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Deshaun Watson - QB

Houston Texans

ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports Texans QB Deshaun Watson's thinking "is not expected to change" based on who Houston hires as their next head coach.

Added Jan 24 12:52 pm (EST)

Chris Mortensen

Watson has made his grievances with the organization known and an attempt to placate him with a specific head coach is apparently off the table. A Watson trade is looking increasingly likely by the day. The Jets are reportedly his preferred landing spot with Miami coming in second. Both teams have a young quarterback who could be moved plus a bevy of first-round draft picks. Watson thinks highly of New York's new head coach, Robert Saleh, and wants to play under him for Gang Green. Watson's presence would be a massive upgrade for the New York fantasy options. However, the lack of talent at receiver and tight end does make the landing spot less desirable for Watson's fantasy outlook.

Added Jan 24 12:52 pm (EST)

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TEAM Ranks

OFFENSE

Overall
16
Passing
6
Rushing
31

DEFENSE / ST

Overall
27
Passing
25
Rushing
26

AFC South Standings

W	L	PF	PA
11	5	491	439
11	5	451	362
4	12	384	464
1	15	306	492

INJURY REPORT FOR HOUSTON TEXANS

There is no fantasy relevant injury information available at this time.

SCHEDULE / RESULTS

Week	Date	Time	Opp	D Rank	Pass D Rk	Rush D Rk	Result	Record
1	Thu, 9/10	8:20 pm	at	18	13	30	L, 20-34	0-1
2	Sun, 9/20	4:25 pm		7	9	4	L, 16-33	0-2
3	Sun, 9/27	1:00 pm	at	1	1	2	L, 21-28	0-3
4	Sun, 10/4	1:00 pm		13	12	20	L, 23-31	0-4
5	Sun, 10/11	1:00 pm		32	31	26	W, 30-14	1-4
6	Sun, 10/18	1:00 pm	at	29	30	15	L, 36-42	1-5
7	Sun, 10/25	1:00 pm		15	14	19	L, 20-35	1-6
9	Sun, 11/8	1:00 pm	at	32	31	26	W, 27-25	2-6
10	Sun, 11/15	1:00 pm	at	19	22	20	L, 7-10	2-7
11	Sun, 11/22	1:00 pm		263	19	32	W, 27-20	3-7
12	Thu, 11/26	12:30 pm	at	32	29	26	W, 41-25	4-7
13	Sun, 12/6	1:00 pm		6	4	12	L, 20-26	4-8
14	Sun, 12/13	1:00 pm	at	7	10	5	L, 7-36	4-9
15	Sun, 12/20	1:00 pm	at	6	4	12	L, 20-27	4-10
16	Sun, 12/27	1:00 pm		29	26	21	L, 31-37	4-11
17	Sun, 1/3	4:25 pm		29	30	15	L, 38-41	4-12

DEPTH CHART HOU

Right WR

Slot WR

Left WR

B. Cooks

I. Whitney

C. Hansen

I. Coulter

R. Cobb

D. Watson

A. McCarron

J. McCown

D. Johnson

B. Howell

D. Hilliard

J. Akins

D. Fells

K. Warring

D. Stapleton

K. Coutee

D. Ratley

2020 STATS

Quarterback

Player	Tm	Snaps	Comp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	RuYd	RuTD
Deshaun Watson	HOU	979	382	544	4823	33	7	444	3
AJ McCarron	HOU	2	1	1	20	0	0	0	0

Running back

Player	Tm	Snaps	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Yds/C	Tgts	Rec	ReYd	ReTD
David Johnson	HOU	551	147	691	6	4.7	46	33	314	2
Duke Johnson	HOU	354	77	235	1	3.1	35	28	249	1
Buddy Howell	HOU	33	16	64	0	4.0	2	1	3	0
Dontrell Hilliard	HOU	0	9	48	0	5.3	1	1	2	0
Scottie Phillips	HOU	4	2	9	0	4.5	1	1	7	0
Cullen Gillaspia	HOU	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0

Wide Receiver

Player	Tm	Snaps	Tgts	Rec	ReYd	ReTD	RuAtt
Brandin Cooks	HOU	802	119	81	1150	6	0
Will Fuller	HOU	577	75	53	879	8	1
Randall Cobb	HOU	369	48	38	441	3	0
Keke Coutee	HOU	292	40	33	400	3	0
Chad Hansen	HOU	284	24	17	236	1	0
Damion Ratley	HOU	0	10	4	63	0	0
Steven Mitchell	HOU	69	8	5	60	0	0

