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Getty Images The Texans designated defensive end J.J. Watt for return from injured reserve on Tuesday and Watt said at a press conference later in the day that he has been doing drills as part of his rehab for a while. His work will now shift to the team’s practice sessions and Watt said that...

Getty Images After the Texans beat the Buccaneers on Saturday, the Titans downgraded running back Derrick Henry to questionable because of a hamstring injury. They would leave him on the inactive list for Sunday’s game against the Saints and the timing of those decisions wasn’t a coincidence...

Getty Images Texans wide receiver Will Fuller has been a productive player whenever he’s been healthy, but he hasn’t been healthy often enough and his latest injury may leave Houston shorthanded for their first playoff game. Fuller hurt his groin on Saturday and played just 19 snaps in...

Getty Images If the Chiefs lose to the Chargers next Sunday, the Texans will have a chance to move up in the AFC playoff seeding by beating the Titans. The Chiefs game will be played before the Texans host the Titans, so Houston will almost certainly know if that possibility exists by the time...

Getty Images The Titans held out running back Derrick Henry on Sunday in hopes that his hamstring will be in good shape for their Week 17 game against the Texans, but they saw a couple of other offensive pieces go down in their loss to the Saints. Head coach Mike Vrabel said at his Monday...

Getty Images Of all the great rookie quarterback performances over the years, before Sunday only two had ever had three or more games with four or more touchdown passes in their first NFL seasons. Daniel Jones, who threw five touchdown passes in Sunday’s 41-35 overtime win over Washington...

Getty Images The good news for the Texans is that receiver Will Fuller doesn’t have a hamstring injury. The bad news is that he has a groin injury. Fuller, the fourth-year former first-rounder exited Saturday’s win over the Bucs with a new leg injury. “He is a great guy and I love coaching...

Getty Images Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson grabbed his right ankle during a third quarter scoring drive in Saturday’s 23-20 win over the Buccaneers, but he remained in the game for the duration. It wasn’t the best outing of the year for Watson. He finished the day 19-of-32 for 184 yards...

Getty Images The Buccaneers clearly seek balance in life. And they’re willing to share. The Texans lead the Bucs 17-3 in the second quarter, scoring all their points off Bucs turnovers. There have been four of them so far (three Jameis Winston interceptions and a Peyton Barber fumble), so...

Getty Images The Buccaneers have turned the ball over in the first half. So they’re tied with the Texans at halftime, of course. Jameis Winston just hit Justin Watson for a touchdown to tie the game 17-17, and balance out his three previous interceptions. The Bucs also fumbled it away once...

Getty Images Jameis Winston made enough plays to overcome his early turnovers. But then the late turnovers doomed him. The Texans picked off Winston four times to beat the Bucs 23-20, including the game-deciding one by Jahleel Addae in the final two minutes. With the win, the Texans (10-5)...

Getty Images The Texans have a chance today to render their game next week meaningless, and rest their starters in Week 17 to get healthy for the playoffs. If the Texans win today, they clinch the AFC South. And if the Patriots beat the Bills today, the Texans are eliminated from getting a bye...

Getty Images Saturday’s NFL tripleheader is, frankly, better than the three games the league served up three weeks and two days ago, on Thanksgiving. Unlike Bears-Lions, Bills-Cowboys, and Saints-Falcons, however, Saturday’s three games won’t be seen on three-letter networks. If you have NFL...

Getty Images The Texans are in good shape on the injury front today in Tampa Bay. Houston wide receiver Will Fuller and running back Carlos Hyde, both of whom were listed as questionable, are active. Fuller is second on the team with 47 catches for 659 yards, and Hyde is first on the team with...

Getty Images The game can start now. Jameis Winston has thrown an interception. For the fourth time in the last five games, the Bucs quarterback has thrown an pick on his first possession, and Texans cornerback Bradley Roby returned it for a touchdown and a quick 7-0 Houston lead. It’s the...

Getty Images Week 16 of the 2019 NFL season kicks off on Saturday with three games and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday. The 30 teams taking part in those games have handed in their final injury reports of the week and all injury designations for those games are below. The Packers and...

Getty Images Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians is spending the week trying to figure out how to stop Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. If he’d have had his way, they might both have been someplace else. Via SI.com, Arians acknowledged that when he was Cardinals coach in 2017, they were a pick...

Getty Images The Texans could do more than earn a playoff berth by beating the Buccaneers tomorrow. They could put themselves one step closer to getting J.J. Watt back on the field. According to John McClain of the Houston Chronicle, those close to Watt believe there’s a chance he could be...

Getty Images DeAndre Hopkins is back to work. According to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, the Texans wide receiver was back to practice Thursday, after missing yesterday’s session with an illness. That’s good news for them heading into Saturday’s game with the Buccaneers, as they can...

Getty Images The Texans added receiver DeAndre Hopkins to their injury report Thursday with an illness. But Hopkins was a full participant and does not have a designation. It’s the same for tight end Darren Fells, who was added to the report with a hand injury but had a full practice and no...