Everyone and their mother (which doesn’t always include Andy Reid) knew the Philadelphia Eagles needed to add at least one decent linebacker to their stable of awful linebackers. And there were several good ones on the free-agent market this offseason. Who would they get? Curtis Lofton? Stephen Tulloch? David Hawthorne? None of the above? Nope, [...]
The Buffalo Bills have toiled in relative obscurity since…well, since recent memory. They’ve had some talented players, but never enough of them and they just haven’t had what it takes to compete consistently with the New York Jets and New England Patriots in the division. But, maybe that’s starting to change. Not known as a [...]
Houston Texans QB Matt Schaub injured himself in Sunday’s win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a second quarter quarterback sneak. He busted his foot pretty good, but managed to stay in the game. Head coach Gary Kubiak said that it’s a “significant” injury that will keep him out even after the team’s bye next [...]
The Houston Texans got some good news on banged up QB Matt Schaub. He got knocked around a little bit on Sunday, but is considered day-to-day and he should be fine to play Week 6. The news on Mario Williams? Not nearly as good. Williams suffered a pectoral injury in Sunday’s game and it’s pretty [...]
After the Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the Houston Texans on Sunday, their quarterback was in a walking boot. Nothing like losing a winnable game and seeing your Super Bowl-winning QB banged up as well. Well, there is some good news for Steelers fans. It’s not broken. Sources tell Chris Mortensen of ESPN that an MRI [...]
The Houston Texans have had a spotlight on their running back situation since Arian Foster first felt a tweak in his hamstring. Derrick Ward was listed behind him, but he’s been hurt too. Behind him was the early-season fantasy darling Ben Tate, who was a second-round pick last year who missed all season with an [...]
People that took Houston Texans RB Arian Foster in this year’s fantasy draft have to be pretty pissed. Truth is, if you took him high around Labor Day, you have no one to blame but yourself. You knew about the hamstring injury, but you just couldn’t lay off of him. Surely, people thought Foster would [...]
If you have Houston Texans RB Arian Foster on your roster, there is a good chance you spent your first-round pick on him. The lowest we saw him go in any draft this year was 8th, and that was considered a free fall. He went No. 1 overall in many drafts. But, it’s been a [...]
Most NFL teams are pretty secretive with their injury report and don’t give out any more information than they are required to by the league. The official injury status report usually comes out Wednesday, so that’s when we thought we’d get Peyton Manning’s official status from the Indianapolis Colts. But no, the Colts have decided [...]
For those of you who drafted Houston Texans RB Arian Foster the People (FTP) high in the first round and are worried that he won’t be running in his pumped up kicks for the first week or so, we have some sort of good news. While none of this is definitive, it is good to [...]
Houston Texans RB Arian Foster has had some hamstring issues this training camp. Just when he got healthy, he tweaked it again. And while he doesn’t like that people care more about their fantasy teams than they do about his personal health and well being, that’s just kind of the way it goes. Foster recently [...]
If ESPN’s Chris Mortensen is to be believed – and we don’t think he is – the Houston Texans could be major players in free agency. Specifically, we are talking about Nnamdi Asomugha, whose signing with Houston has had cold water thrown on it repeatedly by the local media this offseason. That was a Peter [...]
It can be very difficult to look at the statistics of cornerbacks in the NFL and be able to tell who is really good and who is not so good. Some people see a lot of interceptions and think a player is really good, even though it could be that there is a reason balls [...]
Arizona Republic columnist Dan Bickley is hearing that Matt Leinart may have done a lot more to hasten his release from the Cardinals than just play like crap. He’s hearing that after the final preseason game, Leinart might have sunken some ships with his loose lips. Specifically, Bickley heard that after that game, Leinart was [...]
Remember back in 2006, right before the NFL Draft? The Houston Texans were the lead-pipe lock to take USC running back Reggie Bush with the first overall pick. He was a superstud that comes out of college only so often. But, they shocked the football world and took Mario Williams. Bush fell to New Orleans [...]
If you watched any football at all on Sunday, surely you saw the WWE Smackdown event that took place between Houston Texans WR Andre Johnson and Tennessee Titans CB Cortland Finnegan. Football fights tend to suck, because everyone has so much padding on (namely, helmets with facemasks) no one ever really gets a good shot [...]
Remember everyone’s favorite red-headed step child from HBO’s Hard Knocks series this preseason? Running back Joe McKnight was constantly discussed and it was never good. Well, now he might be getting some playing time, even if it’s not what he had in mind. Head coach Rex Ryan says that due to injuries at cornerback, McKnight [...]
It is a very wild, wild week in the NFL this weekend and there is a lot to discuss. Why is it so wild? I have no clue. I just thought that if I said that, you’d just nod and agree without really thinking about the statement. I know you’ve been waiting anxiously to find [...]
There is tons of Friday injury news in the NFL and rather than put out a bunch of different posts that you won’t read anyway, I figured I’d just put it all into one post that you won’t read. Here are some updates on who is hurt and what their status is. -Minnesota Vikings QB [...]
If you are like me and have Houston Texans RB Arian Foster on your fantasy football roster, you were wondering just what in holy hell was going on when you noticed through one half that he had zero points. He wasn’t on the injury report this week. He hadn’t lost his starting job to anyone [...]
It feels like the NFL just started, but after this week 25 percent of the season will be done. In a blink of an eye we’ll be a quarter of the way through. So, before anything else flashes by, let’s get right into this weeks picks. Houston Texans (-3) over Oakland Raiders What a disappointing [...]
If you play fantasy football and have Houston Texans WR Andre Johnson on your team, you most likely took him very high, unless you play in a league with school children. So, when you hear “high-ankle sprain,” it makes you cringe. But, that’s what the Texans are calling Johnson’s ankle injury that he re-aggravated in [...]
My job as an amateur non-journalist is to please NFL fans with bold predictions and game insight. You may call 1-800 numbers for Joey Bambino’s ‘lock of the week,’ but what he tells you isn’t the same thing he tells the next guy. It’s his job to get 50% of the money on one side [...]
Houston Texans WR Andre Johnson was an absolute beast this week against the Washington Redskins as the team rallied from a hefty deficit to get a win. His 158 yards and a TD (34 yards) were filthy, but his ankle injury wasn’t really. It actually kind of sucked. But, he did get back into the [...]
According to Nick Scurfield of HoustonTexans.com, Owen Daniels will play about 25%-30% of snaps against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. Daniels is returning from injury and they clearly don’t want to rush him back. “Texans coach Gary Kubiak said TE Owen Daniels could get 20-25 snaps on Sunday. 1/4 or 1/3 of the plays, maybe [...]
