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Houston Texans Free safety Ed Reed has not been at OTAs while recovering from hip surgery, but the Texans expect him to be ready for the start of the regular season, writes Nick Scurfield of the team's website. Reed had minor surgery in late April...

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...

Wishing you a great weekend. We'll have a Senior Bowl wrap-up and any big recruiting updates on Monday. Rick from Adel, Ga., writes: Hello Adam,I have 2 questions. First question, With the NCAA investigating itself for internal problems, will that...

As a Chicago Bears fan, my fingers are trembling as I type this ... According to reports, Purdue has hired John Shoop as its new offensive coordinator. FootballScoop.com first reported Shoop's hiring, and the Big Ten Network also is reporting i...

Five things to know about next Saturday's Cincinnati Bengals-Houston Texans AFC wild-card game at Reliant Stadium: Bengals seeking revenge: The Texans beat the Bengals twice last season. They clinched the first playoff berth in team history after ...

It's been a while since the New England Patriots won a Super Bowl, but they remain the standard-bearers in the AFC. They've been to two of the past five Super Bowls, including the most recent one. They've been in five of the previous 11 Super Bowl...

Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 9: Third down after halftime: The Jacksonville Jaguars have struggled on third down on both sides of the ball, particularly in the second half. Per ESPN Stats and Information, Jacksonville's offense is the wors...

Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 8: Samuel's homecoming: It's pretty safe to assume Atlanta cornerback Asante Samuel will go into Philadelphia with a chip on his shoulder. Samuel always carries some swagger, but I'd expect it to be even more o...

The last time we saw the Texans and Ravens square off, we were watching a divisional-round playoff game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Terrell Suggs had six tackles and a pass defended as the Ravens' rush linebacker. Houston featured third-...

The way we define a benching is by asking the question, "If he had played well, would he still be on the field?" I bring this up because there were some borderline benching calls this week — a couple of those sympathy benchings, those-bruised e...

Matt Schaub has critics who question his toughness. They should watch and rewatch what unfolded in the third quarter today in Denver. Schaub got absolutely crushed by a pair of blitzing Broncos. Linebacker Von Miller arrived first, with safety ...

NFL quarterbacks play in different systems with different coaches under different circumstances. Some are going to suffer additional turnovers for reasons beyond their control. Alex Smith would know this better than most quarterbacks after chan...

Click here for the complete list of Houston Texans' roster moves. Most significant move: Backup free safety Troy Nolan was a surprising cut, and won't be on the market for very long. Shiloh Keo stuck. While he's a willing special-teamer and can hi...

My big takeaway from Andy Benoit's Texans' preview at the New York Times' Fifth Down blog is his assessment of quarterback Matt Schaub. "The Texans are not built around Matt Schaub. They're quarterbacked by Schaub, but he doesn't have the type of to...

The first four NFL quarterbacks drafted in 2012 have already won starting jobs as rookies. Seattle's Russell Wilson, third-round choice from Wisconsin, has a chance to make it five of the top six. He'll get a chance to work with recently cleared r...