The Texans were significantly better with Trent Brown at RT. Unless they think he has more left in the tank, I think that's the place to target. I suspect they'll go after a center in free agency.

A dynamic RB is the other big need IMO. I like Marks, but think he might be better as a #2. The biggest difference between Seattle and Houston is that Seattle has 2 RBs better than anything we had available this year. Darnold cut his turnovers in the playoffs but was very turnover prone this year.

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The Texans were significantly better with Trent Brown at RT. Unless they think he has more left in the tank, I think that's the place to target. I suspect they'll go after a center in free agency.

A dynamic RB is the other big need IMO. I like Marks, but think he might be better as a #2. The biggest difference between Seattle and Houston is that Seattle has 2 RBs better than anything we had available this year. Darnold cut his turnovers in the playoffs but was very turnover prone this year.

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RB is a huge need going into 2026, I'd put that as the second biggest need after improving the OL.

2025 Rushing Stats (all regular season)
1852 yards (108.9/game) - 22nd
3.9 yards/attempt - 28th
9 rushing TD's - tied with Carolina, Arizona, Tennessee and New Orleans and the only team with fewer than 9 rushing TD's last season was Las Vegas with 5. There were 9 RB's in the NFL with more rushing TD's than Houston...worse than that is Jaxson Dart and Trevor Lawrence each had as many rushing TD's as Houston did as a team. Nick Chubb scored 3 rushing TD's...that was the best on the team, Marks was 2nd with 2.

Notable free agents
Kenneth Walker
Breece Hall
Travis Etienne Jr
Rico Dowdle
Javonte Williams

Best RB prospects in the 2026 draft
Jeremiyah Love - Notre Dame
Jadarian Price - Notre Dame
Jonah Coleman - Washington
Emmett Johnson - Nebraska
Nicholas Singleton - Penn State
Kaytron Allen - Penn State

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The Texans were significantly better with Trent Brown at RT. Unless they think he has more left in the tank, I think that's the place to target. I suspect they'll go after a center in free agency.

A dynamic RB is the other big need IMO. I like Marks, but think he might be better as a #2. The biggest difference between Seattle and Houston is that Seattle has 2 RBs better than anything we had available this year. Darnold cut his turnovers in the playoffs but was very turnover prone this year.

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RB is a huge need going into 2026, I'd put that as the second biggest need after improving the OL.

2025 Rushing Stats (all regular season)
1852 yards (108.9/game) - 22nd
3.9 yards/attempt - 28th
9 rushing TD's - tied with Carolina, Arizona, Tennessee and New Orleans and the only team with fewer than 9 rushing TD's last season was Las Vegas with 5. There were 9 RB's in the NFL with more rushing TD's than Houston...worse than that is Jaxson Dart and Trevor Lawrence each had as many rushing TD's as Houston did as a team. Nick Chubb scored 3 rushing TD's...that was the best on the team, Marks was 2nd with 2.

Notable free agents
Kenneth Walker
Breece Hall
Travis Etienne Jr
Rico Dowdle
Javonte Williams

Best RB prospects in the 2026 draft
Jeremiyah Love - Notre Dame
Jadarian Price - Notre Dame
Jonah Coleman - Washington
Emmett Johnson - Nebraska
Nicholas Singleton - Penn State
Kaytron Allen - Penn State

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I can't see us spending money on a top tier free agent when there are so many potential high end guys in this draft. I would say keeping someone like Chubb to help with Marks, Jordan and a rookie. Then you run Marks and the rookie as 1A and B, spot in Chubb and build Jordan into a rotation with Marks as the 3rd down A and B.

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The Texans were significantly better with Trent Brown at RT. Unless they think he has more left in the tank, I think that's the place to target. I suspect they'll go after a center in free agency.

A dynamic RB is the other big need IMO. I like Marks, but think he might be better as a #2. The biggest difference between Seattle and Houston is that Seattle has 2 RBs better than anything we had available this year. Darnold cut his turnovers in the playoffs but was very turnover prone this year.

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RB is a huge need going into 2026, I'd put that as the second biggest need after improving the OL.

