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Groupthink: Texans 2026 Season Outlook
Ladies and gentlemen, you’ve arrived at Week One of the NFL Season. Soak it up, the wait is over. The Texans have Greater Expectations than Pip. Three straight AFC Divisional Round finishes has set the benchmark for this franchise. Fans and pundits expect the team to make a run, but another tough schedule and a […]
Weekend Musings: Some Houston Texans thoughts before the regular season
Only 2 QBs total on the entire roster? The roster churn in the post-cutdown chaos is effectively over. Houston has its 53-man roster and 16-man practice squad situated. Yet, among all of the players that can call Houston their team, the squad will only have 2 active QBs (Stroud, Mills), and as of this writing, […]
Texans quietly land high-upside DE Chris Braswell
Once again, Nick Caserio made another under the radar, savvy move to bolder the roster. Chris Braswell was a five-star recruit out of high school but had to wait his turn behind a star-star-studed Alabama roster. Braswell replaced Will Anderson Jr. at Alabama as the Jack linebacker in their 3-4 front and didn’t disappoint. His […]
Houston Texans News: Friday September 4, 2026
Houston Texans News DeMeco Ryans’ Latest Comments Makes Kayshon Boutte’s Texans Role Clear (Sports Illustrated) Texans won’t have extension talks with C.J. Stroud during season (NBC Sports) Texans’ Kayshon Boutte and C.J. Stroud building chemistry on the fly after trade (Houston Chronicle) Who Are the Houston Texans’ Ten Most Important Players? (Houston Press) NFL News […]
Why this is Houston’s Year
Nearly a decade ago I wrote about the Houston Texans entering the franchise Red Zone, a place where they were in scoring range of Super Bowl Glory. Well, that didn’t work out as expected. Obvs. From Bill O’Brien’s ascension and Jack Easterby’s Grima Wormtonguing to the throw away years of David Culley and Lovie Smith, […]
Nick Caserio’s gamble with the Texans’ roster paid off
For some teams, dwindling the 90-man training camp roster down to 53 players is surgical. For the Houston Texans’ General Manager Nick Caserio, it’s an art. It requires multiple strokes, different perspectives, and usage of every brush possible to configure the best roster possible. It was clear from the outset of this roster cutdown period […]
Value of Things: The meaning of the 53 man roster
I have to hand it to the NFL. They could market ice to an Alaskan. Little things like the release of the schedule, scouting combine, and now the final cut downs of rosters are turned into huge media events. Fans are so thirsty for football that they eat it all up. In point of fact, […]
Get the best of Battle Red Blog on the new SB Nation app
It’s a big day for Battle Red Blog. Today, the SB Nation app is live, and it’s the best way to follow the Texans. You can download it by searching SB Nation for iOS or Android. A year ago we made some big changes to our community, including offering fewer ads and the addition of […]
Battle Red Newswire: Tuesday September 1, 2026
Houston Texans News 49ers Announce Trade for OL Jarrett Patterson (San Francisco 49ers Official Website) Texans Expected to Change Quarterback Situation After ‘Official’ Decision (Heavy.com) 2026 NFL Preseason Week 3 rookie grades: Ravens punter thriving; did Texans find undrafted gem? (NFL.com) Cowboys trade OT Nate Thomas to Texans (Pro Football Talk) NFL News Donald misses […]
Houston Texan Wide Receiver Room Update
The Houston Texans are in the process of finalizing their 53-man roster, and one notable name was cut: rookie wide receiver Lewis Bond. Bond received rave reviews throughout the offseason, so it was somewhat surprising to see him not make the initial roster, especially considering the injuries Houston is dealing with in the wide receiver […]
The Day After the Day After: Houston Texans lose 16-13 at Carolina Panthers to end their preseason
Preseason games are done, but the work is only beginning. Finally, the preseason is over. The last few games will wrap up this weekend and then teams immediately roll into trimming the rosters. The only people who will be stressing as much as those players on the roster bubbles will be the front offices. Not […]
Texans drop final preseason game to Panthers 16-13
If you sat down to watch the third Texans’ preseason game and watched the entire thing, you get nothing but respect from me. Because this game was just difficult to watch. No starters played, as was expected because who wants to put starters at risk for a meaningless game, but there were things that we […]
NFL Preseason Week 3: Houston Texans at Carolina Panthers
