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Reading the coverage ... What to expect from the cornerbacks drafted into the AFC South, from Nate Dunlevy of Bleacher Report. Houston Texans Moving on from Neil Rackers, the Texans signed veteran kicker Shayne Graham to compete with draft pick Ra...
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The Houston Texans defense did just fine after it lost its star defensive end early during the 2011 season, finishing the year with a team-record 44 sacks, and defensive coordinator Wade Phillips expects even bigger things from the unit in 2012.
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The Houston Texans defense did just fine after it lost its star defensive end early during the 2011 season, finishing the year with a team-record 44 sacks, and defensive coordinator Wade Phillips expects even bigger things from the unit in 2012.
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Is there sufficient leadership to replace what the Houston Texans lost? Once they get in a huddle, the Texans won’t be looking around and thinking about how DeMeco Ryans and Eric Winston are not there. But the two players the team parted with to sav...
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As much as we've covered the news of Junior Seau's passing, it's probably best to step aside and let the men who knew him, played with him, and considered him a mentor and friend do the talking. This is just a sample of the avalanche of emotion comi...
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The Houston Texans have gotten a lot of praise for fourth-round pick Jared Crick, a defensive end out of Nebraska. In his final Insider file assessing early impact players out of the draft, Mel Kiper Jr. looks at the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh...
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Each year, there are players who fall in the draft for a number of reasons. We all remember the sight of Aaron Rodgers and Brady Quinn waiting far beyond expectations for their names to be called, and the divergent paths their careers have taken giv...
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New York Giants general manager Jerry Reese is fond of saying that beyond the third round is when personnel guys start really earning their paychecks, and quite a few people in front offices around the league got a good start on that in a fourth rou...
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Take a college defensive end and shift him to outside linebacker in a 3-4, as Houston and Wade Phillips will do with Whitney Mercilus, and the player tends to look a lot stronger. “Anytime you look at those guys, and they play defensive end in colle...
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Houston needs help on the right side of the offensive line. It needs another dynamic receiver. It needs depth at outside linebacker. It needs a corner, particularly if it doesn’t think second-year man Brandon Harris can replace departed veteran Jason...
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(Note: All picks in this mock based on team needs, as opposed to who teams might actually pick.) 17) Cincinnati Bengals: Dre' Kirkpatrick, CB, Alabama Obvious need, even after the Terrance Newman acquisition, and an obvious player to fill that need...
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As we recently did with Wes Welker (parts one and two of the interview if you haven't seen it), and with Clay Matthews (podcast soon), it was our pleasure to talk with Dallas Cowboys linebacker/end/pass-rushing terror DeMarcus Ware about his role in...
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The linebacker-needy Philadelphia Eagles just picked up a 27-year-old former All-Pro and Pro Bowl linebacker for a fourth-round pick. I hope the Texans also got a bouquet of flowers and flowers out of the deal. DeMeco Ryans, who had fallen out of fav...
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Reading the coverage… Houston Texans The Texans are in cap hell, and to avoid it being worse down the road, they’ll have to find a way to sign guys like outside linebacker Connor Barwin and left tackle Duane Brown to avoid free-agency problems in 2...
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Houston Texans defensive end/outside linebacker Mario Williams is the rock star of this year's defensive free agent class, but that doesn't mean that there aren't many other intriguing options at all positions for teams feeling the need to improve t...
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INDIANAPOLIS -- With more NFL teams running base 3-4 or 5-2 defensive fronts in recent years, and given the success of pass-rushing outside linebackers (we'll call them "endbackers" for short), in those schemes, you might be surprised to learn that ...
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The Cowboys defense is a unit that is the most under the gun this offseason. And with good reason: the defense is what has held the Cowboys back the past two years. In 2010, the Cowboys had the worst pass defense in team history. Last year's unit wa...
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The St. Louis Rams wanted their next general manager to work well with new head coach Jeff Fisher. They found a candidate whose history suggests that will not be a problem. Atlanta Falcons director of player personnel Les Snead, who accepted the jo...
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The Bucs are still a team under construction and wanted a head coach with the ability to build a lasting contender. Greg Schiano had the blueprint. Schiano, 46, who took Rutgers from a laughingstock to well-stocked to be a contender in the Big East, ...
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The Bucs had one final surprise left in their marathon head coaching search. The Bucs plan to hire Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano if terms of a contract can be reached, the Times has confirmed. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that Schiano has agreed t...
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