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March 25, 2024
What Did Houston Do to Deserve a Celebrity Like C. J. Stroud?
The quarterback led the Houston Texans to the NFL playoffs in his rookie season—and his work off the field is even more impressive.
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January 9, 2024
C. J. Stroud, DeMeco Ryans, and the Houston Texans’ Turnaround
How a first-year head coach and rookie quarterback led Texas’s second NFL franchise out of the AFC South basement and into the playoffs.
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April 28, 2023
A Blockbuster Draft-Day Trade Gives the Houston Texans a Rare Feeling: Hope
The beleaguered Houston Texans landed college stars C. J. Stroud and Will Anderson Jr. in the first round of the NFL draft.
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January 10, 2023
What Was the Point of Firing Lovie Smith?
The Houston Texans have sacked their fourth head coach in three years. Perhaps that means the franchise’s woes run far deeper than its on-field leader.
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February 8, 2022
Do the Texans Even Deserve New Head Coach Lovie Smith?
Houston's hapless NFL franchise hired the right man for what seem like the wrong reasons—and it's lucky Smith accepted the job.
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January 14, 2022
Very Well, I Shall Coach the Houston Texans
The most dysfunctional franchise in pro sports has a vacancy, and I have some time to kill.
Sports
June 15, 2021
Simone Biles’s NFL Safety Boyfriend: “I Didn’t Know Who She Was”
The Houston Texans’ Jonathan Owens on falling for the Olympic gymnast during the pandemic and watching her compete in person for the first time.
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June 4, 2021
For Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys, Hope Springs Eternal
And for the state's other NFL franchise, the Houston Texans, hope looks like the AFC South basement and a prolonged rebuild.
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May 28, 2021
Houston’s Most Fireworks-Prone Lawyers Face Off in the Deshaun Watson Cases
Tony Buzbee, who is representing the plaintiffs, and Rusty Hardin, who is defending the Texans quarterback, are trying to navigate deftly in the #MeToo era.
Sports
April 1, 2021
Sports Media Is Blowing the Coverage of Deshaun Watson
From local papers to national NFL media, reporting on the allegations against Watson reads like something from another generation.
Sports
January 29, 2021
The Texans’ New Head Coach Deserves Better Than the Mess He’ll Inherit
David Culley’s arrival should inspire hope; instead, with a Deshaun Watson trade looming, there is no such thing as good news in Houston.
Sports
January 13, 2021
Houston Is America’s Saddest Sports City, Part Infinity
The curse of Houston is a curse of management, which makes it the saddest of all.
Sports
January 12, 2021
The Houston Texans Can’t Afford to Squander Another Year of Deshaun Watson’s Career
Maybe Deshaun Watson has had enough of the Houston Texans. Enough losing, enough playoff meltdowns, enough dumb trades, enough physical beatdowns. Maybe it’s as simple as that.He may see J.J. Watt as a cautionary tale, a great player who wasted his best years on losing teams, and Watson doesn’t want
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January 5, 2021
The Texans Can Go Ahead and Retire J.J. Watt’s Number Now
The superstar defensive end has probably played his last game for the Houston Texans. They should remember him properly.
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November 30, 2020
The Best Thing in Texas: Detroit Lions Fans Are Donating to Deshaun Watson’s Charity to Thank Him for the Whupping He Gave Their Team
The Lions have been mired in mediocrity—but Deshaun and the Texans may have helped break the fever.
Sports
May 8, 2020
By Releasing Their Schedule, the NFL Wants to Will a 2020 Season Into Existence
How do you sack a quarterback from six feet away?
Sports
March 17, 2020
Why the Texans Trading DeAndre Hopkins Feels So Bad
The team traded away their star receiver for a running back and a second-round draft pick.
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February 3, 2020
Is J.J. Watt Funny? A Texas Monthly Investigation
The face of the Houston Texans says he achieved a ‘lifelong dream’ in hosting ‘Saturday Night Live.'
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January 16, 2020
Houston Sports Teams Are Cursed. This Week Proves It.
The Astros’ cheating scandal, coming on the heels of the Texans’ meltdown in Kansas City, is a low point in the city’s long history of sports failure.
Sports
January 6, 2020
The Best Thing in Texas: Deshaun Deshaun Deshaun Deshaun
The Texans quarterback won his first playoff game in spectacular fashion.
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December 16, 2019
The Moments That Defined Texas Sports in 2019
This year saw no shortage of impactful sports news, from Dirk Nowitzki’s retirement to Art Briles's return.
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September 6, 2019
What If the Texans’ Bizarre Offseason Wins Them the Super Bowl?
“Win now” makes more sense when your stars are old—and the only person facing the end of the line is Houston’s head coach.
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July 17, 2019
The Texans and the Cowboys Are Upsetting Jadeveon Clowney and Ezekiel Elliott
Jadeveon Clowney and Ezekiel Elliott are both threatening holdouts—but for very different reasons.
