patrick Willis ranked 53rd on the annual list. A big thanks goes out to AFC South blogger and Business Week r...

Let's be real here. Houston Texans running back Arian Foster and Arizona Cardinals strong safety Adrian Wilson are not going to win MVP honors in the NFL this season. Both appear on the MVP Watch list following Week 1 because they produced so e...

ESPN's John Clayton says the Seattle Seahawks are trying to trade right tackle Sean Locklear, whose status appears affected by various moves. Locklear's salary is $5.45 million and his performance during preseason, though not atypical, apparently did...

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Brett Favre's departure from the Packers and eventual arrival in Minnesota has helped both teams. The Vikings' success with Favre makes his departure to a division rival a net loss for Green Bay, of course, but s...

The league's best WRs --the Arizona Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald and the Houston Texans' Andre Johnson -- will be showcased Sunday in the desert. Who's better?