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Houston Texans News: August 31, 2021

Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Tuesday, August 31, 2021.

By Jeremy_Brener@JeremyBrener Aug 31, 2021, 6:00am CDT

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Houston Texans News

Will Houston really pay Deshaun Watson $10 million to not play all season (Yahoo! Sports)

Deshaun Watson complicates Texans’ trim to 53-man roster (Houston Chronicle)

Cuts tracker: Team-by-team look at roster reductions (NFL.com)

Cardinals CB Malcolm Butler considering retirement (NFL.com)

Key trade/cut candidates: Will Dallas deal LB Smith? (NFL.com)

Rookie grades after PRE Wk 3: Undrafted RB gets A (NFL.com)

Surprise cut: Fins release veteran center Matt Skura (NFL.com)

Fully vaxxed players, staff will have weekly testing (NFL.com)

Motivated Chandler Jones back at Cardinals practice (NFL.com)

49ers QB Lance (finger) expected to miss seven days (NFL.com)

Roundup: Lions’ Boyle out indefinitely; Bills trade DE (NFL.com)

Houston & Collegiate Sports

Two reasons why John Wall will be beneficial to the Rockets next season (The Dream Shake)

Zack Greinke’s inability to miss bats hasn’t cost him, yet (The Crawfish Boxes)

Astros’ Justin Verlander, Wife Kate Upton Reportedly Buy $6.6M Mansion in Florida (Bleacher Report)