2025 Rushing Stats (all regular season)
1852 yards (108.9/game) - 22nd
3.9 yards/attempt - 28th
9 rushing TD's - tied with Carolina, Arizona, Tennessee and New Orleans and the only team with fewer than 9 rushing TD's last season was Las Vegas with 5. There were 9 RB's in the NFL with more rushing TD's than Houston...worse than that is Jaxson Dart and Trevor Lawrence each had as many rushing TD's as Houston did as a team. Nick Chubb scored 3 rushing TD's...that was the best on the team, Marks was 2nd with 2.

Notable free agents
Kenneth Walker
Breece Hall
Travis Etienne Jr
Rico Dowdle
Javonte Williams

Best RB prospects in the 2026 draft
Jeremiyah Love - Notre Dame
Jadarian Price - Notre Dame
Jonah Coleman - Washington
Emmett Johnson - Nebraska
Nicholas Singleton - Penn State
Kaytron Allen - Penn State

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Breece Hall seems like a Caserio guy.

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Max Power said:

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Ryan34 said:

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The Texans were significantly better with Trent Brown at RT. Unless they think he has more left in the tank, I think that's the place to target. I suspect they'll go after a center in free agency.

A dynamic RB is the other big need IMO. I like Marks, but think he might be better as a #2. The biggest difference between Seattle and Houston is that Seattle has 2 RBs better than anything we had available this year. Darnold cut his turnovers in the playoffs but was very turnover prone this year.

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RB is a huge need going into 2026, I'd put that as the second biggest need after improving the OL.

2025 Rushing Stats (all regular season)
1852 yards (108.9/game) - 22nd
3.9 yards/attempt - 28th
9 rushing TD's - tied with Carolina, Arizona, Tennessee and New Orleans and the only team with fewer than 9 rushing TD's last season was Las Vegas with 5. There were 9 RB's in the NFL with more rushing TD's than Houston...worse than that is Jaxson Dart and Trevor Lawrence each had as many rushing TD's as Houston did as a team. Nick Chubb scored 3 rushing TD's...that was the best on the team, Marks was 2nd with 2.

Notable free agents
Kenneth Walker
Breece Hall
Travis Etienne Jr
Rico Dowdle
Javonte Williams

Best RB prospects in the 2026 draft
Jeremiyah Love - Notre Dame
Jadarian Price - Notre Dame
Jonah Coleman - Washington
Emmett Johnson - Nebraska
Nicholas Singleton - Penn State
Kaytron Allen - Penn State

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Breece Hall seems like a Caserio guy.

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Well we know he's used to running behind crappy olines.

did John Carroll have any good backs this year?

Greatly improving the OL will make the RB situation a lot easier to find talent. I'd be happy if they went OL for 7 rounds TBH

certainly keep picking away at OL until you strike gold. ...but also don't put yourself in a spot where you're depending - or hoping - for Joe Mixon and Tank Dell to ever be what they once where.

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Greatly improving the OL will make the RB situation a lot easier to find talent. I'd be happy if they went OL for 7 rounds TBH

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I don't think they have to go o-line in the first round if he's not there, while someone you have as a top 15 player is. I could see us taking a DT if our top DT is sitting there and we don't love any of the o-line in the 1st round. Having 2 2nd round picks gives us a lot of flexibility with that 1st rounder. That said we have to get at least 2 potential starter level players at Guard, Center, or Tackle in this draft for this offense to be able to hopefully progress.

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Greatly improving the OL will make the RB situation a lot easier to find talent. I'd be happy if they went OL for 7 rounds TBH

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I don't think they have to go o-line in the first round if he's not there, while someone you have as a top 15 player is. I could see us taking a DT if our top DT is sitting there and we don't love any of the o-line in the 1st round. Having 2 2nd round picks gives us a lot of flexibility with that 1st rounder. That said we have to get at least 2 potential starter level players at Guard, Center, or Tackle in this draft for this offense to be able to hopefully progress.

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Agreed. The good news is that you can likely get a top 2 guard and the top center in the draft with a 2nd and a 3rd. Tackle is much tougher without moving up.

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Greatly improving the OL will make the RB situation a lot easier to find talent. I'd be happy if they went OL for 7 rounds TBH

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I don't think they have to go o-line in the first round if he's not there, while someone you have as a top 15 player is. I could see us taking a DT if our top DT is sitting there and we don't love any of the o-line in the 1st round. Having 2 2nd round picks gives us a lot of flexibility with that 1st rounder. That said we have to get at least 2 potential starter level players at Guard, Center, or Tackle in this draft for this offense to be able to hopefully progress.

