Houston Texans News: October 4, 2018

Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Thursday, October 4, 2018.

By Jeremy_Brener@JeremyBrener Oct 4, 2018, 6:00am CDT

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NFL: Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts

Houston Texans News

Texans’ Jadeveon Clowney named AFC Defensive Player of the Week (Houston Chronicle)

How the Colts trashed Houston’s D on third-and-longs — leading to that game-changing, fourth-down gamble (The Athletic)

Watson on significance of Dallas primetime matchup (HoustonTexans.com)

NFL News

Injuries: Jags rule out Fournette; Hilton out for TNF (NFL.com)

Hill eager to face Ramsey: ‘He’s top dog right now’ (NFL.com)

Falcons’ McKinley on Big Ben: ‘He hasn’t seen me’ (NFL.com)

Joe Mixon returns to practice, hopes to be cleared (NFL.com)

Raiders place Penn on IR; 2 rookies poised to start (NFL.com)

Niners QB Garoppolo has surgery on his torn ACL (NFL.com)

Houston & Collegiate Sports

For trio of Astros relievers, ALDS matchup with Indians brings familiar foes (The Athletic)

‘Oh my God, look at the score’: 50 years later, an oral history of Houston’s 100-point game (The Athletic)

Rockets now reportedly “last” in Jimmy Butler talks (The Dream Shake)