Travis Johnson News

There was a thread a short while back concerning the drafting of William's in 2006, the thread brought up the question, was Casserly or Koobs the diving force behind the pick? Casserly may have had influence but ultimately the buck stopped with Kubiak no doubt about it.

Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Defensive end Mario Williams has steadily improved during his three seasons in the NFL, yet the Houston defense has remained one of the league's worst.

Texans defensive tackle Travis Johnson rying to stave off guys like DelJuan Robinson, Frank Okam and Shaun Cody for the starting job he has held the past two seasons.

In 2004, his first season at Texas, Frank Okam made a splash by earning first-team freshman All-American honors.

Even after we saw him make plays, impact plays even, last season, something about DelJuan Robinson just doesn't look right on the Texans' defensive line.

Greetings from Jacksonville. Going to catch up on what's been written about the division.

Mario Williams has become a ferocious pass rusher in his three NFL seasons. Too bad the Texans haven't had any pressure coming from the opposite end since he was drafted.

The Houston Texans have a new defensive staff for 2009 and could have changes in their defensive playbook.

Imagine any one of the Astros playing offensive line for the Texans. Nope, not happening.

Sometimes people don't care for Gary Kubiak referring to players in their twenties and thirties as "kids." Personally, it doesn't bother me much.

"I have a fallback scenario.a - Union-Tribune 16 CAN BE SWEET Since 1999, half the players drafted at No.

Smith did, however, admit that trading down is a possibility for the second year in a row, more likely than trading up.

General manager Rick Smith and coach Gary Kubiak have made it clear they want to build this team through the draft.

The Houston Texans have taken a defensive player in the first round in four of the last five drafts.

New defensive line coach Bill Kollar vows to get more out of Houston's defensive line this season.

Recently I asked you what Texans starter you would like to see replaced . There wasn't a strong consensus and not really any surprises.

It's been a while since I asked a question and sorted through your feedback, so here's a new round of that.

The Texans have focused almost exclusively on defense in the first round of recent Drafts, and have come up with a couple of hits , a couple of misses , and one in-between . Once again, it looks like Houston will target a defender, and a pass rusher to help Williams and free agent pickup Antonio Smith is a possibility, as is another linebacker to ...

The Houston Texans have signed free agent defensive tackle Shaun Cody. Cody has spent his entire four-year career with the Detroit Lions, who drafted him in the second round in 2005.

In their continuing effort to upgrade their defensive line, the Texans have reached a contract agreement with Shaun Cody, a free agent defensive tackle from Detroit.