Former Bears punter Brad Maynard finds new home with Texans

The Houston Texans, who needed a punter after the departure of free agent Matt Turk, on Tuesday signed Brad Maynard, who played the last 10 seasons with the Bears before they released him last week.Maynard has a 41.9-yard average per punt in his career. Last year, he averaged 40.1 yards on 83 punts and dropped 24 inside the 20-yard line. Philosophical differences with special-teams coach Dave Toub were believed to be behind the Bears dumping Maynard, who said he was ‘‘not surprised at all’’ that they weren’t bringing him back. ‘‘There was one person there, and he and I didn’t …