The Roller Coaster That Is Texans Fandom
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 […]
THE TEXANS STRIKE AGAIN!!! NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo is reporting that the Houston Texans are signing RG Wyatt Teller to a 2-year, $16 million deal, worth up to a maximum of $23 million: This is a massive signing by Texans’ general manager Nick Caserio and his front office. They’ve signed RT/LG Braden Smith, LG/C Evan Brown, […]
The Texans signed, traded, cut, and extended their way through the first week of free agency. General Manager Nick Caserio improved the roster on both sides of the ball and still has salary cap room to spare. The fallout from the first week of free agency had a significant impact, both positive and negative, on […]
The Houston Texans aren’t done filling in their 2026 roster quite yet: Ian Rapoport has reported that the Texans are signing LG Evan Brown to a 1-year deal worth up to $3.5 million. Brown had just been released by the Arizona Cardinals on March 12th. Brown, 29, was an undrafted center out of SMU that […]
For a sport that is currently not playing on the field, the NFL drives headlines. In particular, the silly season of the tampering period and the opening of free agency are examples of absurdity. The ordinary person gets a new job with a major pay raise, they’ll just post it on LinkedIn and the 5-10% […]
The Houston Texans have had a very solid free agency so far, signing several outside free agents, along with a few of their own. Here is a look at who they have acquired off the market so far: -S Reed Blankenship (3-year, $25M) -OT Braden Smith (2-year, $25M) -RB David Montgomery (Trade) -DE Dominique Robinson […]
I have to hand it to my colleagues. They really tackled every news story with gusto. Handing the first week of the league year is a lot like drinking water from a firehose. Undoubtedly, some things are going to slip through the cracks. This is particularly true the way the Texans do business. They rarely […]
Mock Draft 3.0 for the Houston Texans kicks off with Houston a banger. This mock draft attempts to resemble the chaos and fluidity with which General Manager Nick Caserio moves around the draft board rather than how I would approach this class. Caserio averages FIVE trades per draft class, a daunting and mind-numbing number of […]
Heading into last season, the Houston Texans had a very questionable offensive line, a rookie tailback by the name of Woody Marks and a big time playmaker in tailback Joe Mixon. How times have changed. The questions around the offensive line piled on like the 1978 Oilers D on Terry Bradshaw, Mixon moved to the […]
The second edition in our analysis of top prospects for the Houston Texans heading into the NFL Draft. Last week, Chase Bisontis received his time in the spotlight with a full breakdown. This week, we highlight another highly debated offensive tackle in Blake Miller. Houston adding right tackles Braden Smith and Trent Brown doesn’t rule them […]
The Houston Texans have struck free agency once again: NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero have announced that they’re signing DE/DT Logan Hall to a 2-year, ~$7 million deal: Among other things, the defensive line has been a point of emphasis this offseason for general manager Nick Caserio. DE Danielle Hunter got a big, albeit […]
Have you ever had the theory of relativity explained to you? Einstein explained it as “being in a room with a pretty girl for two hours feels like only a minute has passed, while putting your hand on a hot stove for a minute feels like two hours have passed.” Why do I mention this? […]
The Houston Texans are back at it again in the NFL’s free agency, but this time they’re paying one of their most important assets. The Texans are signing K Ka’imi Fairbairn to a 2-year, $13 million dollar extension, per NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo and Ian Rapoport: Fairbairn, 32, will now be tied to Houston through the […]
The Nick Caserio era has been fraught with draft day trades. His willingness to move up and down the draft board unnerves Texans fans each year who try to predict and project draft choices for the team (me). An average of six offensive lineman are selected in the first round of the NFL Draft over […]
NOTE: This article was written before the Reed Blankenship signing. Blankenship signed a three-year $24.75M contract with Houston. I get it, you’re sick and tired of reading about offensive lineman. If you’re a film junkie like myself, the past half-decade has been an arduous slog of watching kick-slides and trench warfare. However, this offseason isn’t […]
The Texans have ARRIVED to NFL free agency! ESPN’s Adam Schefter just reported that the Houston Texans are signing former Philadelphia Eagles S Reed Blankenship to a 3-year, $24.75 million deal: Many of us here at Battle Red Blog have been hoping/expecting some Texans activity this offseason, and the Texans have been plenty active when […]
Houston is bringing in their first non-Texans free agent of the offseason! ESPN’s Adam Schefter just reported that the Texans are signing former Chicago Bears DE Dominique Robinson to a one-year deal worth up to $4 million: Robinson, 27, was drafted in the 5th round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears. In […]