Houston Texans Rumors Q&A: Are The Colts Legit AFC Contenders + Did Nick Caley Save His Job?

Houston Texans Rumors Q&A: Are The Colts Legit AFC Contenders + Did Nick Caley Save His Job?

[Music] Welcome into Texans Today everybody. I’m your host Jeremy Chugs and on today’s show we got another mailbag edition of Texans Today. All these questions are from our live show on October 29th, 2025. Reminder, I go live every single Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. Central time. And if you’re watching the live show right now, use that hashtag Texans or Super Chat to be featured. Once again, all of the questions are from our loyal subscribers who tuned in to our Texans Today live shows. First up with a $5 super chat VW Blue Sky, we have Woody Mars. Lol. No need for a halfback trade. I’ve definitely been covering all the trade rumors around the Houston Texans. I mean, ESPN for one has heavily linked your Texans to Bree Hall. Now, there’s been recent reports saying the Jets probably want to keep Bree Hall. They like what they’ve seen out of him the past 2, three weeks during the regular season, even though the Jets haven’t been winning a ton. Maybe they want to keep Brie Hall. Maybe they want to extend him. But I I do agree with you. If you did trade for a running back, that would kind of limit your touches for a guy like Woody March, who in a limited sample size has shown a great deal of production for this Texans offense. Let’s go to the next super chat coming in from Jonathan Hyatt. Broncos have only beaten one uh have have only uh I believe beaten one team with a winning record this year. And the teams they lost to the Colts and Chargers get pressure on the quarterback and the Texans do that better than anybody else. Uh you know, you’re not speaking anything wrong here, Jonathan. You’re not speaking anything wrong because the Texans can get after a guy like Bo Nicks. That will be big for this Texans team to get a dub on Sunday. I don’t think that Broncos are overrated. I think their defense is really, really good. They have a good front five. They have a good secondary even though they’re going to be missing Pat Certan the second. Easily their best player in the secondary. I think it’ll be a tough matchup. I think it’ll be a lowscoring affair in week nine, but I do agree with you. If they want to win this game, they got to get pressure on the quarterback. And I think they got to do that with four or five. Maybe, you know, mix in some blitzes here or there from the linebacker position. They like bringing Jaylen Petri off the edge sometimes with a sneaky, you know, nickel blitz. But I I I I do agree. Getting after Nick Knicks, that’s going to be a huge key for this Texans team. Next up, Texans tally. Hashtag Texans. Are there any free agents you think would work out this late in the season that we could and should get before the deadline? Yeah, I well, first off, there’s not a, you know, necessarily a deadline for free agent players that you can go out and get. And if I’m looking at the free agents right now, you know, the the easiest name, the the biggest name would be Justin Simmons, right? You know, a good safety, another guy that could help on the back end. I have no clue why Justin Simmons has not made his way onto an NFL roster as of yet. Besides that, there’s not really any offensive linemen that are in free agency that could help this team out. In terms of the tight end spot, you know, Jordan Akens, Hayden Hurst maybe could help you out a little bit at that tight end position. Um, I don’t know any other really free agents that could immediately come in and make an instant impact. The Texans love to go bargain bin shopping and look at other teams, you know, look at other teams practice squads, this that and the other, and see if they can find any good deals out there in terms of guys that’ll come in right away. Like I said, maybe a Justin Simmons, but who knows what he wants in terms of a contract. And it’s a big mystery to me. I have no idea why Justin Simmons has not made his way on an NFL roster. Good question though. Texans tally Jimmy0988 # Texans. Are we really back on on the Straoud train after one good game? Um, it’s been heavily debated online and I’ll say this, I have never been off the CJ Strad train. If you look at my videos throughout every single game this season, I have of course been critical of CJ Stout. I’ve said he hasn’t had the spark that he’s had before. I said that, you know, his timing has been messed up for him being skittish in the pocket, but the talent with CJ Stroud has never been a question for me. You look at pure talent, guys, I think he’s up there with a, you know, Justin Herbert level of quarterback, with the top guys that we see in the NFL, with a Dak Prescott, this that and the other. He’s at that talent level. And you look at the throws that he can make, his offplatform throws, and just his overall accuracy. He can be a great quarterback in the NFL. Now his mental side a little bit le uh is to be desired on that side and especially the fact that I do think he can get rattled that time to time whenever he is facing pressure which a lot of quarterbacks do right. I would not off the Straoud train. And I think even after this year, even if you told me right now, Jeremy, you have to make the decision. Do you extend CJ Straoud or do