It seems only fair to end the preseason that we let another team host a Houston Texans preseason game. The Texans have traversed the Appalachians and arrived in Charlotte to take on the Panthers in a game that will make the difference between who makes the roster and who doesn’t (gee, how insightful), so expect […]
Who’s on the Outside Looking In Before Houston’s Final Preseason Game
The opportunities to impress this coaching staff have dwindled with one preseason game left before the 53-man roster cutdowns. Friday’s game against the Carolina Panthers represents the final opportunity for players to put compelling tape together and earn a spot on this roster. Given the number of injuries this training camp, there are more roster […]
Value of Things: Nick Caserio growing in the job
There are three things that people know about me if they are regular readers of this feature. These three things intersect here in one spot, so I thought it was a good time to talk about them for those that are joining us for the first time. The first thing is that writing is not […]
Houston Texans 53-man roster prediction post-Boutte trade
This is the second-to-last Rosterology before the 53-man roster cut down. There has been a TON of roster movement over the past 72 hours which has impacted the Rosterology in an immense way. This is easily the most unsettled a Texans roster has been heading into the final preseason game in quite a while. The […]
Houston Texans Wide Receiver Room Update
The Houston Texans took a massive hit at wide receiver last week when promising second-year wide receiver Jayden Higgins suffered a season-ending torn ACL. General manager Nick Caserio responded quickly, adding veteran wide receivers Zay Jones and Sterling Shepard. While both additions provided much-needed depth at training camp, it still felt like Houston needed another […]
TRADE! Texans trade for Patriots WR Kayshon Boutte
There is a term in Texas no-limit hold’em poker when you bet all the money you have on your hand in a single bet. Most people know it, but for the uninitiated, it’s called going “all in.” Going all in can be a sign of desperation, such as when a player has very little money […]
Five Texans Appear on NFL Top 100
Over the course of last week, the NFL revealed #20-11 on the NFL’s Top 100 Players of 2026 rankings. If you haven’t heard of it before, this list is a ranking of the “best 100 players currently in the NFL as voted on by active players,” and is yet another accolade for these tenaciously talented […]
The Day After The Day After: The Houston Texans’ 22-20 preseason loss to the Las Vegas Raiders
The Day After the Day After…when the raw, immediate emotions from the aftermath of a game diminish into the realm of clarity and the proverbial (or literal) hangover no longer haunts the mind. With that, some thoughts about Week 2 of the preseason: Another Reminder About Perspective: What transpires in preseason games, in most cases, […]
Texans sign two veteran wide receivers
The vacancy in the wide receiver room has been addressed and addressed immediately. Reports are that the Texans have agreed to sign veteran wide receivers Sterling Shepard and Zay Jones. Both have had past success in their careers and served as starting receivers in recent seasons. The two wide receivers impressed in a workout and […]
Texans Postgame: Texans Lose to Raiders
Well, just like last week, Houston had a very deflating finish to this preseason game, losing to the Las Vegas Raiders 22-20, dropping to 0-2 this preseason. Despite the loss, however, this game was a much more satisfying showing from the Texans roster than last week’s loss against the Los Angeles Chargers. Tonight, the Houston […]
Raiders at Texans: Preseason Week 2 Discussion Thread
Ordinarily in the second week of the preseason, you’d get to see players you recognize, who will be playing regularly this season, for about one half of the game. But then Jayden Higgins tore his ACL, ending his season; the fact that the team could lose their WR2 during practice has led the Texans to […]
Replacing Higgins: Sign or Trade?
Yesterday’s news about the ACL injury to 2nd year receiver Jayden Higgins was a significant blow to the Houston Texans hopes for 2026. Most considered Higgins as the lock for WR2. And while the Texans have a solid receiver room, none of the players behind him look like viable replacements. Next man up is a […]
Houston Texans News: Thursday August 20, 2026
Houston Texans News Texans to rest starters Thursday vs. Raiders (NBC Sports) How DeMeco Ryans turned Texans into an NFL measuring stick (Chron.com) 7 takeaways from Texans’ joint practice with Raiders, including much-needed success for running game (Houston Chronicle) Texans WR Jayden Higgins tore his ACL (Pro Football Talk) NFL News Patriots’ Brown professes ‘love’ […]
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