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Agreed. The good news is that you can likely get a top 2 guard and the top center in the draft with a 2nd and a 3rd. Tackle is much tougher without moving up.

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If you're addressing guard and center in the draft, you kick Tytus back out to RT, you won't need to address tackle. In addition they would need to resign Ed Ingram, that would help with some continuity. I also wouldn't mind if they signed Trent Brown again as a swing tackle, provided it is a reasonable deal.

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Greatly improving the OL will make the RB situation a lot easier to find talent. I'd be happy if they went OL for 7 rounds TBH

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I don't think they have to go o-line in the first round if he's not there, while someone you have as a top 15 player is. I could see us taking a DT if our top DT is sitting there and we don't love any of the o-line in the 1st round. Having 2 2nd round picks gives us a lot of flexibility with that 1st rounder. That said we have to get at least 2 potential starter level players at Guard, Center, or Tackle in this draft for this offense to be able to hopefully progress.

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Agreed. The good news is that you can likely get a top 2 guard and the top center in the draft with a 2nd and a 3rd. Tackle is much tougher without moving up.

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If you're addressing guard and center in the draft, you kick Tytus back out to RT, you won't need to address tackle. In addition they would need to resign Ed Ingram, that would help with some continuity. I also wouldn't mind if they signed Trent Brown again as a swing tackle, provided it is a reasonable deal.

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Yeah, Tytus gets moved depending on the best players we find. If we find a top RT or even LT and move Ersery to RT then Tytus stays at LG.

The Houston Texans have announced they will have a new training facility in Bridgeland, Texas

It’s in Northwest Harris County.

It will be a 83-acre project that includes a 22-acre, state-of-the-art global headquarters and training complex for the Texans.

It opens 2029

— DJ Bien-Aime (@Djbienaime) February 12, 2026

I imagine the stadium will follow at some point

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That would be an incredibly awful decision. No reason any of our main sporting venues should be outside of the loop.

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As somebody who lives west of Houston, I completely disagree. I don't go east of Katy or Cypress if I can avoid it. A new stadium near Bridgeland would be ideal.

No idea if it's still true but a bunch of players used to live in Pearland, Sugar Land, etc. (which is unsurprising considering where they currently practice). The commute to this new complex will be legit.

I don't see how it makes sense to have the HQ and training facility so far from the stadium.

Throw in the recent hemming and hawing about stadium renovations and threats to move and I think this is the first domino to fall and it's inevitable.

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I don't see how it makes sense to have the HQ and training facility so far from the stadium.

Throw in the recent hemming and hawing about stadium renovations and threats to move and I think this is the first domino to fall and it's inevitable.

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Dallas cowboys on line 1

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Greatly improving the OL will make the RB situation a lot easier to find talent. I'd be happy if they went OL for 7 rounds TBH

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I don't think they have to go o-line in the first round if he's not there, while someone you have as a top 15 player is. I could see us taking a DT if our top DT is sitting there and we don't love any of the o-line in the 1st round. Having 2 2nd round picks gives us a lot of flexibility with that 1st rounder. That said we have to get at least 2 potential starter level players at Guard, Center, or Tackle in this draft for this offense to be able to hopefully progress.

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Agreed. The good news is that you can likely get a top 2 guard and the top center in the draft with a 2nd and a 3rd. Tackle is much tougher without moving up.

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If you're addressing guard and center in the draft, you kick Tytus back out to RT, you won't need to address tackle. In addition they would need to resign Ed Ingram, that would help with some continuity. I also wouldn't mind if they signed Trent Brown again as a swing tackle, provided it is a reasonable deal.

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Yeah, Tytus gets moved depending on the best players we find. If we find a top RT or even LT and move Ersery to RT then Tytus stays at LG.

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I'm hesitant about Tytus back at RT, assuming they even bring him back. They were a lot better with Trent Brown out there. Seems like Tytus lacks the power to be a road grader and athleticism to be a great zone run blocker outside.

I'd wager they try to bring back Ingram and Brown, plus bring in a center in free agency. If they can do that, then maybe grab a guy like Kayden Proctor who can possibly line up at LG or RT as a replacement for Brown.

