Gary Kubiak

UPDATE: Texans DC Wade Phillips mentioned that he’s “a little concerned” about unexpected hip surgery S Ed Reed underwent a few weeks ago.  “Anytime a guy’s operated on, you’re concerned, especially at this time of year,” said Phillips, via HoustonTexans.com. “If it’d been right after the season, it’d been different. So there’s a little concern. But [...]

Nick Scurfield of HoustonTexans.com writes that it’s “not outside the realm of possibility” that the Texans could select a quarterback in either the first or second-round of this year’s NFL draft. Scurfield specifically mentions that USC’s Matt Barkley or Florida State’s E.J. Manuel as speculative options. It’s worth noting that Houston has only taken two quarterbacks – T.J. Yates (fifth-round) and [...]

Texans head coach Gary Kubiak has been frustrated with running back Ben Tate as he hasn’t been able to stay healthy this season. “My biggest level of concern with Tate is just keeping him on the field,” Kubiak said, per Tania Ganguli of the Houston Chronicle. “It seems like it’s been one thing after another. [...]

It appears that the toe injury that kept Texans running back Ben Tate out of Monday night’s win against the Jets has recovered enough for him to play Sunday night against the Packers, per Nick Scurfield. RB Ben Tate (toe) had a “good practice” today, Kubiak said. All indications are he’ll be ready for Sunday [...]

Texans head coach Gary Kubiak expressed some optimism regarding Ben Tate status for Monday night’s game against the New York Jets. “I think if we asked Ben to do something today, he would’ve done it,” Kubiak said, via HoustonTexans.com. “We are going to get Justin (Forsett) ready to go … We’ll see where Ben is at [...]

Texans head coach Gary Kubiak seemed open to the idea of giving RB Arian Foster around 400 or more touches this season, per Nick Scurfield of HoustonTexans.com “He can handle it; I know that. You never know how the season’s going to go.” said Kubiak. Scurfield mentioned that at the current pace of touches Foster [...]

Texans Head coach Gary Kubiak mentioned that RB Arian Foster will be a game-time decision Sunday due to soreness in his knee, per John McClain of the Houston Chronicle. Foster said that he is experiencing pain in his “knee area,” but adds that pain is not coming from his actual knee.  Foster says that the [...]

Nick Scurfield from Texans.com reports via twitter that head coach Gary Kubiak expects WR Andre Johnson to return to Texans training camp on Monday. Johnson, who has been absent 8 days from camp due to a groin injury, has had a heavy offseason having had knee surgery after nagging hamstring issues last season. The Texans, [...]

49ers Mario Manningham is expected to secure the 49ers No. 3 wideout job. (CSN Bay Area) Bears Bears OT J’Marcus Webb appears to be the favorite for the team’s starting left tackle job. (Chicago Tribune) Bills Free Agent S Jim Leonhard visited with the Bills on Thursday. (Buffalo News) Broncos Peyton Manning has reportedly been targeting TEs [...]

Texans head coach Gary Kubiak mentioned that DE J.J. Watt could be out for the rest of the preseason after he dislocated his elbow during Thursday’s practice.  ”I’m trying to smile,” said Kubiak, via HoustonTexans.com. “I’m concerned until we go find out what’s going on.”  Watt was carted off the field, but thankfully for the Texans, [...]

Jerome Solomon of the Houston Chronicle writes that despite extending the contracts of GM Rick Smith and head coach Gary Kubiak, there’s been little progress towards a long-term agreement with QB Matt Schaub. Schaub, 31, will be entering the final year of his contract, but talks between the two sides haven’t been productive enough to be anywhere near [...]

John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports that the Texans have re-signed head coach Gary Kubiak and GM Rick Smith to contract extensions. Both were entering contract years for the team and the fact that they’re coming off of the most successful season in the history of the franchise, made this a much easier decision. Kubiak has [...]

49ers LB Cam Johnson is recovering from a “procedure” on his knee. (Matt Barrows Bengals WR A.J. Green is the latest Bengal to defend QB Andy Dalton‘s arm strength (Brian McIntyre) Bengals DC Mike Zimmer says suspended LB Dontay Moch ”needs to get better at linebacker.” (Joe Reedy) Bills Bills DT Kyle Williams (foot surgery) has resumed participating in team [...]

Bills LB Scott McKillop “still seems to be favoring his surgically repaired knee.” (Chris Brown) Buccaneers DB Ahmad Black is running as the Bucs’ second-team free safety at OTAs (Scott Reynolds) DB Cody Grimm is practicing as first-round pick DB Mark Barron‘s primary backup at strong safety at Bucs OTAs Buccaneers agreed to terms with No. [...]

The Houston Texans held QB Matt Schaub out of the team’s OTA’s, but head coach Gary Kubiak insisted that Schaub could be participating in them if they wanted him too. “Matt is fine,” Kubiak said, via HoustonTexans.com. “Matt, to be honest with you, could probably do individuals, could do 7-on-7, but we’re just being smart. When you [...]

Houston Texans coach Gary Kubiak mentioned that there’s a “strong possibility” that they’ll end up signing a veteran wide receiver to round out their receiving core. “I think I’d like to sign a fourth guy,” said head coach Kubiak, via CBS Sports. “With Matt being out, with the 90-man player roster, I think there’s room for [...]

John McClain of the Houston Chronicle tweets that Texans owner Bob McNair plans on negotiating contract extensions for HC Gary Kubiak and GM Rick Smith. Both coach and general manager are currently on contracts that last through the end of the 2012 season.  While there is reportedly no timetable for the negotiations, Kubiak will be [...]

Scott Bair of the North County Times makes the case for the San Diego Chargers signing Texans free agent LB Mario Williams. The idea is purely speculative but it would address one of the Chargers biggest needs which is versitile lineman that can given them a solid pass rush. Williams moved to outside linebacker in a 3-4 defense which [...]

Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak mentioned that he would like to give WR Andre Johnson some where between 45-50 snaps in the teams first ever playoffs game against the Cincinnati Bengals. “I don’t think he’s ready to play 70 plays,” Kubiak said. “We don’t want him doing that anyway. We want him playing 45 [...]

Jerome Solomon of the Houston Chronicle writes that the Houston Texans should consider benching T.J. Yates following his performance against the Colts last night. “He showed better patience than he did against Carolina, when he turned the ball over twice on ill-advised throws. But he displayed little pocket awareness, often folding up at the slightest hint of pressure [...]

Houston Texans WR Andre Johnson could be back for Week 17′s game after being ruled out for this weekends games by head coach Gary Kubiak. “I would love Andre to get some playing time before we head into January,” said Kubiak, per HoustonTexans.com. “I think we’re very close to him coming back out here.” T.J. Yates desperately needs [...]

The Texans watched last weekend as WR Andre Johnson fell to the turf holding him hamstring on a deep route. Johnson has missed a good portion of the season with a hamstring injury and this one looked to be as bad as the injury he suffered early on. Thankfully for Houston the injury isn’t as [...]