Houston Texans News and Rumors
Texans Beat Up By Patriots 41-28 To End SeasonMatt Loede, texansgab.com For the second straight season, the Texans road to the Super Bowl has ended in the Divisional Round. Sunday in New England, the Texans got off to a quick start thanks to a long opening kickoff return by Daniel Manning, but after getting just three point… |
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OFFENSE Quarterback Under contract: Matt Schaub, T.J. Yates, Case Keenum. Free agents: None. Assessment: Rant and rave about Schaub’s inadequacies if you must, but he’s not going anywhere unless something completely out of the blue happens. (No, the P… |
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Too many question marks for Texans to be true contenders There is a sense in Boston that the Patriots' window during the Bill Belichick-Brady era might finally be closing after five Super Bowls - and perhaps a sixth next month after their 41-28 victory … |
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QB C+ Matt Schaub stayed healthy and threw for more than 4,000 yards for the third time. He won his first playoff game. His record as a starter over the last two seasons was 20-8. He threw only 12 interceptions in the regular season and two in the p… |
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Don't write off Texans as contenders so soon With free agency and a restructured salary cap, the NFL is becoming a year-to-year league, where projections beyond a year or two are futile. Even if you're like my colleague Randy Harvey and believe in this … |
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The Houston Texans enjoyed a record-breaking season, but the players considered it a disappointment. From the very beginning - from the first day of training camp on July 27 - the players had one goal in mind. “Super Bowl or bust,” center Chris My |
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One day after they were eliminated from the playoffs 41-28 at New England, the Texans cleaned out their lockers and met with general manager Rick Smith and coach Gary Kubiak. Unless you are the Super Bowl champion, it’s usually a subdued day with a lot … |
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Is the Texans’ Super Bowl window closed? With all due respect to those who ask this question, there is no such thing as a Super Bowl window. Save such talk for the NBA or MLB. There is too much turnover in today’s NFL for “windows to win” to exist… |
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The front-page headline in the Boston Herald before Sunday’s game in Foxborough, Mass., between the Patriots and Texans read: “TOM’S TIME: After bitter Super Bowl defeats, it may be now or never again for Brady.” There is a sense in Boston that th… |
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33 - Seasons since Houston last had a team in the AFC Championship Game. 0 - Times Houston has hosted an AFC Championship Game or had a team reach the Super Bowl. 11 - Touchdowns surrendered by the Texans’ defense in two games against the Patriots. 28 -… |
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What the Texans must do to reach the Super Bowl next season: 1. Lock up the home-field advantage in the postseason, ensuring there will be no encore Gillette Stadium horror show. Houston’s NFL teams have now fallen short before the AFC Championship Game… |
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The Texans have three of the four remaining teams in the NFL playoffs (no Falcons) on next season’s schedule. An early look at what awaits: |
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Coach Gary Kubiak continued his defense of Matt Schaub the day after the Texans were eliminated in the divisional round of the playoffs for the second consecutive year. In Sunday’s 41-28 loss at New England, Schaub was 34-of-51 for 343 yards and two tou… |
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By David Barron and Jose de Jesus Ortiz The playoff banners came down and the clear plastic bags came out Monday at Reliant Stadium, where Texans players cleaned their lockers, bagged their belongings and began preparing for an offseason of questions, r… |
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Were the 2012 Texans better than the 2011 Texans? They won a couple more games, but both seasons ended in the divisional round of the playoffs. “Obviously, we took a step from last year I think, with our young guys stepping up,”’ cornerback Johnatha… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Knowing he’s going to be under fire the entire offseason, many of his Texans teammates are rushing to the defense of quarterback Matt Schaub. Which is a prudent course to take, of course, since they’re stuck with him. “Have they ever been in his sho… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The injury news on tight end Rob Gronkowski was not good, but the Patriots appear to have dodged a bullet in regard to running back Danny Woodhead. Woodhead injured his thumb early in Sunday’s 41-28 victory over the Texans and did not return to the cont… |
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Photos: Day after playoff loss, Texans clean out their lockers |
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Seeing the group of about 200 fans waiting for the Texans after they arrived at Reliant Stadium after the loss in New England, Pro Bowl left tackle Duane Brown stopped to chat with the fans at about 2:30 a.m. “It was awesome,” Brown said. “I know ho… |
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Although many fans wonder if the Texans would have benefited from a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, cornerback Johnathan Joseph refused to make an excuse out of the team’s inability to seal the home-field edge. The AFC … |
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As the inevitable talk show and panel show discussion focuses on Texans quarterback Matt Schaub’s performance in the Texans’ loss to the Patriots, Pro Bowl players J.J. Watt and Chris Myers came out solidly behind Schaub on Monday. “Have they (criti… |
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Kicker Shayne Graham, who had played for five teams in the last five years, hopes to return to the Texans in 2012 after playing a full season for the first time since 2009. Graham was a regular for the Bengals from 2003 through 2009, but he had not play… |
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'Youth will be served,' they say. Don't tell that to Tom Brady. Surrounded by the future at QB in these playoffs, he won't give up his legacy without a fight, Michael Rosenberg writes. |
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J.J. Watt was an All-Pro performer in 2012, and he put together what his veteran defensive coordinator, Wade Phillips, described as the best season he’s seen out of a defensive lineman. But in the wake of the Texans’ loss Sunday to the Patriots, Watt … |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Patriots put up an impressive performance against the Texans on Sunday afternoon, allowing them to advance to the AFC Championship Game for the second straight year. They’ll be facing the Ravens next week, just as they did last season, and Tom Curra… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Patriots advanced to another AFC Championship Game with Sunday’s win over the Texans, but they aren’t going to have tight end Rob Gronkowski against the Ravens. Gronkowski re-injured the left forearm he broke earlier this season and will need to h… |
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1. The Texans are an upper echelon team. As evidenced by their dominant play early in the season and how they handled the bottom teams on the schedule. They didn’t lose a game to a non-playoff team and all of their losses were to teams that won at least… |
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Some developments of note from ESPN Stats & Info out of the Texans' loss to the Patriots on Sunday: Postseason success story: Arian Foster’s 90 rushing yards gave him 515 in his first four playoff games, tied for most in NFL history with Terrell Dav… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Texans owner Bob McNair bemoaned his team’s lack of depth, but the reality is it’s as simple as bad luck. “Last year and this year for some reason, players that we’ve lost have been key players,” McNair said, via Tania Ganguli of the Houston Chr… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com During the pre-game lull of storylines, Texans defensive end J.J. Watt spitting and wiping his feet on the Patriots logo was the kind of thing that got a lot of attention. But after his team absorbed a 41-28 loss, Watt said it wasn’t a symbolic gesture,… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo watched the Patriots beat the Texans, and he wasn’t impressed. Ayanbadejo, whose Ravens will travel to New England on Sunday for the AFC Championship Game, wrote on Twitter during the Patriots-Texans game that he thi… |
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Reading the coverage… Houston Texans “The Texans were eliminated in the divisional round because they didn’t make enough plays when they needed them, made too many mistakes at the worst time, failed to take advantage of opportunities, and consistent… |
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Houston Texans slideshowJan 14
Sunday marked my third trip to Foxborough this season. I saw the Patriots score 142 points in one win over the Colts and two over the Texans. No doubt the people and pets in our final slideshow from the 2012 NFL season were disappointed with the final g… |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Houston Texans wide receiver DeVier Posey suffered a torn Achilles tendon during the team's 41-28 loss to the New England Patriots in an AFC divisional-round game on Sunday, the Houston Chronicle reported. |