Going into the season with two rookie OL is probably not a recipe for success. I know there are exceptions to everything though.

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That would be an incredibly awful decision. No reason any of our main sporting venues should be outside of the loop.

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As somebody who lives west of Houston, I completely disagree. I don't go east of Katy or Cypress if I can avoid it. A new stadium near Bridgeland would be ideal.

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LMFAO what an absolute clueless selfish take

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I'm a middle-aged guy from a small town who HATES going into Houston (or any major city for that matter) if it can be avoided. Traffic, stress, crime...no thank you. If I could go to a game without fighting major city insanity, that would be ideal. Of course, a new stadium in the Bridgeland area would bring urban problems with it ultimately, but I live far enough away that that shouldn't affect me much. I don't pay taxes in either area, so that doesn't affect me either.

So, selfish? Maybe. Clueless? Please explain. Because, from my perspective, it really doesn't matter where they play their games.

The major city insanity will be coming to you.

You don't think an NFL game doesn't attract traffic, crime, stress, etc?

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The major city insanity will be coming to you.

You don't think an NFL game doesn't attract traffic, crime, stress, etc?

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Yeah. Those South Main Street walkers that you can rent by the 1/4 hour will follow the money.

True story. Back in the old days when the Dome was still used for more than storing rats, I worked a weekend and summer job for Gabby's BBQ running the pit and cooking meat. They sent me to the Gabby's on S Main to train working lunches for a week. Somewhere around Westridge. It's not there anymore.

I was cutting for lunch and this old guy teaching me leaned over and said "wait for it. Wait for the old ***** to order". I was like 19 and had no idea what an old ***** looked like but it's just what you imagine.

She got to the front of the line, grinned with no front teeth and ordered a fat sandwich. The old guy pulled a piece of fat off a brisket point out of the fat trim bucket next to the station, slapped it on a bun and covered it in sauce.

The old dude said "she likes it to slide down easy".

19 year old Mathguy grew up that day.

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That would be an incredibly awful decision. No reason any of our main sporting venues should be outside of the loop.

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Atlanta has really broken that mold with its baseball stadium which I visited in 2023. It has built up an entire neighborhood around it with restaurants, bars, high-end retail stuff and parking garages. I felt a lot safer taking my kid to a game there than walking through downtown ATL even to a friendly place like their aquarium in daylight hours.

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Greatly improving the OL will make the RB situation a lot easier to find talent. I'd be happy if they went OL for 7 rounds TBH

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I don't think they have to go o-line in the first round if he's not there, while someone you have as a top 15 player is. I could see us taking a DT if our top DT is sitting there and we don't love any of the o-line in the 1st round. Having 2 2nd round picks gives us a lot of flexibility with that 1st rounder. That said we have to get at least 2 potential starter level players at Guard, Center, or Tackle in this draft for this offense to be able to hopefully progress.

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Agreed. The good news is that you can likely get a top 2 guard and the top center in the draft with a 2nd and a 3rd. Tackle is much tougher without moving up.

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If you're addressing guard and center in the draft, you kick Tytus back out to RT, you won't need to address tackle. In addition they would need to resign Ed Ingram, that would help with some continuity. I also wouldn't mind if they signed Trent Brown again as a swing tackle, provided it is a reasonable deal.

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Yeah, Tytus gets moved depending on the best players we find. If we find a top RT or even LT and move Ersery to RT then Tytus stays at LG.

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I'm hesitant about Tytus back at RT, assuming they even bring him back. They were a lot better with Trent Brown out there. Seems like Tytus lacks the power to be a road grader and athleticism to be a great zone run blocker outside.

I'd wager they try to bring back Ingram and Brown, plus bring in a center in free agency. If they can do that, then maybe grab a guy like Kayden Proctor who can possibly line up at LG or RT as a replacement for Brown.

Going into the season with two rookie OL is probably not a recipe for success. I know there are exceptions to everything though.

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Tytus will be back if for no other reason he can play multiple spots. I would be curious if they aren't bringing him back, what the hit of the cap will be. My guess is they restructure his contract and he will be back and they will put him at RT and address the interior of the line through draft and FA.

Tytus has the second highest cap hit on the team and saves almost $18M as a post June 1st cut. He's not a bad player but also probably not worth the cap hit he brings.