The Roller Coaster That Is Texans Fandom
If you asked Houston Texans fans whether they had faith in the team to make the obvious moves after last season, the answers likely would’ve been split. Last offseason, it felt like the Texans made all the wrong decisions. The biggest one was trading away star left tackle Laremy Tunsil and replacing him with Cam […]
In a rare feat of quality media content, ESPN’s Matt Miller posted a comprehensive seven-round mock draft for the upcoming NFL Draft. There were no trades in Miller’s mock, which means Houston has eight selections across seven rounds to complement the already robust roster. Miller selected multiple players from my Texans’ Draft Needs Big Board […]
With the coming of draft season, we enter a realm of instant grading. However, there is the school of thought that it takes 3 years to really figure out if a draft pick will pan out in the NFL. This, in theory, accounts for the slow-developers and/or the rookie flash-in-the-pans that can’t further evolve into […]
Houston Texans News Why you’ll be spending more to watch the Texans play this year (Chron.com) Texans’ Cal and Hannah McNair show support for C.J. Stroud despite playoff woes (Houston Chronicle) 7 Things We Learned From the Texans at NFL Owners Meeting (Sports Illustrated) Texans Could Play International Game in 2026 (Sports Illustrated) Texans’ Woody […]
The Houston Texans hit the 2026 off-season with a lot of uncertainty. Would they fix the issues that plagued the 2025 offense? Would quarterback C.J. Stroud stay or go? What was general manager Nick Caserio going to do about the dysfunctional offensive line? So far, Caserio has brought in a host of solid free agents […]
Since Matt Weston and Brett Kollmann bequeathed the site’s draft analysis to me, I’ve always felt closely tuned in to who the Texans are picking come each April. For instance, the 2024 Texans draft class was full of prospects I projected landing in Houston, including Kamari Lassiter, Cade Stover, and Jamal Hill. Even though Nick […]
One of the talking points of the offseason is the improvement of the offense. We have focused most of our attention on the offensive line, running game, and the quarterback. A topic that hasn’t been mentioned much is the second wide receiver slot. There are a few candidates to take over the slot with Christian […]
Nick Caserio’s masterclass of an offseason will reach a crescendo in less than one month when the 2026 NFL Draft commences. The Houston Texans General Manager has filled just about every starting spot on the roster before the draft, which places the team in a unique position to truly draft the best player available. Even […]
Sports championships. A measuring stick for civic pride, and, in theory, the goal for any pro sports organization (words from the owners of the LA Angels notwithstanding). One could argue that sporting competition has replaced the old wars between city-states as a way to show the superiority of one city/state over another. Granted, some of […]
By far, the most influential person in the history of sports statistics is Bill James. He focused mainly on baseball, but there are some concepts that are portable to other sports. One of those concepts is the concept of similarity scores. The idea was to look at players across the different category and find the […]
Houston Texans News ‘The Texans’: Wyatt Teller’s son called free agency move to Houston months ago (Chron.com) Way, WAY Too Early Houston Texans 53-Man Roster Projection (Houston Press) Texans draft big board: 20 players team could pursue in first three rounds (Houston Chronicle) Source: Texas Tech WR Caleb Douglas to meet with hometown Texans, workouts-meetings […]
The Texans had arguably the best pass-rushing duo in the league last season in Will Anderson Jr. and Danielle Hunter. Both earned All-Pro honors, and it’s safe to expect they’ll once again be among the league’s elite in 2026. Most teams struggle to find even one high-level pass rusher. The Texans have one on each […]
When Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio took over the role in January of 2021, he agreed to take the wheel of a sinking ship. The years of Bill O’Brien, Jack Easterby, David Culley and the like had run fan confidence to a near all-time low for Houston sports. Empty seats were often common in […]
One of the most-viewed articles from last year’s draft has returned. This is the Houston Texans 2026 Draft Big Board, which ranks the top players at the positions of need for the Texans. Positions of need: offensive line, defensive tackle, linebacker, safety, running back, and tight end This has been a much harder class to […]
I write a companion piece for The Crawfish Boxes called “In the lab.” The bent of the articles are similar. Essentially, I am a data nerd. Four of my five books relied heavily on complex statistics. I literally swim in data at work as well. Who the heck knows, maybe I am somewhere on the […]
One of the last offensive lineman to be highlighted in this series, Hecht came onto the scene after an elite set of Senior Bowl practices where he rarely lost a rep. Two years of starting experience with zero sacks allowed is as robust a stat line as possible. He’s a pure center with zero snaps […]
In today’s Groupthink, the Battle Red Blog writers discuss the criticism and frustration surrounding General Manager Nick Caserio. Fans’ patience is clearly thinning on the Caserio era for its continuous roster churn, draft pick trades, and infamous inability to protect C.J. Stroud. Caserio took over as the Houston Texans General Manager January 2021. The first […]
Has it been two weeks of the NFL New Year? Certainly many teams held to their resolutions to try to improve from last season into this season. Lot of money projected to get paid out, and many players will have different colored jerseys this coming season. The Houston Texans are no exception. However, we’ve only […]
The Texans entered this offseason with one major need, and that was to fix the offensive line immediately. Those upgrades could have come through free agency, the trade market, or even the draft, but after the slew of moves from the front office throughout the last couple of weeks, it is clear that the plan […]
I make no bones about the fact that I am not a college football expert. I watch my TCU Horned Frogs whenever I can and occasionally tune into a big game, but when talk comes of specific prospects my eyes generally glaze over. I am assuming I am like many of you when it comes […]
The Texans have shown this offseason that one of their biggest priorities was to make the offensive line bigger and badder for quarterback CJ Stroud. They’ve done just that by signing both Braden Smith and Wyatt Teller, two of the top free agents on the market this offseason at their respective positions. Teller and Smith […]
The fourth installment of the Houston Texans Draft Profile series delves into the biggest surprise of this class so far. Jake Slaughter, a team captain and three-year starter, emerged as the top prospect in a deep center class featuring Connor Lew (Auburn), Sam Hecht (Kansas State), and Logan Jones (Iowa). Slaughter has slowly gained momentum […]
After 7 seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals, pro bowl tailback Joe Mixon tallied 6412 yards on 1571 carries for a 4.1 yards per carry average. Along the way, Mixon scored 49 rushing touchdowns, nailed 4 Player of the Week honors and 2 Pro Bowls. In his 1 season with the Houston Texans, the former career […]
Houston’s free‑agency moves across the offensive line addressed the major holes at tackle and guard. Those additions have changed the priority for this article series to focus on centers instead of tackles. Thus far, we’ve reviewed OT Blake Miller and OG Chase Bisontis. In today’s post we’ll move further inside to cover Auburn’s Connor Lew. […]
Engagement is always a double-edged sword. Nobody wants to scream into the void, but with engagement comes disagreement and ultimately arguments. No one in Houston and no one rooting for the Texans argues more than about the state of the offensive line. It’s a seemingly annual affair with dedicated fans feeling let down year after […]