you wait until his contract is done and see what happens in free agency? I would still go ahead and say I would extend CJ Strad. I still want him to be the Texans quarterback for the next three, four, five seasons. Now, if he could get a better offensive line to help him out, maybe give him more protection, that would help us out a ton. and being able to evaluate CJ Strad further, but I’ve never been off the CJ Stout train. I still believe in CJ Strad. And let’s say you, this is a good question from producer Jack. Confidence level with CJ Stout at quarterback. Give me a one to 10. Do you believe in CJ Strad? Yeah, let me know down in the comments section. One zero faith at all. You think he’s maybe the one of the worst quarterbacks in the NFL? 10. You would put him in in that top tier list, a top five quarterback. Let me know down below. I’m at around an eight nine for CJ Strad. I still have that confidence. I’m not at a 10 because I want to see him do it for multiple games in the season, but I’ve never been out on our guy CJ Strad. All right, next question coming up from Bob Loves meatballs. Hashtag Texans. Do you think the Texans would trade for Bree Hall if they think Mixon would return? Um, that’s the other thing. And good point. Bob loves meatballs. If the Texans trade for Bree Hall, Joe Mixon’s done. No way do you make a move like that. No way do you make a trade for a guy like Bree Hall in the final year of his contract where you’re probably going to want to extend him if you do trade for him. No way you do all that. give up whatever draft capital, which for a running back, even if it’s a third or fourth round pick, that’s a heavy price to pay for a running back on, you know, basically an expiring contract that you’re going to have to pay. So, if that happens, you already have Joe Mixon under contract. I think he’s done for the year. Now, I am in the camp that believes that Joe Mixon will return at some point this year. I think it is the Christian Harris model that we saw last year that the Texans are hush hush. They’re not going to rush him back for injury. They want him to be as close to 100% as possible for a playoff push down the road. I believe Joe Mixon will be back mid to late December. We’ll have to see whether or not, you know, that happens. Maybe, you know, we see him, maybe we don’t. But I will say he was at the Texans game in week eight up against the San Francisco 49ers. And per multiple reports, no crutches, no walking boot. He was walking around was in good spirits. I take with that what you will. For me, if you’re at the game, if you’re around the locker room, if you’re not showing that you have visible injuries, at some point this season, I would like to see Joe Mixon suit up. And at some point this season, I would like to see you use our sponsor, Prize Picks. I love Prize Picks and so does my guy Jackie Lere. Hey, this episode is brought to you by Prize Pix. The hard-hitting football action is even better with Prize Picks. The weather might be changing, but the feeling of being right that never gets old. So, keep the season rolling on Prize Picks by getting $50 instantly in lineups when you play your first $5. Prize Pick is the best way to get action on football in more than 40 states, including California, Texas, and Georgia. And folks, it’s not only football. They also have basketball, hockey, they have esports. Anything you need, they got you covered over at Prize Pix. 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So download the Prize Pix app today and use code CLNS to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. That’s code CLNS to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. Prize picks, it’s good to be right. Oscar # Texans, who do you think is the wide receiver, too? Kirk Higgins, Hutch, or Null? This is a good question because obviously Nico Collins is the uh wide receiver one for this Texans team, but if we’re looking past him, I’m gonna give you a little bit of a switch up here. Give me Hutch. I think Hutch has played very well and has been kind of an unsung guy for this Texans team for the past couple of seasons. And you know, I including me, Jaden Higgins, Jaylen Null, they were awesome this past week. And of course, I want to see more out of the rookies. They are electric. Especially Jaylen Null. I want to see him more in punt return as well. But Xavier Hutchinson, he made one of the best catches this past week that nobody’s really talking about. Remember that conversion that he made where he went up, climbed the ladder, caught it, got hit at the same time, was able to turn and roll with it. I think he is really good. We just don’t see a lot out of him, you know, because he kind of gets overshadowed last year with, you know, Tank Dell, Stefan Diggs, Nico Collins, and then this year you brought in a guy in Christian Kirk, and then you drafted two guys in, you know, also Iowa State guys and Jaden Higgins, Jaylen Null. But sneaky answer here, give me Hutch. Next up, Tristan Smith says, “Texans, are the Colts that good or just an easy schedule?” Um, this is tough as well because, uh, it’s easy for me as a Texans fan to be, “Oh, yeah, the Colts, they actually suck. Yeah, the the the Colts are bad. This, that, and the other.” That’s not the case. The Colts are a good team. And it’s funny because I actually made multiple videos