--The NFL released the dates and times for all 65 of its preseason games Tuesday. The Texans have known their opponents for weeks, but kickoff dates and times hadn't been announced.
The Texans will open the preseason Aug. 9 against the Denver Broncos at Reliant Stadium at 7 p.m. They will then travel to New Orleans and play the Saints at 7 p.m. Aug. 16.
The Texans will play on national television against the Dallas Cowboys at Texas Stadium at 7 p.m. Aug. 22.
Their final preseason game will be at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 7 p.m. Aug. 28.
--Coach Gary Kubiak is having fewer and fewer players miss the offseason conditioning program. Each year, the number of no-shows has declined. While it's voluntary, the coaches strongly encourage all of the players to participate.
"The offseason's a voluntary program in the National Football League," Kubiak said. "But if you want to be good, it's not very voluntary, to be honest with you. You've got to work, and they've got to be there. And it's my job to put pressure on them to be there, but in all honesty, the pressure comes from the players to work. The peer pressure that, 'Hey, you better be here busting your tail just like me, or you're not going to be a part of this football team.' And I'll give you an example of how well ours is going right now. My first year here, throughout the offseason, I probably battled about 15 or 20 kids. You know, 'Why'd you miss Tuesday? Why'd you miss this?' 'Coach, I had this, I had that.' You know, that's part of our business. Last year I probably battled 10 or 12. I've had two meetings in six weeks this year.
"Our guys are doing it the right way, and if they'll keep working that way, then we will find that other two or three wins that we're looking for to put us in the position that we all want to be in."
QUOTE TO NOTE "I am media-friendly. You know why I'm media-friendly? Because if I am not media-friendly, if I am not the voice of my teammates, then you guys just get out of control. OK? I try to keep an even keel, keep the marriage between us a good marriage. You know, divorce rates are high. I don't want us to be divorced, now. As soon as y'all step out of line, then we have to divorce y'all. So that's why I try to be the liaison between you guys and the players." -- LT Ephraim Salaam on winning the Mickey Herskowitz Award recently for being the Texans' most media-friendly player.
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In my opinion the Texans have had a great offseason. We signed some good free agents and didnt go out and overspend on veteran free agents and make the same mistake that teams like Washington continually make. I do think we overpaid Reeves but its only a 4 year $20 million deal instead of dishing out something like $60 million to some
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After training camp and preseason is through, who do you have winning the position battles? I'm working under the assumption that Dunta, Spencer, and Weary will not be ready on opening day. Everything else is fair game. Carry as many of one position as you like, as long as your roster doesn't exceed 53 players.
Try to make it as realistic as possible, but you can always thr
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The Texans signed seven undrafted free agents on Thursday: Auburn tight end Cole Bennett, Hawaii wide receiver Ryan Grice-Mullen, Miami (Fla.) wide receiver Darnell Jenkins, Utah defensive tackle
Well our first pick (16th over all) of the 2005 Draft just continues to impress me, in the wrong way. After 3 years in the league he has only recorded 1 sack and seems to take plays off and just make bone headed plays. The incident with Trent Green I kinda of understand but he had other penalties last year that just
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4 Braylon Edwards: For years Edwards struggled, but only because he didn’t have a quarterback to throw the ball to him. Now that he has a good player in Anderson tossing balls in his direction, Edwards should rise on your draft boa
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What did you think of the decision to trade down? Should we have taken Mendenhall at 18, or did they do the right thing in trading down taking Brown and getting a few extra picks?
N.D or K.D Kalu, who is this guy, I just don't understand how 13 tackles and 3.5 sacks in 16 games justify resigning him......... there were many good D' ends in the draft.......... The Texans still need to shore up that Defensive line, because we can't afford to have our guys get hurt trying to make up for defiencies in other areas of the
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