Reading the coverage of the Houston Texans...

There was, uh, quite a bit of activity with the Texans over the weekend, and we'll try to address some of that in today's RTC. We start, though, with a smart piece by Grantland.com's Bill Barnwell on why losing Arian Foster will be such a problem. One particularly interesting point of his was that with the Texans no longer having center Chris Myers, their running game figured to go through some growing pains. Barnwell notes that those growing pains might have been alleviated some by Foster's ability.

Men's Journal takes a look at the production aspects of Hard Knocks, especially those that happen up in New Jersey with senior producer Ken Rodgers. Rodgers likens the Texans to soup.

John McClain of the Houston Chronicle notes that, though coaches won't admit it, training camp fights can facilitate bonding. He's right about that. The Texans spoke about having each other's backs and defending each other after the practice during which a brawl erupted between Houston and Washington.

The Chronicle's Aaron Wilson details the creative ways in which teams try to block J.J. Watt and why the Texans need a pass-rush source that is not Watt:

Watt created fear. The other Texans pass rushers, while regarded as solid players, didn't generate similar anxiety or sacks. Watt had over 50 percent of the Texans' total of 38 sacks, which ranked 19th out of 32 teams.

..."I want to finish off my moves better this year, just by coming in nice and smooth and under control to get the quarterback down on the ground," said Whitney Mercilus (6-4, 258), who finished second behind Watt last season with five sacks. "I know we're all capable of doing more. We've all taken it on ourselves to get better at everything, and the pass rush is a huge part of that. I think we're going to be very good."