Houston Texans News: October 16, 2018

Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Tuesday, October 16, 2018.

By Jeremy Brener@JeremyBrener Oct 16, 2018, 6:00am CDT

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Houston Texans News

Texans coach Bill O’Brien disagrees with Jadeveon Clowney calling Blake Bortles ‘trash’ (Houston Chronicle)

Bill O’Brien says Deshaun Watson feeling better than he did a week ago (Houston Chronicle)

Texans unlikely to activate RB D’Onta Foreman this week (Houston Chronicle)

NFL News

Buccaneers fire DC Mike Smith after latest loss (NFL.com)

Fan who threw beer on Hill is banned from Gillette (NFL.com)

NFL not expected to suspend Burfict for elbow hit (NFL.com)

Ravens’ Lewis (neck) doing well after injury scare (NFL.com)

Speaks was worried about flag on Brady TD run (NFL.com)

Gruden says Raiders not shopping Amari Cooper (NFL.com)

Sanders calls league ‘soft’ for taunting penalty (NFL.com)

Brady wanted quick Chiefs score to get ball back (NFL.com)

What we learned from Sunday’s Week 6 contests (NFL.com)

Houston & Collegiate Sports

Less is more for Carmelo Anthony in Houston (The Dream Shake)

What went wrong for the Astros’ Gerrit Cole in Game 2 against the Red Sox (The Athletic)

Now No. 7 nationally, Texas has realistic path to the College Football Playoff (Burnt Orange Nation)