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Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky HOUSTON -- Some good things happened here at Reliant Stadium for the Texans in the first half. But they trail 17-7 against the Saints because of the bad. That starts with their run defense, which certainly appea...

US Presswire Can Drew Brees or Matt Schaub take the next step and lead his team to the playoffs? Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas and Paul Kuharsky The New Orleans Saints and Houston Texans each ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky In a move that was no surprise, the Jaguars began their offseason revamping Tuesday when James "Shack" Harris resigned as the team's GM and owner Wayne Weaver promoted from within to fill the vice president of playe...

Reading the coverage ... Houston Texans Texans defensive lineman Antonio Smith will look to get under the skin of former teammates Mario Williams as Williams comes to town with his new team, Buffalo, says Tania Ganguli of the Houston Chronicle....

What we know about Sunday's lineups based on Friday's injury reports: Jacksonville will be without outside linebacker Daryl Smith, right tackle Cameron Bradfield, running back Rashad Jennings, defensive ends Austen Lane and George Selvie. Smith i...

Reading the coverage ... Houston Texans Deciding what exactly to do with Matt Schaub going forward and getting it done will be a delicate dance for Rick Smith, says Rivers McCown of Battle Red Blog. Here's Texans All Access as a podcast, in ...

Justin Blackmon will create his own identity. But personnel jobs in all sports require a degree of comparison. Jacksonville Jaguars GM Gene Smith looks at Blackmon and sees a receiver who falls between Anquan Boldin of the Ravens and Hakeem Nicks ...

Reading the coverage... Houston Texans Wade Smith thinks the Texans will be able to pick up where they left off even with two new starters on the right side of the Texans offensive line, says Robert Neely of National Football Authority. Indian...

Israel Gutierrez, Bomani Jones and Michael Smith discuss how good Andrew Luck will be in the NFL compared to Cam Newton....

In linebacker Paul Posluszny, the Jacksonville Jaguars are adding a veteran who fits general manager Gene Smith's lunch-pail mold. A former linebacker named Jack Del Rio is sure to love Posluszny, too. He will bring a strong dose of leadership and...

Sam from parts unknown writes: On teams where QBs are the clear issue, players will usually make reference to that fact, though they usually stop short of throwing a guy under the bus (See comments on Alex Smith or Jake Delhomme). As some people have...

The Houston Texans didn't force need. WattWisconsin's rugged J.J. Watt will be an end in Wade Phillips' 3-4. And end in Phillips' 3-4 is the spot where the Texans were in the best shape before the draft started. Mario Williams and Antonio Smith...

Each Thursday leading up to the NFL draft (April 28-30), the ESPN.com NFL blog network will take a division-by-division look at key aspects of the draft. Today's topic: decision-makers. Houston Texans General manager Rick Smith runs the large s...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Jacksonville Jaguars clearly need help in the middle of their secondary. General manager Gene Smith said it's reasonable to expect the team will draft one safety and acquire another in free agency. But when I asked him about th...

Props to Bill Smith, who broke a long streak of mailbag messages unworthy of a mailbag, better yet a singular post. Here's what he wrote: The NFL usually releases the schedule in April. If the lockout is still ongoing do you think they will backl...

Reading the coverage ... Houston Texans Wade Phillips has started to evaluate the Texans' defense, says John McClain. Gary Kubiak will take his time hiring the rest of the defensive staff, says Alan Burge. Examining Rick Smith's draft rec...