NFL Network’s Adam Schefter, and now the Houston Chronicle is reporting that the Texans have signed free agent DE Antonio Smith to a 5-year, $35 million contract with $12.5 million guaranteed. That’s not a ton of money, especially the guaranteed figure. For as coveted as Smith was rumored to be, it actually seems rather cheap. [...]

You can track rumored and confirmed free agent visits by clicking “Free Agent Visitors” in the Offseason Central box. I guess the signing of QB Patrick Ramsey isn’t as much of a sure thing as it previously seemed. The Texans are hosting free agent QB Dan Orlovsky today and tomorrow. Personally I’d rather see them [...]

I did not see this coming. The Broncos have signed Texans’ RFA WR David Anderson to a 3-year, $4.5 million offer. The Texans have a week to match the offer, or lose Anderson and receive a 7th-round draft pick as compensation. I think he’s gone. For the limited role he plays on the team, I [...]

Bruce Matthews joins the staff! Whoa! Hall of Fame offensive lineman and Houston Oiler great Bruce Matthews has joined the Texans’ coaching staff. How can you not like that? His title is “assistant offensive coach.” This is the first coaching job Matthews has taken at the pro level. It’s an “entry-level” coaching position, but if [...]

You can click “Team Free Agents & Cuts” in the Offseason Central box at the top of the page to see the updated FA/Cuts table. [UPDATE] The level of qualifying offers for the other Texans RFAs have now been released. All of them were just as expected, no surprises: WR David Anderson, 7th round OT [...]

Here is my previous shot at a seven-round Texans mock draft. I figure I should get it out there before free agency officially begins, so it doesn’t get too lost in the shuffle. Here are important things to keep in mind while reading: 1 – I challenged myself to not make a single pick that [...]

Longtime ABC-13 Houston sports anchor Bob Allen reported on-air tonight that a source has told him the Texans will target Arizona Cardinals DE Antonio Smith in free agency. I saw this on Texans Talk, but there’s no confirmation link for this. I did call someone I know in Houston who never misses Channel 13 news, [...]

[UPDATE] The NFL has announced that they have tacked on another $4 million dollars to the 2009 salary cap. Comparatively, last year’s late max-cap bump was only $700K. More good news from Reliant Park. With about a day and a half before the start of free agency, the Texans have apparently agreed to terms with [...]

You can click “Team Free Agents & Cuts” in the Offseason Central box at the top of the page to see the updated FA/Cuts table. As with the previous cuts, these are not surprising. These are all guys that figured to be cut. One very positive thing you can say about this offseason, is that [...]

I’m making adjustments to my second seven-round Texans mock draft in the wake of the pending Sage Rosenfels trade. Until I can get that done, here are some hot Texans topics we can hit on: DeMeco Ryans isn’t happy. *GROAN* By now we’ve all heard about DeMeco Ryans’ contract complaints. Sigh. When I originally heard [...]