Tight End

Player	Tm	Snaps	Tgts	Rec	ReYd	ReTD	YAC
Jordan Akins	HOU	405	49	37	403	1	172.00
Darren Fells	HOU	413	28	21	312	4	177.00
Pharaoh Brown	HOU	206	16	14	163	2	76.00
Kahale Warring	HOU	30	7	3	35	0	8.00

Kicker

Player	Tm	FGA	FGM	FGM10-19	FGM20-29	FGM30-39	FGM40-49	FGM50+	XP
Ka'imi Fairbairn	HOU	31	27	0	8	9	6	4	37

Linebacker

Player	Tm	TKL	AST	SCK	FF	FFREC	Pass Def
Zach Cunningham	HOU	105	58	3.0000	1	0	2
Tyrell Adams	HOU	75	47	2.0000	2	1	4
Benardrick McKinney	HOU	19	18	0.0000	0	0	1
Brennan Scarlett	HOU	15	9	0.0000	0	0	0
Whitney Mercilus	HOU	12	9	4.0000	0	1	1
Jonathan Greenard	HOU	9	9	1.0000	0	0	1
Nate Hall	HOU	4	1	2.0000	1	0	0
Dylan Cole	HOU	0	2	0.0000	0	0	0

Defensive Back

Player	Tm	TKL	AST	SCK	FF	FFREC	Pass Def
Vernon Hargreaves	HOU	61	11	0.0000	0	0	7
Justin Reid	HOU	60	21	2.0000	0	0	4
Lonnie Johnson	HOU	50	20	0.0000	0	0	0
Eric Murray	HOU	47	24	2.0000	1	0	2
Bradley Roby	HOU	33	4	0.0000	0	1	7
Keion Crossen	HOU	25	9	0.0000	0	0	5
Phillip Gaines	HOU	18	6	0.0000	0	0	1
A.J. Moore	HOU	18	13	1.0000	1	0	1
John Reid	HOU	8	1	0.0000	0	0	1
Michael Thomas	HOU	6	7	0.0000	0	0	0
Mark Fields	HOU	1	0	0.0000	0	0	0
Brandon Williams	HOU	0	0	0.0000	0	0	0

Defensive Line

Player	Tm	TKL	AST	SCK	FF	FFREC	Pass Def
J.J. Watt	HOU	36	16	5.0000	2	1	7
P.J. Hall	HOU	18	16	1.0000	0	0	0
Carlos Watkins	HOU	17	10	2.0000	0	1	3
Jacob Martin	HOU	13	7	3.0000	1	1	1
Brandon Dunn	HOU	12	14	0.0000	0	1	0
Charles Omenihu	HOU	11	6	4.0000	0	0	2
Ross Blacklock	HOU	10	4	0.0000	0	0	0
Corey Liuget	HOU	2	2	1.0000	0	0	0
Andrew Brown	HOU	0	1	0.0000	0	0	0
Auzoyah Alufohai	HOU	0	1	0.0000	0	0	0

2020 PROJECTIONS

Quarterback

Player	Tm	Pos	Att	Comp	Comp%	Yds	TD	Int	RuYd	RuTD
Deshaun Watson	HOU	QB	552	362	66	4053	28	11	306	4
AJ McCarron	HOU	QB	11	7	59	83	1	0	0	0

Running back

Player	Tm	Pos	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	ReYd	ReTD
David Johnson	HOU	RB	257	944	6	54	504	3
Duke Johnson	HOU	RB	77	377	2	49	434	2
Buddy Howell	HOU	RB	20	54	0	0	0	0
Dontrell Hilliard	HOU	RB	11	42	1	0	0	0
Karan Higdon	HOU	RB	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cullen Gillaspia	HOU	RB	0	0	0	0	0	0

Wide Receiver

Player	Tm	Pos	Rec	ReYd	ReTD	RuAtt
Randall Cobb	HOU	WR	78	959	4	4
Brandin Cooks	HOU	WR	69	896	5	5
Will Fuller	HOU	WR	56	838	7	7
Keke Coutee	HOU	WR	13	134	1	1
Damion Ratley	HOU	WR	5	80	0	0
Steven Mitchell	HOU	WR	0	0	0	0
Chad Hansen	HOU	WR	0	0	0	0
J'Mon Moore	HOU	WR	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Coulter	HOU	WR	0	0	0	0

Tight End

Player	Tm	Pos	Rec	ReYd	ReTD	RuAtt
Darren Fells	HOU	TE	40	365	5	5
Jordan Akins	HOU	TE	14	142	1	1
Kahale Warring	HOU	TE	0	0	0	0
Pharaoh Brown	HOU	TE	0	0	0	0

Kicker

Player	Tm	Pos	FGA	FGM	FG20-29	FG30-39	FG40-49	FG50+	XP
Ka'imi Fairbairn	HOU	K	26	22	6	7	6	2	39

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J. McCown - QB

HOU

NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reports the Texans are "targeting" Josh McCown and Lovie Smith as assistants.

