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Reading the coverage... Houston Texans At 23rd, Matt Schaub is only three slots ahead of Jake Locker in these quarterback rankings from Will Brinson of CBS Sports. The Texans officially added running back Deji Karim and center Tyler Horn, sa...

With the draft in the rearview mirror, what is the most pressing issue on each AFC South team's agenda? Houston Texans: Get DeAndre Hopkins up to speed. The Texans like their first-round draft pick's experience and think he will be a contributor r...

Steve Muench and Kevin Weidl of Scouts Inc. have produced a second-round mock draft, so let's have a look at what they expect out of the AFC South. 33) Jacksonville Geno Smith, QB, West Virginia My thought: I'm not sold on the Jaguars going ...

ESPN Stats & Information has taken a close look at some numbers that show off Houston's needs. The inexperience of the team's options at receiver beyond Andre Johnson is apparent to everyone. A high draft pick obviously won't come with NFL exp...

Insider draft guide files for AFC teams are out today at ESPN.com. Here is a glimpse and a reaction for the Houston Texans: Mel Kiper Jr. on what they must accomplish: "What they must accomplish: I know wide receiver is a huge need given Johns...

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Before or after you watch Jon Gruden talk to USC's Matt Barkley, read this excerpt from an Insider article by Gruden as told to NFC South blogger Pat Yasinskas. "One NFL QB I'd compare him to is Matt Schaub. In Houston, they run a ton of play-actio...

New Titans receiver Kevin Walter had some conversations with Tennessee media Monday, and one of them was on my radio show. I was really surprised when he said this: "I know they're installing the same offense that I've been in the past seven years...

Reading the coverage ... Houston Texans The Texans offered Mohamed Massaquoi a contract before he decided on Jacksonville, says Tania Ganguli of the Houston Chronicle. Matt Schaub on what went wrong down the stretch for the Texans: "We lost ...

The way the Houston Texans used -- and didn't use -- James Casey was an issue I struggled with in 2012. Gary Kubiak increasingly forced a round peg (a quality pass-catcher with great hands capable of being a matchup problem) into a square hole (a ful...

Reading the coverage ... Houston Texans Matt Schaub on Ed Reed: "I've been across from him enough to know what kind of player he is and what he brings to the defense. He can still play at an exceptional level. The leadership and knowledge he br...

Over at NFC South headquarters, our "regional" cohort Pat Yasinskas was driven by Drew Brees' giant salary-cap number to look at all the players in that division with cap numbers of $5 million of more. We know a good idea when we see one, so here'...

Matt Schaub rolls out a lot in the Houston Texans offense. He's mobile enough to do that, but hardly qualifies as a mobile quarterback. And unsurprisingly he's a proponent of the pocket passer concept. On the evolution of NFL quarterbacks and the ...

In our Saturday Twitter mailbag, I was asked to stack the quarterbacks of the AFC South. After Andrew Luck and Matt Schaub, I put Jake Locker ahead of Blaine Gabbert. It stirred some debate. And I should have offered a bit of an explanation of my ...

Welcome to Eight in the Box, an NFL Nation feature that will appear each Friday during the offseason. This week's topic: How each AFC South team needs to address the quarterback position. Houston Texans Matt Schaub didn't finish the season with...

Sometimes people send stuff to my mailbag just to stir me up. This one worked. LX from CHUCO, TX writes: Do you think the Texans will pay to keep (Brian) Cushing or is he as expendable as DeMeco was last year? The Def did not collapse while he was...