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April 29, 2019
Wherever the NFL Takes Him, Ed Oliver Will Always “Be Someone” in Houston
Our latest homegrown football star has been drafted away from the city he loves.
Sports
April 4, 2019
The Houston Texans Don’t Have the Rights to Wear Oilers Throwback Jerseys. But They Should.
While the team that abandoned the city 20 years ago owns much of Houston’s football history, that doesn't have to be the case.
Sports
November 23, 2018
Houston Texans’ Bob McNair Dies at 81
The former energy company owner is said to be the man who brought professional football back to Houston.
Sports
November 20, 2017
Cougar Fans, Apparently You Were Right About Case Keenum All Along
Why is the former University of Houston star suddenly playing like the best quarterback in the league in his seventh season?
Sports
September 28, 2017
Rookie Texans QB Deshaun Watson Donated His First Game Check To Three NRG Stadium Cafeteria Workers Hit By Harvey
Congratulations, Houston, you have a new favorite player.
Sports
June 8, 2017
The Fall of J.J. Watt?
The NFL Network’s list of the top 100 players in the league ranks the Houston hero a lot lower than he was a year ago.
Sports
March 9, 2017
The Texans Traded Brock Osweiler and a Second-Round Pick For Nothing
Welp.
The Daily Post
January 20, 2017
What If Tony Romo Were a Different Kind of Texan?
If Romo is released, would the other NFL team in Texas pick him up?
Sports
January 13, 2017
Texans Fans, Take Heart—Other Playoff Underdogs Have Pulled Off The Upset
Fresh off beating a team led by Connor Cook, the Texans go to New England to face Tom Brady. Yikes.
Sports
September 12, 2016
Grading The New Quarterbacks For Texas’ NFL Teams
Brock Osweiler and Dak Prescott replaced the rotating cast of QB’s that both the Cowboys and the Texans featured last year. So how’d they do?
Sports
January 27, 2016
Whoops, Wade Phillips’s Defense Led The Broncos To The Super Bowl
For Cowboys and Texans fans watching from home, that must sting a little.
Sports
January 4, 2016
Nobody In The Betting World Believes In The Texans
The team is a 3.5 underdog at home to a team quarterbacked by Alex Smith, and the big picture is even worse.
Sports
December 21, 2015
The Brandon Weeden Era Is Upon You, Texans Fans
The quarterback who got dumped by the Cowboys—the Cowboys!—stepped in and stepped up for the Texans Sunday night.
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December 3, 2015
J.J. Watt’s Trash Talk Is Totally On-Brand And Other Things We Learned While He Was Mic’d Up
”I like Drew! I don’t like hitting him like that.”
Sports
November 19, 2015
Is This Houston Texans Team Really Going To The Playoffs?
They’re tied for first place, and the Colts are out of Luck for the next few weeks. Is a crappy Texans team led by T.J. Yates playoff bound?
Sports
October 12, 2015
The Texans’ Theory That Good Character Translates To Good Percentages Is Bogus
It's unfortunate, but the numbers don't lie.
Sports
September 17, 2015
The Ryan Mallett Era Re-Begins Now, Texans Fans
It's all re-happening.
Sports
September 1, 2015
The Time Has Come To #FreeRG3
The beleaguered quarterback has essentially been hounded out of Washington by his coaches. It's time to set him free.
Sports
August 21, 2015
Watch J.J. Watt Play Catch With A Fan Seated In An Upper Deck Of NRG Stadium
Because of course he does.
Sports
August 19, 2015
The Watt Hour
Learning to love—or at least respect—the Houston Texans when your heart is in Dallas.
Sports
August 14, 2015
The Watt Age
A peek at our September cover, featuring Houston's favorite new hometown hero.
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August 13, 2015
Mega Watt
He’s the best defensive player in the NFL but writes his own Christmas cards. He has thousands of fans who’d love to party, but he goes to bed at seven-thirty. He could be the league’s next MVP but enjoys buying his own groceries. Is Houston’s J. J. Watt for real?
The Daily Post
August 12, 2015
Seven Things We Learned From The First Episode Of The Texans’ Hard Knocks
J.J. Watt and friends had their HBO debut last night. Here’s what you might have missed.
Sports
June 29, 2015
J.J. Watt Scored on the St. Louis Blues Goalie in a Charity Hockey Event, Because He Can Do Everything
Next week: he makes a hole in one, beats you at Mario Kart, and bakes a better pie than your mom.
The Daily Post
March 24, 2015
Misery City: Houston Is the Saddest Sports Town in America
Sorry, Cleveland.
Sports
March 4, 2015
It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Andre Johnson
The best player in franchise history is done in Houston. Let’s wish him well.
Sports
December 23, 2014
The Case For J.J. Watt As NFL MVP
The best player in football plays defense for the 8-7 Houston Texans. That’s the only reason he won’t be the 2014 NFL MVP.