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Rookie camp is done with, but dat #GrindFlu is spreading.

Ed Reed already having hip surgery, eh? Awesome. At least we drafted a safety that looks like he may actually kill someone on the field of play in 2013. Also, my dad got to throw out the first pitch at an Astros game on Friday. It didn't go well.

The Texans offensive line is doing it big this weekend. Deion Sanders, Jr. sleeps on gilded sheets. Americans are unmoved by the R-word controversy. And prepare yourselves: a #ClutchCityResurrection is at hand.

Bad news for Texans fans: Derek Newton will be out until training camp at the earliest. Good news for Redskins fans: Laurence Fishburne may soon be the team's new ambassador. Plus, a shout out to the man left hanging by my boy Chandler Parsons.

The league reacts to the draft and much more on this edition of the newswire.

A solid haul from the draft + a big accomplishment for Jon Snow = a great weekend in my books. The only question now is when, not if, Skecher's comes calling for Nate Montana.

The final version of the Houston Texans mock allows trades to be talked, which allows for a surprise in round one.

Chicks dig the power of a former POTUS, the money of Clay Matthews, the newfound flexibility of Tim Tebow, the cell phone technology of Andrew Luck, and Jackie Robinson, of course, because he's in that new movie.

The Texans workout an Aggie linebacker. Vince Young maybe close to returning to the NFL.

Can the Texans plug up the middle of the defense or will Rashad Mendenhall gash them for yards?