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Yikes: Texans 23-year-old QB CJ Stroud was asked how he can improve his “explosiveness” this season. “I feel like I’m getting old. I’m not as quick as I used to be. I was watching my high school stuff a couple days ago… I was like 180… I was rollin.” 😬😬😬

.@HoustonTexans RB @JoquaviousMarks' 2-TD performance earned him the @pepsi Zero Sugar Rookie of the Week award for Week 4 🔥

Texans' first shutout since 2010 🤫 @progressive

Offensive supporting cast rankings in terms of average team PFF rush, receiving, pass blocking and run blocking grades (everything except passing) this season: 1. Bills 2. Lions 3. Broncos 4. Seahawks 5. Colts 6. Falcons 7. Ravens 8. 49ers 9. Jaguars 10. Rams 11. Raiders 12. Vikings 13. Chiefs 14. Commanders 15. Panthers 16. Cowboys 17. Chargers 18. Jets 19. Bears 20. Eagles 21. Giants 22. Packers 23. Cardinals 24. Patriots 25. Saints 26. Texans 27. Steelers 28. Buccaneers 29. Dolphins 30. Titans 31. Browns 32. Bengals

How fast did you figure these out? 👀 🤘 | @Ticketmaster

#Steelers are working out former @TCUFootball safety Mark Perry, previously #Texans #Patriots #Dolphins #Titans #Bears @KPRC2

Texan pride all the way from Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Texans had quite possibly the worst offensive line rep in football history.. - Two offensive linemen immediately start blocking each other - Six guys start blocking one defender as C.J. Stroud is getting mauled behind them

Jumped the gun on this analysis. Zack Baun indeed blitzed off the edge a few times, but when I asked Vic Fangio about it, he said that didn’t rise to the level where he considered Jihaad Campbell playing off-ball back there alone. More on this later, but it’s still “a work in progress,” in Campbell’s words.

Texans are 1-3 despite giving up a league-low 51 points.

#Texans defensive tackle Tim Settle Jr. @tim_settle at Reading with the Pros event at J.P. Henderson Elementary in Houston @KPRC2

In partnership with @kroger and @Smitty74allday Wade Smith Foundation, #Texans Tim Settle Jr., @tim_settle Jamal Hill @Scoobzilla3 Haggai Ndubuisi @NdubuisiHaggai @TexansTORO1 kick off the second year of their Reading with the Pros Program at J.P. Henderson Elementary School The goal of the program is to support literacy outcomes, improve student attendance and help foster a positive relationship with reading in the Magnolia Park and Sunnyside neighborhoods reading TORO's book "Made To Be A Mascot".  @KPRC2

