There was a play in Houston's Week 10 win over the Jaguars where I thought something that I think every week when I'm watching football: I guess they're just not going to be punished for it today. It came following this Trevor Lawrence throw:
One thing that tends to crop up when a football team is underperforming is the idea that people must be fired. It happened with Bobby Slowik in 2024, of course. The Texans are 3-5, and I've heard from quite a few fans who just want to see change.
The thing about the 2025 Houston Texans is: They were never going to be a team that was hard to first-guess. If they failed, it was going to be very clear where they failed (offense) and what moves they made that were going to fail them (offensive coordinator, offensive line
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There are many NFL writers – I'll go with Albert Breer to name one, though he is hardly the only one – who led the story of Brian Callahan's firing with the idea of a dysfunctional organization. I actually don't think I agree, or at least
We live in one of the most tedious moments of human history to have the curse of actually paying attention to things.
Nick Caley's offense is not off to a good start. The Texans were, frankly, lucky to crack 19 points on Monday night. They needed a huge Jaylin Noel punt return and a blocked punt to get the short fields to get there. I'm not panicked about
Both to hold myself accountable and also create sort of a living record of where my fantasy teams were, I wanted to make a series where I explored the decisions I made and how stupid or smart they wound up being.
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If there was good news from Week 1, it's that I thought Chubb played pretty well
My caveat to any post like this is simply: I do not believe I have the best handle on anything, and I do believe I will be wrong sometimes. Over the years I've tended to be someone who likes to predict the novel thing to happen, and I
If you are reading this, you have now become aware of the fact that Man Free: A Football Newsletter has migrated to Ghost. Goodbye, Substack! To try to set good expectations for writing this year: I actually, between my commitments to Rotoworld and a few freelance gigs, have a pretty