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Reports: Texans' Will Anderson Jr. agrees to 3-year, $150M deal
All-Pro edge rusher Will Anderson Jr. agreed to a three-year, $150 million contract extension to make him the highest paid non-quarterback in NFL history, multiple media outlets reported on Friday.,The deal reportedly includes $134 million in guaranteed money and has a no-trade clause for Anderson, ...

Reports: Texans exercise options for CJ Stroud, Will Anderson
The Houston Texans exercised the fifth-year options for quarterback CJ Stroud and pass-rusher Will Anderson, multiple outlets reported on Wednesday.,The options will pay Stroud $25.904 million and Anderson $21.512 million in 2027. They were the No. 2 and No. 3 overall picks in the 2023 NFL Draft by ...

Report: Texans reach 2-year deal with G Wyatt Teller
Three-time Pro Bowl guard Wyatt Teller agreed to a two-year, $16 million contract with the Houston Texans, NFL Network reported on Tuesday.,The deal carries a maximum value of $23 million with playing time incentives, per the report.,Teller, 31, started all 13 games he played last season with Clevel...

Reports: Texans make Ka'imi Fairbairn NFL's highest-paid kicker
The Houston Texans are making nine-year veteran Ka'imi Fairbairn the NFL's highest-paid kicker with a two-year, $13 million contract extension, according to multiple reports on Tuesday.,Fairbairn, 32, would average $6.5 million annually in the new terms through 2028, pushing him ahead of the Kansas ...

Texans sign T Braden Smith to 2-year, $25M deal
The Houston Texans agreed to a two-year, $25 million deal with longtime Indianapolis Colts tackle Braden Smith.,The contract includes $13.5 million fully guaranteed, agent Michael Perrett of Priority Sports told ESPN on Tuesday.,Smith, who turns 30 on March 25, started 105 of his 107 games with the ...

Reports: Texans re-sign DT Sheldon Rankins to 2-year deal
The Houston Texans are retaining defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins on a two-year deal, according to multiple reports Monday.,The new contract for the former first-round pick includes $12 million guaranteed, according to NFL Network.,Rankins, 31, signed with the Texans out of free agency ahead of the ...

Reports: DE Danielle Hunter to sign $40.1M extension with Texans
The Houston Texans are re-signing defensive end Danielle Hunter to a one-year, $40.1 million contract extension, multiple outlets reported.,NFL Network reported Thursday that the contract includes a $30.7 million signing bonus and is for the 2027 season. Last March, the Texans signed him to a one-ye...

Texans OT Trent Brown agrees to one-year, $7M contract
Offensive tackle Trent Brown and the Houston Texans agreed to a one-year contract extension worth up to $7 million.,Brown's agent Drew Rosenhaus announced the news on Thursday morning. It also comes on the heels of Houston agreeing to trade starting right tackle Tytus Howard to the Cleveland Browns ...

Texans release veteran S Jimmie Ward
The Houston Texans released veteran safety Jimmie Ward on Tuesday.,Ward didn't see any action last season after being involved in a domestic-violence issue prior to the campaign and later sustaining a foot injury.,Ward was arrested in Texas in June on third-degree felony domestic-violence charges wh...

Reports: Lions trading RB David Montgomery to Texans
The Detroit Lions are trading running back David Montgomery to the Houston Texans, multiple outlets reported Monday.,The Lions will receive offensive lineman Juice Scruggs and fourth- and seventh-round picks in next month's draft in exchange, per NFL Network.,ESPN reported Sunday that Montgomery wan...

Browns tackle OL concern, to acquire Tytus Howard from Texans
Houston Texans offensive lineman Tytus Howard is set to be traded to the Cleveland Browns in a deal that cannot be executed officially until the start of the new NFL league year on March 11. ,Howard, 29, started games at three positions for Houston last season. He made 93 career starts in seven seas...

Reports: Texans part ways with QBs coach Jerrod Johnson
The Houston Texans and quarterbacks coach Jerrod Johnson have parted ways, multiple media outlets reported on Thursday.,A reason for the move was not publicly disclosed. The change occurred two days after Texans general manager Nick Caserio said that he hasn't lost confidence in quarterback CJ Strou...

Texans GM: QB C.J. Stroud 'isn't going anywhere'
Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio is committed to C.J. Stroud and finds trade speculation online to be "moronic" going into the quarterback's fourth season.,"He's our quarterback. He isn't going anywhere. We have a lot of confidence, a lot of belief," Caserio said at the NFL Scouting Combi...

WR Robert Woods signs 1-day deal to retire with Rams
Robert Woods, a veteran wide receiver of 12 NFL seasons, signed a one-day contract with the Los Angeles Rams and announced his retirement Tuesday.,Woods, 33, spent five years with the Rams (2017-21), his stint culminating with the team's Super Bowl LVI-winning season. He did not appear during that p...

Texans, county in agreement on training facility
The county commission in Harris County, Texas, approved an agreement to work with the Houston Texans to build a new headquarters and training facility on Thursday.,The Texans want to build on a portion of an 83-acre site in northwest Harris County and do so in a public-private partnership with the c...

Patriots snag 4 interceptions, top Texans to reach AFC title game
Drake Maye threw three touchdown passes, Marcus Jones returned an interception for a score and the New England Patriots qualified for the AFC Championship Game with a 28-16 victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday in cold and snowy conditions at Foxborough, Mass.,New England intercepted Houston's C...

Texans OT Trent Brown inactive vs. Patriots
Houston Texans offensive tackle Trent Brown is unable to play against his former team on Sunday afternoon.,Despite testing out his ailing ankle prior to kickoff, Brown was listed as inactive for the Texans in their AFC divisional round game against the New England Patriots in Foxborough, Mass.,Brown...

Report: Texans' Azeez Al-Shaair fined for eye-black message
The NFL fined Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair for writing "stop the genocide" across his eye black, ESPN reported Sunday.,He drew the $11,593 fine for a violation of NFL uniform and equipment rules after displaying the message during Monday's 30-6 AFC wild-card win at Pittsburgh, per the r...

Texans WR Nico Collins (concussion) out vs. Patriots
Nico Collins' absence from practice Friday effectively ensured he will miss the Houston Texans' divisional round playoff game against the host New England Patriots on Sunday afternoon.,The Pro Bowl wide receiver has not practiced since sustaining a concussion Monday in the third quarter of Houston's...

Drake Maye, Patriots stare down Texans' menacing defense
Drake Maye's first career start came against the Houston Texans and their vaunted defense.,Maye will get another look at perhaps the finest defense in the NFL on Sunday when the New England Patriots battle the Texans in the AFC divisional round on Sunday at Foxborough, Mass.,Maye is an MVP candidate...