Week 4 RB usage! Workhorses playing 70%+ snaps: JT, Hampton, CMC, Pollard, Jeanty, Saquon, Javonte Williams, Gainwell, Achane, Skattebo, Cook, Brown, and Kamara. All auto starts in fantasy land except Pollard, Brown, and Kamara b/c their offenses blow, and Gainwell b/c he's on a bye, ya know. Still a bell-cow, wouldn't sweat it: Bijan, Kyren, Jacobs, ETN, Breece, Gibbs, Bucky, and Henry all getting plenty of touches even if it'd be cooler if they had more of an every-down role I know last week wasn't cool BUT: Keep on starting Trey Benson. The bigger the workload, the better, I get it: We're still looking at a second-year back who just commanded 67% of the team's designed rush attempts and was targeted on 23% of his routes, unfortunately "only" totaling 10.4 PPR points against the league's best defense in EPA allowed per designed RB rush. Side note: It does in fact feel ridiculous to type out an "own" centered around EPA allowed per designed RB rush. I'm sure that would go over great at the bar. The workload is there, but the efficiency and/or scoring upside is not: Guys who you generally probably will still start in fantasy, but maybe you don't NEED to if you can help it include: D'Andre Swift (sell high-ish during bye?), Jordan Mason (especially this week vs. Myles Garrett and company), and Chuba Hubbard (Panthers are a bottom-seven team in yards and EPA per play). Concerns, but I'm generally pushing through them: Feature Judkins and KWIII. The former because Judkins has BEAST'd his way to working as the RB2 in yards after contact per carry this season while displaying weekly 20-plus touch upside, and the latter is looking at 15-20 touches in his own right in a better-than-expected Seahawks offense hellbent on running the football. Would it be a lot cooler if Judkins' offense was better, and if Walker had more of a three-down role ahead of Zach Charbonnet? Of course, but life isn't fair, and these are still two clear-cut RB2s worth starting in far more lineups than not. Deal with it. These committees are gross, man: Chiefs, Commanders, and Patriots. Super fooking annoying all the way around. America loves a comeback: And it'd make a lot of sense if David Montgomery rebounds in a major way after turning nine carries into just 12 yards against Myles Garrett and company. Even after the performance the man is averaging a career-best 5.7 yards per carry. Gibbs is getting more pass-down work and fully cemented as a top-five RB, but Monty has 28 TDs in 32 games since joining the Lions in 2023 and continues to profile for 12-15 touches more weeks than not. That archetype is tough to complain about as a massive favorite against the Bengals. Changing of the guard in Denver?: Kind of! Things were closer than usual between Dobbins and Harvey; credit to both for making the most out of their touches against the Bengals' sad excuse for a professional football team. That said: Dobbins was basically pulled from the game after clearing 100 rushing yards–the first Denver RB to do so since Latavius Murray in 2022!–leading to Harvey racking up seven of his 18 touches with the game essentially sealed up. Still a step in the right direction, but when accounting for this garbage time usage we didn't actually see Harvey run more routes or play significantly more snaps than usual. Deep league handcuff alert: Not to hurt myself patting my own back, but last week we recommended scooping up Woody Marks (now firmly on the RB2 borderline at worst) before it was the cool thing to do. This week? We move our attention to Saints RB Kendre Miller (5% rostered on Yahoo), you know, at least in normal leagues that don't HAVE someone like Marks available on waivers (blow the budget on the man if so). Obvious injury handcuff upside *and* maybe the shitty Saints explore trading Mr. Kamara. Other guys who profile as great bench stashes: Blake Corum (27%), Tyler Allgeier (35%) and in DEEP leagues keep an eye on Raheem Mostert (1%), who took over as Jeanty's direct backup last Sunday.

Wishing a happy birthday to Mrs. McNair 🥳

Woody Marks led Texans RBs in snaps, rushes, rushing yards, targets and catches, while scoring a rushing and receiving TD in Week 4.

Based on this pancake, Rookie RB Woody Marks may be the best offensive lineman on the Texans

🔴 FIRST TEXANS ROOKIE AND FIFTH RB IN TEAM HISTORY WITH 100+ SCRIMMAGE YDS, A RUSH TD & A REC TD!

"In terms of the leadership there, I believe in them. They know what they're doing." @DMRussini on the Texans bouncing back from an 0-3 start.

Look at @HoustonTexans RB Woody Marks absolutely pancake his block assignment 😤

The Cam Robinson trade made official by Cleveland. Browns receive: T Cam Robinson 2027 7th round pick   Texans receive: 2027 6th round pick

🏈Browns receive: OT Cam Robinson 2027 7th-round pick   🏈Texans receive: 2027 6th-round pick

#Ravens coach John Harbaugh on QB Lamar Jackson and his hamstring injury: "The way I know Lamar, if he could've gone in the game, he would've been in the game. That's how Lamar is." That does open the door to Jackson missing next Sunday vs. the #Texans.

#Texans in addition to officially trading Cam Robinson to #Browns have removed Irv Smith Jr., from injured reserve @KPRC2

Thinking of John Mara and his family. Wishing them peace, strength, and support. ❤️

The OT Cam Robinson trade has been processed. In addition, the Texans released TE Irv Smith Jr.