The Texans were shredded for giving McCown a head-coaching interview over more qualified candidates, but all signs point to the former quarterback as being a future NFL coach. Being hired as a QBs coach or passing-game coordinator would be a reasonable start. Smith would bring a lot of experience to first-time head coach David Culley, and he's available after being fired by Illinois last December. The Texans have their offensive coordinator in Tim Kelly.

Added Yesterday 10:38 pm (EST)

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C. Wheeler - OT

SEA

Seahawks waived OT Chad Wheeler.

His career is over, as Wheeler announced on his Twitter that he's leaving football following his very public arrest after he decided to beat his girlfriend to a pulp. The 27-year-old essentially tried to kill his girlfriend (now ex) over the weekend, sending her to the hospital with a bloody and swollen face, among other injuries. Alleah, the victim, claimed Wheeler "thought I was dead on my bed and continued to eat dinner" before she got up and went to the bathroom when Wheeler replied, "Wow, you're still alive." This man needs help.

Added Yesterday 4:57 pm (EST)

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J. Witten - TE

Former Cowboys and Raiders TE Jason Witten announced his retirement from the NFL after 17 seasons.

Witten, 39 in May, is signing a one-day contract with the Cowboys to retire as a member of the team he spent his first 16 years with before joining the Raiders for the 2020 season. Witten was out of the league in 2018 when he joined ESPN's Monday Night Football booth, but that was a total disaster for both sides. He came out of his hiatus for two more playing seasons and ends his Hall of Fame career with 1,228 catches for 13,046 yards and 74 touchdowns. He turned in four 1,000-yard seasons and four others of 850-plus yards, never missing a game from 2004 forward. Witten made 11 Pro Bowls and was a first-team All-Pro twice. Witten made over $76 million in the NFL.

Added Yesterday 4:24 pm (EST)

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J. Goff - QB

NFL Network's Ian Rapoport's "understanding" is the Rams are "expected to have an open competition" at quarterback in training camp next summer, featuring Jared Goff and John Wolford.

RapSheet said that's "if" Goff remains on the roster, which is highly likely considering his contract. Wolford started two games for the Rams at the end of the season, "managing" L.A. to a win in Week 17 against the Cardinals, where he went 22-of-38 for 231 scoreless yards and an interception while leading the team in rushing with a 6-56 line. But he was hurt in the Wild Card start against Seattle, and Goff reclaimed the gig. It's clear the Rams aren't satisfied with Goff at all and are now realizing he's holding the team back. But Wolford isn't the answer. The Rams need to start taking their No. 2 QB spot seriously.

Added Yesterday 1:30 pm (EST)

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B. Dupree - LB

PIT

Steelers OLB Bud Dupree (knee) expects to be ready for training camp.

Dupree tore his ACL in early December. He's ahead of schedule in his rehab, but still seems likely to open camp on the active/PUP list and is questionable for Week 1. After playing last year on the franchise tag, the Steelers' cap situation could force them to move on from Dupree this offseason. Dupree will likely have to settle for another one-year deal to stay in Pittsburgh.

Added Yesterday 12:40 pm (EST)

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C. Wheeler - OT

SEA

Seahawks OL Chad Wheeler was arrested on assault and domestic violence charges.

Wheeler is accused of getting into a "physical fight" with his girlfriend. He was released Tuesday and is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. The Seahawks are "aware of the situation and still gathering information." 27-year-old Wheeler is a restricted free agent this offseason.

Added Yesterday 12:15 pm (EST)

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C. Thompson - RB

JAC

The Florida Times Union believes the Jaguars will look to move on from free agent Chris Thompson.

Thompson played in only eight games before landing on IR with a back injury. He averaged four touches per week when healthy, playing 29 percent of offensive snaps. With a new coaching staff and a three-down back in James Robinson, the Jaguars should let Thompson walk this offseason.

Added Yesterday 11:14 am (EST)

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A. Brown - WR

Bucs coach Bruce Arians doesn't expect Antonio Brown (knee) to practice this week.

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