Houston Texans News: October 15, 2021

Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Friday, October 15, 2021.

By Jeremy Brener@JeremyBrener Oct 15, 2021, 6:00am CDT

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Houston Texans News

Texans sat DE Charles Omenihu in Week 5 to get better glimpse of Jordan Jenkins (Yahoo! Sports)

Indianapolis Colts vs. Houston Texans NFL Week 6 Odds, Plays and Insights (Sports Illustrated)

McClain: Why should Texans try to win a few more games in a rebuilding season? They shouldn’t. (Houston Chronicle)

Bucs’ Sherman (hamstring) exits early vs. Eagles (ESPN.com)

Source: Cards player, two staff members positive (ESPN.com)

Bears RB Williams on COVID list; status in doubt (ESPN.com)

WFT to retire Taylor’s 21 in rare honor for team (ESPN.com)

Jags’ leading tackler Jack out with back injury (ESPN.com)

QB Carr: ‘Open up’ all NFL team correspondence (ESPN.com)

Smith worried NFL email trove shows hiring bias (ESPN.com)

Houston & Collegiate Sports

Lance McCullers Jr. Likely Unavailable for the ALCS (The Crawfish Boxes)

The Astros payroll can accommodate a Correa megacontract, even if it goes south (The Crawfish Boxes)

Rockets 2021-2022 player previews: Usman Garuba (The Dream Shake)