Texans on Tap: A Houston Texans Podcast

With the draft in the rearview, the Texans on Tap crew reacts to the 2025 Texans schedule release, highlight some of the top storylines heading into the season, check in on how Houston stacks up in the AFC South, look at darkhorses to watch for in the Division, and examine how well the front office helped fortify Houston's much-maligned offensive line.

The Texans swerved everyone on night 1 of the NFL Draft by trading back into the second round. Charlie, Josh, and Brandon give their reactions to Houston's second round selections!

Reactions to Houston Texans offseason moves and previewing their NFL draft possibilities!

Texans GM Nick Caserio has made some big, bold moves over the offseason. How does the team turn these moves into a net positive for the offense and is the defense now tops in the AFC?

With the playoff loss in the rearview, now its time for the Texans to retool for the 2025 season. There's plenty of work to do in addressing needs. What stands in Houston's way to build a team that can break through?

The Texans season ends in KC as Houston falls 23-14 to the Chiefs. The Texans shot themselves in the foot on special teams, the o-line cratered in the second half, were victims of egregious flags in favor of Patrick Mahomes, yet somehow kept this game close.

Following Houston's decisive win over the Chargers, they travel to a frigid Arrowhead Stadium to face a familiar playoff foe in the Chiefs. While the Texans are big underdogs in this matchup, what are some critical areas in which Houston can tilt the bout their direction?

The Texans recover from a disastrous start to suffocate LA defensively, forcing multiple turnovers, sacks, and wreaking havoc while CJ Stroud found his Super Man cape for the 32-12 victory to advance to the second round in consecutive years!

On this week's episode: Jets show interest in Bobby Slowik, Rex Ryan dismisses Houston in the most disrespectful way, and critical matchups to watch for during Chargers-Texans Wild Card Round clash!

Houston dominates the fake Oilers in Nashville to end the regular season. What sort of statement did CJ Stroud and the offense make ahead of the playoffs and what were the Texans final season grade?

Four Texans make the Pro Bowl, but one beast on defense gets snubbed. With just one game remaining in the regular season, the Texans focus on how to compete on Sunday with an eye to being the healthiest version of themselves entering the playoffs. Texans will host either the Chargers or Steelers in the first round. Which team is the better matchup for Houston?

Houston gets embarrassed on Netflix on Christmas, at home, by the might Ravens. Following such a brutal loss, where do the Texans go from here and are changes imminent?

With a depleted offensive line and wide receiving corps, the Texans face a daunting matchup against the Ravens on a short week. How can Houston pull off the upset against a Baltimore team that has historically had the Texans' number?

The Texans drop a disappointing loss to the Chiefs but suffer a more serious loss of Tank Dell to another gruesome leg injury. Where do the Texans go from here?

With Houston and KC both having their divisions locked up, its the Texans who have more to play for with potential playoff seeding hanging in the balance. Can Houston's high-powered defense do enough to keep Pat Mahomes and company from pulling off another clutch performance in KC?

Derek Stingley Jr and the Houston defense puts on a clinic grabbing 3 interceptions from Tua Tagovailoa, the last of which iced the game for the Texans. CJ Stroud and the offense did enough to hold off a pesky Dolphins to all-but-seal the AFC South for the Texans for a second season in a row.

Ahead of matchups against the Chiefs and Ravens, the Texans host a pesky Dolphins team that has been on an offensive tear over their past 5 games. Can Houston capture a crucial win to keep the Colts at arm's length?

It was an eventful off week for the Texans with the national media coverage of Azeez Al-Shaair's suspension. Are the Texans joining the Astros as H-Town villains? Nick Caserio also endorsed OC Bobby Slowik and how that aligns with NFL insiders hinting at his future for next season.

The Texans gets much-needed win in Jacksonville but the play that has everyone talking was Azeez Al-Shaair's late hit on Trevor Lawrence that forced the QB out of the game with a concussion.

Does the tape back up the Stroud criticism? Is Demeco gaslighting everyone? After an awful loss versus the Titans, can Houston correct course against a bad Jaguars team?

What looked like a blowout turned into Houston's worst loss of the season, if not worst regular season loss in franchise history, dropping a home game to a 2-win division rival. Who is to blame?

Addressing the recent criticisms of CJ Stroud's stat regression. How Texans can avoid some trap game pitfalls against Tennessee.

Texans get a dominating win in Jerryland to break Houston's 2-game skid. Texans defense feasted against a thin Dallas o-line.

The battle of Texas happens in Arlington on Monday Night Football. But this time feels different.

On a night the Texans took a 16 point lead into halftime and intercepted the ball 5 times, Houston still found a way to lose to a tough Lions team.

Texans host the NFC's hottest team in the Detroit Lions in primetime Sunday night. Houston is banged up in key areas so what must the Texans do to upset a mighty Detroit team?

The Texans had one of their worst games in recent performance on Halloween in New York. Who's to blame for such an awful performance?

The Texans travel to New York to face the 2-6 Jets on Halloween night. Will it be a fright night treat for Houston or will New York be a house of horrors for the Texans?

The Texans pull out another nail-biter 23-20 over the Colts in Houston bringing their record to 6-2. The win gives them a 2-game lead over Indy in the standings and capturing that all important tie-breaker!

Houston hopes to wash away the taste of a bad loss to the Packers by defeating their Division rival Colts. Indy comes in winners of 4 of their last 5 games while Texans enter this matchup with grave concerns regarding their o-line. How do the Texans respond to last week's heartbreaker? Hopefully by making a statement in week 8!

Despite the complete implosion by the offensive line, the Texans had a lead late in Green Bay but could not close the deal against the Packers. Get the full breakdown and analysis here.

Two of the league's best teams collide in Green Bay in Week 7. Can CJ Stroud and the Texans continue their winning ways against Jordan Love and the Packers?

The Texans ran out to a big lead and never looked back as they rolled over New England for their 3rd win in a row, running their record up to 5-1 for the season!

What initially was presumed to be a laugher of a game now sees Texans enter New England with mounting depth concerns. Can Houston adjust to the loss of Nico Collins and a banged up O-line to run their record to 5-1 in week 6?

Houston went up early on Buffalo and hold on to dear life without Nico Collins in the second half to wrestle away a huge victory over the Bills in week 5!

Houston has their work cut out for them as they host a scary Bills team coming off of a loss in week 4. Can the Texans clean up their penalties and find a ground game to help take some pressure off of CJ Stroud?

In a game that Houston probably should've lost, CJ Stroud leads another game-winning drive late to steal a win. How did they do it and why is Houston committing so many penalties?

The Texans are eager to wash away the bad taste of the Vikings blowout while the Jaguar come to Houston desperate to get in the win column for 2024. Can Houston find their groove offensively and also clean up their ugly penalties?

Week 3 was not as close as Vegas (or Texans fans) had anticipated. Critical takeaways from an ugly game Houston hopes to put in their rearview mirror.

The Houston Texans travel to Minnesota looking to derail the Vikings surprising 2-0 start while trying to put an early stranglehold on the Division.

Texans go 2-0 after grinding out a tough win over the Bears...but it was ugly!

Your comprehensive guide to Chicago Bears- Houston Texans week 2 matchup!

How Houston can contain Richardson, slow down Indy's run game, and press their advantage in the air.

Now that the 53-man roster is set, Brandon, Charlie, and Josh give their thoughts on potential x-factors, review some notable Texans on NFL.com's season award projections, and give their final season predictions.

Full analysis of the Texans Preseason 2024 HOF game!