Houston Texans News: January 27, 2022

Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Thursday, January 27, 2022.

By Jeremy_Brener@JeremyBrener Jan 27, 2022, 6:00am CST

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Houston Texans News

Jaguars close to hiring Byron Leftwich as coach, killing the Bill O’Brien dream (Houston Chronicle)

Giants owner John Mara: ‘We’re not trading for Deshaun Watson’ (Houston Chronicle)

Giants say they won’t trade for Texans’ Deshaun Watson (FOX News)

Giants back Jones as QB, won’t trade for Watson (ESPN.com)

Chiefs fans, in nod to Bills Mafia, give to hospital (ESPN.com)

Gronk says he’d retire if forced to decide now (ESPN.com)

Raiders’ Hobbs pleads guilty to lesser charge (ESPN.com)

Bills GM would like to see league revisit OT rules (ESPN.com)

Browns QB Mayfield taking social media break (ESPN.com)

Sources: Ravens target U-M’s Macdonald for DC (ESPN.com)

Vikings hire Browns’ Adofo-Mensah as new GM (ESPN.com)

Houston & Collegiate Sports

Usman Garuba out six to eight weeks (The Dream Shake)

The Dream Take Podcast: Could Christian Wood get dealt before deadline? (The Dream Shake)

Astros Top Three Catcher Prospects For 2022 (The Crawfish Boxes)