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During his time at the NFL scouting combine, Sam Montgomery addressed concerns about the consistency of his effort as a college player. The problem is that he admitted there were concerns about his effort as a college player. He's now a member ...

Reading the coverage ... Houston Texans DeAndre Hopkins gives the Texans someone who can take some off the plate of Andre Johnson, says Dale Robertson of the Houston Chronicle. The bigger the game, the better Hopkins played at Clemson, said ...

The spot opposite Andre Johnson on the Houston Texans' depth chart is DeAndre Hopkins' for the taking. The Clemson wide receiver was the 27th pick in the draft and the Texans' first rounder. Receiver was their biggest need. He's the first first...

Reading the coverage ... Some final mock drafts from smart and informed people: Mike Mayock of NFL Network, Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Peter King of Sports Illustrated, Greg Bedard of the Boston Globe, Lance Zierlein of the Hous...

Reading the coverage ... Houston Texans General manager Rick Smith is ready to make the big decisions that are central to the Texans' team-building, says John McClain of the Houston Chronicle. The John Elway-Dan Marino "30 for 30" special pr...

Reading the coverage ... Houston Texans How many receivers will be drafted in the first round? Tania Ganguli of the Houston Chronicle found an over-under of three. More on the Texans' overdependence on receiver Andre Johnson, from Ganguli....

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...

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A combine rewind on what we heard from the Houston Texans in Indianapolis... Connor Barwin is a core player: Sure he is, as long as he's affordable. Barwin had 11.5 sacks in 2011 and there was an offer on the table as the 2012 season kicked off. He ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- When the Houston Texans traded DeMeco Ryans after the 2011 season, and as they look to recover from a 2012 filled with injuries at inside linebacker, I've maintained that a one-dimensional position doesn't require big attention. It ca...

INDIANAPOLIS -- When Brian Cushing was lost for the season to a torn ACL in New York against the Jets in October, the low hit from behind by Matt Slauson that caused the injury was illegal. It wasn't flagged, but it was illegal. It's too easy t...

Continuing a periodic look back at stuff we wrote before the 2012 season to see how on target we were and how things panned out. In July, we looked at an assistant to watch on each of our four teams. Here's what we said then and what we think n...

Reading the coverage... Houston Texans "The Texans were eliminated in the divisional round because they didn't make enough plays when they needed them, made too many mistakes at the worst time, failed to take advantage of opportunities, and consi...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Player after player fell back into a common NFL safety net following the Houston Texans' 41-28 loss to the New England Patriots. We've just got to make more plays, they said. It's a blanket, cliched and too-easy solution to...

Reading the coverage... Houston Texans Gary Kubiak's endorsement of Rick Dennison as a head coaching candidate is a lot like Mike Shanahan's once was for Kubiak, says John McClain of the Houston Chronicle. "None of this is calculus," says Dale...

An update on interviews for coaches and executives in the AFC South: Houston offensive coordinator Rick Dennison will interview with the Chicago Bears. I understand the Bears' interest as Dennison worked with both Jay Cutler and Brandon Marshall i...