Colts

• Per Mike Chappell, the plan is for Colts WR Alec Pierce to return from offseason ankle surgery by the season opener. 
• Colts GM Chris Ballard clarified Pierce didn’t have a second PRP injection, and said they feel good with where he’s at in his recovery. (Chappell)

Jaguars

Jaguars HC Liam Coen says that WR Brian Thomas Jr. is focused on improving in the areas that he identified ahead of training camp.

“I think in the spring, very early on, honestly, you could sense that he had really looked at things in areas in which he thought he could improve upon, and he was attacking those areas, and not just, like, yeah, it’ll fix, like, it’ll come,” Coen said, via NFL.com. “I thought he was extremely intentional about the things he wanted to improve on, and the connection and relationship with Trevor ( Lawrence) and the other receivers.”

“Brian’s very smart,” Coen added. “Like you can move Brian around. He’s extremely smart. He can handle multiple different schemes and concepts and things like that. And so, I think that he is extremely, I mean, he’s playing confident right now.”

Texans

Texans OC Nick Caley told reporters that the team is on a crusade to be the best offense they can be and hopefully overcome the letdown of their last playoff run.

“I always take my job seriously,” Caley said, via Pro Football Talk. “I think everybody else here does. The biggest thing we want to do is be at our best and give ourselves a chance to perform at the highest level we can possibly do. Not to make it any more simplified than that, but that’s really what it is. Coming out here, there’s a standard. This was sloppy to start today. That’s not good enough. We have to do a better job of being more consistent, starting with me. Moving the needle there, but in terms of the pressure, I think we have a great opportunity to work in this profession. We have great people here with good characters that [General Manager] Nick [Caserio] and [coach] DeMeco [Ryans] have given us. We’re busting our ass every single day to be the best that we can be and trying to just be truth tellers to each other. ‘Hey, it’s either good enough or it’s not and here’s how we have to rid the bad stuff and be able to move the needle.’ That’s the reality of it. We’re on a crusade to do that. It’s not perfect. We have a ways to go. I want to give ourselves an opportunity to play our best football when it matters the most.”