Joel Dreessen News

The five-week period in which Texans coaches can work with players on the practice field ended Wednesday with the last day of minicamp.

Texans tight end Owen Daniels has become the second player to skip organized team activities this offseason because of a contract dispute with the franchise's front office.

Anthony Hill's family is happy the tight end is back in Texas, but many of them wanted the Cowboys to draft him.

Thoughts on what veterans the Texans' eight-man draft class helped and hurt. Helped : Running back Chris Brown GM Rick Smith reminded people about him at the team's pre-draft press conference.

Damn, Dale's quicker than he was in 1979. Or maybe I'm slower than Pastorini. He just dodged me.

Former Fort Morgan Mustang football player and current Houston Texans NFL tight end Joel Dreessen was in town Tuesday night for a "meet and Greet" event hosted by local radio station KFTM-AM 1400.

The Houston Texans have re-signed free agent safety Nick Ferguson. The 5-foot-11, 201-pound Ferguson, who signed Thursday, joined the Texans as an unrestricted free agent before the 2008 season after five ...

SI.com's free agent tracker says Fred Taylor to the Pats is a perfect union and has details on Chris Canty's travel schedule post-Albert Haynesworth signing.

The first day of free agency produced a whirlwind of activity for the Texans. Their day began when they hired Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive lineman Bruce Matthews, who played 14 years of his 19-year ...

The Houston Texans announced Sunday that free agent QB Dan Orlovsky, has signed with the team as the new back up to Matt Schaub.

So what do you think of the Texans signing quarterback Dan Orlovsky today and defensive end Antonio Smith signing on Saturday? After interviewing Patrick Ramsey, the Texans brought in Orlovsky.

The Houston Texans signed free agent defensive end Antonio Smith on Saturday. Smith appeared in each regular season game and started three of four playoff games for the NFC champion Arizona Cardinals last ...

For all of you keeping score, the Texans have brought in three free agents, and two of them don't have Denver backgrounds.

Alex Marvez is a Senior NFL Writer for FOXSports.com. He's covered the NFL for 14 seasons as a beat writer and is president emeritus of the Pro Football Writers of America.

The Houston Texans have offered tenders to restricted free agents WR David Anderson, T Rashad Butler, DE Earl Cochran, TE Owen Daniels and TE Joel Dreessen, the team announced today.

There are a few notable names on this list of free agent tight ends. Daniels had 70 catches for 862 receiving yards for the Texans in 2008.