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3 days ago | battleredblog.com | Mike Bullock

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images When you face the Houston Texans twice a year, you get a certain perspective on the team. When you bail on the Jacksonville Jaguars to join the Texans, that perspective evolves. If ya can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em, right? Newly minted Texans slot receiver, Christian Kirk recently stepped to the podium after OTAs and answered all sorts of questions for the local and national media.

1 week ago | battleredblog.com | Mike Bullock

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images Last week’s poll brought the expected response in a landslide of votes. Most Houston Texans fans are still concerned about the state of the 2025 offensive line. Despite very promising showings at OTAs this week from the wide receivers, defensive backs, linebackers and quarterback C.J. Stroud, questions remain. Maybe, the biggest difference for the 2025 season is new offensive coordinator Nick Calley. Well, maybe more than maybe.

2 weeks ago | battleredblog.com | Mike Bullock

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images We’ve made it past the initial free agency surge and the 2025 NFL Draft. At this stage, the 2025 depth chart is coming into focus. It’s easy to say the roster is built for this season with a few minor adjustments still coming. Teams don’t usually make big, blockbuster trades at this point in the year. However, June has been known to see new faces in new places due to free agency rules.

3 weeks ago | battleredblog.com | Mike Bullock

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Last night the NFL did their best to make a non-event into an event by announcing the schedule for the 2025 season. Odds are, only the real die hards or the random few with absolutely nothing else to do on a Wednesday night tuned in to watch. For a lot of the rest of us, social media, TV news and/or friends and family let us know. And for the casual football fan, they probably still don’t know what the schedule is or that it was released yesterday. Anyway...

1 month ago | battleredblog.com | Mike Bullock

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images This time last year, we all thought Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud had so many wide receivers to choose from it was insane. Then, as always seems to happen with the Texans, dominoes fell, players got hurt and highlight reel moments were few and far between. Remember thinking J.J. Watt and Jadeveon Clowney were going to devastate the opposition? How about Andre Johnson, DeAndre Hopkins and (insert revolving door of WR3s)?