SOTT Interview: The Wade Smith Foundation Grows and Gives
Walking into a room, you would never know the unassuming 6’4″ Wade Smith is a Pro Bowl-caliber professional football player. But the modest and reserved Smith offers a bright, welcoming smile and shakes hands with those in attendance at an autograph signing at Buffalo Wild Wings to benefit his charity, The Wade Smith Foundation. He often looks downward but always catches your eye when speaking. He is an honest and humble-appearing man. The Houston Texans left guard has been a revelation on the field the past three years, as well as in the charitable sense more recently….
Possible Heart Procedure for Arian Foster
According to Alex Flanagan of NFL Network and NBC, Arian Foster is considering minor surgery to correct a heart condition which sidelined him in week 16 of the 2012 season. The Pro Bowl running back for the Texans is expected to make a decision on whether to have a heart ablation to remedy an irregular heartbeat. Foster told Flanagan that the biggest concern with the irregular heartbeat is shortness of breath. Since the age of 12, Foster has had about 8 incidents with the condition but week 16 versus the Vikings was the first time he had been affected during…
Monday Photo Fun Texans Style: Volume 6
We continue our photo feature on State of the Texans begun in the interest of entertaining throughout the off-season. We are collecting pictures of our Houston Texans players as they share their activities on Twitter or, in the future, as we receive them and sharing them with the State of the Texans family. Enjoy, and if you see any candid or posed Texans pictures, share with us via Twitter (contact info below) – we’ll give you credit right here on the site! Texans QB Matt Schaub and Houston Texans Cheerleaders after lunch with Houston Fire Department, Fire Station #8, 1919…
Monday Photo Fun Texans Style : Volume 5
We continue our photo feature on State of the Texans begun in the interest of entertaining throughout the off-season. We are collecting pictures of our Houston Texans players as they share their activities on Twitter or, in the future, as we receive them and sharing them with the State of the Texans family. Enjoy, and if you see any candid or posed Texans pictures, share with us via Twitter (contact info below) – we’ll give you credit right here on the site! Via: tommyhuynher on Instagram Best July 4th ever @ArianFoster Texans super star RB @ArianFoster invites…
Monday Photo Fun Texans Style: Volume 4
We continue our photo feature on State of the Texans begun in the interest of entertaining throughout the off-season. We are collecting pictures of our Houston Texans players as they share their activities on Twitter or, in the future, as we receive them and sharing them with the State of the Texans family. Enjoy, and if you see any candid or posed Texans pictures, share with us via Twitter (contact info below) – we’ll give you credit right here on the site! “Play 60 event with the texans rookies and the other afc rookies great time with the kids”…
Remember the Time: The Beginnings of the Houston Texans
With the Houston Texans completing their 10th year as a franchise in the NFL it is always good to look at your humble beginnings, and the Texans have come from a new franchise 10 years ago to the verge of one of the most exciting football teams in the NFL. It feels like the Texans have been here in Houston forever, but they are the youngest franchise in the NFL and have shown it at times. To mark what could be one of the most anticipated seasons we need to remember what it took to get the Texans where they are today.
Monday Photo Fun Texans Style
New feature on State of the Texans beginning this week to increase the off-season fun. We are collecting pictures of our Houston Texans players as they share their activities on Twitter or, in the future, as we receive them and sharing them with the State of the Texans family. This week, we had Lestar Jean talking about working late after practice, with proof in pictures. We also found this shot of Brian Cushing as he passes Troy Nolan doing something that really isn’t supposed to happen in public. Duane Brown mixed it up with Snoop at the Houston Free Press Summer Fest…
Texans Release Javarris Williams
According to Javarris Williams (RB) via his Twitter account, Williams, has been informed of his release from the Houston Texans. Williams (5’10″, 223 lbs., 26 yrs.,) is a Richmond, TX native who went on to start for 3 years at running back for Tennessee State University. There Williams had a standout freshman year and 3 straight 1,000-yard rushing seasons. He went on to receive a degree in Computer Business Systems. Williams was drafted in the 7th round of the 2009 draft by the Kansas City Chiefs but saw limited action during his time there. He also spent a little time with the…
Report: Dwight Jones Quits Texans
Per Evan Silva of ProFootballTalk.com and RotoWorld.com, 2012 Texans Undrafted Free Agent wide receiver Dwight Jones of University of North Carolina has quit the team. Jones was once a promising prospect whom many draft analysts had rated as high as a 3rd or 4th round pick in the draft. As the 2011 season continued, his stock fell considerably as many questioned his work ethic and commitment. Of course Texans fans will recall Jones famously called himself “the next Andre Johnson” in a local radio interview. The Texans have yet to confirm this and reports from today’s post-OTA presser with HC Gary Kubiak state that Jones has been…
Foster: Texan for Offense
Background: How and Why Arian (and the Texans) are Different We keep hearing about the diminishing role of the running back in the NFL with increased importance on the passing game, tight end sets that confuse defenses (for now) and how it’s a quarterback-driven league. Tell that to the Texans. Repeating myself here, but when a pass receiving beast like Andre Johnson says last year that the offense goes through Arian Foster, that right there tells us the Texans are doing things a little differently than everyone else. Sure, we picked up a ton of receivers in the draft and…
