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Texans Worked Out Five Receivers Wednesday

According to Aaron Wilson, the Houston Texans had five receivers in for a workout on Wednesday. The full list includes: Samori Toure D’Wayne Eskridge Demarcus Lacey River Cracraft Jha’Quan Jackson Eskridge, 29, was a three-year starter at Western Michigan and was named first-team All-MAC as a senior.

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Which Texans Storylines Are Worth Paying Attention to at OTAs

The Houston Texans are currently in the second phase of offseason workouts leading up to their 2026 regular season with OTAs right around the corner at the end of May.

NFL News / Houston Texans on SI / May 19

Texans Nearly Landed Impressive Haul in Draft Trade With Ravens

Every Houston Texans fan knows how active general manager Nick Caserio likes to be on the trade market, especially around the draft. Just this year, the

Houston Texans News / Houston Texans on SI / May 19

Texans' Projected Win Total for 2026 Is Just Disrespectful

There's still a few months to go before the Houston Texans officially kick off their 2026 regular season campaign, but it hasn't stopped Vegas from releasing some initial projections for how many wins this team could put together after their previous 12-5 season.

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The 'NFL's active 1K-rushers' quiz

How many of the active NFL players who have rushed for 1,000 or more yards in a season can you name in five minutes?

The 'Last 1K-rushing-yard season by team' quiz

The 'Active NFL rushing-TD leaders' quiz

The 'NFL franchise rushing-TD leaders' quiz

Houston Texans News / Houston Texans on SI / May 19

3 Texans Offensive Weapons Who Can Take a Major Leap in 2026

As the Houston Texans have been busy tweaking this roster for the 2026 season, most of the work done in hopes of taking this group to the next level has been focused on improving the interior of their offense and defense rather than overhauling their group of offensive weapons.

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The greatest all-time linebacker in for every NFL franchise

Yardbarker's best-of NFL positional series continues with linebackers. This does not cover pure pass-rushing threats -- we will get to them -- but rather true off-ball defenders who thrived as traditional inside and outside 'backers.

Houston Texans News / Houston Texans on SI / May 18

Texans Planning Joint Practice During Training Camp

The Houston Texans will be hosting at least one joint practice leading up to this year's preseason. According to KPRC2's Aaron Wilson, the Texans will be taking the road to participate in a joint practice with the Carolina Panthers that takes place right around training camp ahead of their final preseason game.

Houston Texans News / Houston Texans on SI / May 18

Ranking Texans' Primetime Games From Easiest to Hardest

The Houston Texans will have the primetime lights shining on them a handful of times this season, having four standalone night games scheduled throughout the year, all of which coming in the second half of their schedule.

Houston Texans News / Houston Texans on SI / May 18

Texans Have One Remaining Hole to Address on the Defense

The Houston Texans' defense heads into the 2026 season looking about as well-rounded as they've ever been since DeMeco Ryans came into the fold as head coach in 2023.

C.J. Stroud News / Yardbarker / May 18

Texans RB Woody Marks shares how C.J. Stroud has changed after poor playoff performances

Marks discussed how Stroud has responded to a pair of poor playoff performances that the signal-caller produced this past January.

Five quarterbacks facing massive pressure heading into 2026 NFL season

The 'Last 4K-yard passer by NFL team' quiz

Houston Texans News / Houston Texans on SI / May 18

3 New Texans Players Who Could Make or Break 2026 Season

The Houston Texans have been about as busy as any team in the NFL throughout this offseason when it comes to their variety of roster tweaks in the form of signings, extensions, trades, and draft selections.

Joe Mixon News / Houston Texans on SI / May 17

Texans WR Weighs In on Joe Mixon's Bizarre Injury Situation

Throughout last season, the Houston Texans were forced to be without their star running back, Joe Mixon, due to a mysterious foot injury that had lingered from OTAs and training camp, all the way until the end of the year.

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The way-too-early 2027 NFL first-round mock draft

With the 2026 draft in the books, teams are already looking toward 2027. Here's our way-too-early 2027 NFL mock draft, as of April 27, 2026.

Let's tap the brakes on the hype for Arch Manning for 2027 NFL Draft

Round 1 of the 2027 NFL Draft projected to be top-heavy with QBs

Five non-quarterback stars to know before 2027 NFL Draft

2026 NFL Draft: First-round grades

25 late-round draft picks who will impact the 2026 NFL season

Houston Texans News / Houston Texans on SI / May 17

The Texans' Floor and Ceiling After NFL Schedule Release

The Houston Texans' 2026 schedule has arrived, meaning between now and the start of Week 1 in September, predictions will be flying around as to how this year could transpire for this group after a busy offseason of tweaks on both ends of the ball.

David Montgomery News / Houston Texans on SI / May 17

Woody Marks' Latest Comments Reveal His Texans Role for 2026

The Houston Texans made a quality upgrade to their running back room earlier this offseason upon the acquisition of veteran David Montgomery from the Detroit Lions in exchange for two day three draft picks and offensive lineman Juice Scruggs.

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The 'NBA MVPs' quiz

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The 'No. 2-scorers by NBA champion' quiz

The 'PGA Championship host courses' quiz

Houston Texans News / Houston Texans on SI / May 16

Texans Face Brutal 6-Week Stretch That Will Determine Their Season

The Houston Texans' schedule is officially here, meaning we now know when and where they'll be throughout all 18 weeks of this coming regular season. For the most part, the Texans got a relatively balanced slate.

C.J. Stroud News / NFLTradeRumors.co / May 16

C.J. Stroud Expected To Play Out 2026 Without Extension

The Texans exercised QB C.J. Stroud‘s fifth-year option for 2027 this offseason, but he wasn’t among the core players to receive a long-term extension.

Houston Texans News / Houston Texans on SI / May 16

3 Texans Schedule Factors That Actually Matter (and 1 That Doesn't)

The Houston Texans finally have full clarity on what their 2026 regular season is set to look like following this past week's release of the NFL schedule.

Houston Texans News / Houston Texans on SI / May 15

Explaining Why Texans Fans Should Be Happy About Bye Week Timing

The Houston Texans' 2026 schedule officially being released means we finally know when, and where this team will be facing off in all 17 of their regular season games.

Houston Texans News / Houston Texans on SI / May 15

5 Revenge Games Worth Circling on Texans' 2026 Schedule

The Houston Texans would likely love to get some sweet revenge on a select few teams on their regular season schedule this year. Atop that list might be the New England Patriots, who were the ones that cut their playoff hopes short last season in a rough road divisional loss.

Nico Collins News / Pro Football Rumors / May 15

WR Nico Collins Aims To Continue Texans Career

Shortly before last month’s draft, Nico Collins was the subject of trade calls. To no surprise, Texans general manager Nick Caserio insisted the team’s No.

Brian Cushing News / NFL on ClutchPoints / May 15

Texans have bloodiest 2026 schedule reveal with Brian Cushing

The Houston Texans just set the bar for “intensity” on schedule release day, and they didn’t even have to leave the film room to do it. While other organizations leaned into video games and pop culture, the H-Town creative squad decided to wake up and choose violence, literally.

Houston Texans News / NFL on ClutchPoints / May 14

Texans game-by-game predictions after 2026 NFL Schedule release

There’s a clear-cut future path for the Houston Texans at the quarterback position, and the team has high hopes for its draft picks. But how will the season play out?

Xavier Thomas News / NFLTradeRumors.co / May 13