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Stolen, recovered, with a lot of incorrectly capitalized words in between. This Texans rookie is holding it down.

Organized team activities begin today for the Texans, the first opportunity for rookies and veterans to get the helmets on and mix it up on the field together. If you want to know more, there's always Google. Also, Stephen Colbert, Wahoowa.

Apparently, Ed Reed's hip injury wasn't the sort of thing a doctor can find in a physical. So kudos to him for taking us to the cleaners.

Who's next on the carousel of mysterious offseason surgeries? Also, a law firm that employs a man named David Carr is representing Mario Williams' ex-fiancée in the diamond ring suit. And I literally caught the #GrindFlu yesterday.

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.

BRB does our best to dig up information on the Texans' third 6th round pick, Ryan Griffin.

The NFL Scouting Combine is over, and more news is trickling out from the Texans' AFC South rivals. Plus, bonus coverage of a nearby foe. Find out who to fear and who to jeer, here.

With the 118th overall pick, the Texans selected a player who by all accounts should have gone a lot higher. Slated by many to be drafted in the mid to late second round, taking Virginia Tech’s...