this off season saying that, you know, if the Texans or if the Colts were to start Daniel Jones over Anthony Richardson, it would be bad news for the Texans and the rest of the NFL. because I truly believe this off season that, you know, I won’t say that I was Nostradamus and thought that Daniel Jones would be this good, but I thought he was at least going to be a serviceable, you know, quarterback for the Colts and they have a good offensive line. Jonathan Taylor’s good. They have some good weapons on the offensive side at the wide receiver spot. But Daniel Jones has uh you know, far exceeded anybody’s expectations. At the end of the day though, I do think they have been the benefit of a pretty easy schedule. They played the Titans twice. If the Texans were able to play the Titans twice, yeah, I think the Texans would have a lot better stats as well. They shut the Titans out. They also played the Raiders, who one of the worst teams in the NFL. They barely uh beat the Cardinals team when they they had Jacobe Brassette. So, I’m not taking anything away from the Colts because, you know, we’ll get our shot at them. We play the Colts two times this year as well. I do think they have been somewhat of a benefactor though to a pretty easy schedule. Oh yeah, who did they play week one? Uh, producer Jack. Oh yeah, that’s right. It’s the Miami Dolphins. So, not and not to taking anything away, but I would not put them as the team to beat in the AFC. Call me crazy. Still the Chiefs. Still the Chiefs. If you’re telling me what’s one team you don’t want to play in the playoffs, what’s one team that you’re afraid of in the AFC? It’s still the Kansas City Chiefs. I don’t think anybody would, even after the great start that they’ve had, would say the Indianapolis Colts. What What say you, though? Do you agree with me? Is it the Chiefs? Are they still the team to beat the in the AFC or is it the current one seed if the uh season ended today, the Indianapolis Colts? Let me know down below in the comments section. Who do you think is the team to beat in the AFC? I don’t even know if they’re the top two team to be in the AFC because you have the Kansas City Chiefs. Also, you know, the Chargers, the Broncos. I mean, the the Colts should have lost to the Broncos, but they had a weird leverage penalty. You know, you look at the AFC North, you have the Pittsburgh Steelers have played pretty decently. They, you know, need some help on the defensive side. the AFC East. Still the Buffalo Bills. The Patriots are a surprise team. Let me know down below in the comments section. Who is the team to beat in the AFC? Another question coming in from conditionbased hashtag Texans. What grade do you give the OC last week? Um, obviously a much better grade. I It wasn’t perfect. It wasn’t, you know, the perfect game plan, but you know, flowers were flowers are due. Nick Kaye, I called for your job early on in the season and he’s responded big time. This Texans team, this Texans offense has responded big time and uh you know, Diko Ryan can say what he want about, oh, the media, they just want to say the bad. They just want to say the bad. No, you you’re calling it like it is, right? If the Texans offense is playing bad, I’m not going to come up here and lie to y’all and say, “Oh, yeah, you know, actually, y’all aren’t seeing things right. The Texans offense is playing great.” No, that wasn’t the case. the first four weeks of the season, this Texans offense sucked. So, I will give the Flowers where they’re due. I’ll say a B+ up against the 49ers. I thought some welltimed, you know, one welltimed screen passes, welltimed uh, you know, design plays by Nick Kayley. Also, love the addition of more six, you know, six offensive line, that jumbo personnel, having Blake Fischer in at the tight end spot to have an extra blocker in for CJ Strad. I I I think he did a little bit better this past week. I would give it a B+ though, condition based on how Nick Kayley did this past week up against the 49ers. OneTZ Cosmo Chugs, if you had one trade for Houston to make, would you pick running back, tight end, or O line? I would go tight end. I would go tight end. I I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Nick Kayley is a tight end guy through and through. He is a He was a tight end coach with the Rams. He was a tight ending coach before that with the New England Patriots. And I really really it like deep down think the Texans were going to rely on their tight ends this year. They put a lot of stock in Brevin Jordan, Cade Stove, Daltton Schultz. I mean, just look at training camp. Look at the preeason. Look how they were using those guys during those open practices. They were targeting them a ton. It was a lot of Brevin Jordan. I thought Brevin Jordan was going to be the breakout player for the Texans this year. And if he was healthy, I think we would be talking about Brevin Jordan as the tight end one on this Texans squad. So, if it was up to me, I would want to go out and get a tight end. I like David Andoku. His contract is very tradable for the Cleveland Browns. The Texans already have a good rapport with Cleveland, so I think they could work something out there depending on what the trade compensation would be. For me, it would be tight end. Um, good question though. once he’s Cosmo. Jacob, next up, uh, hashtag Texans, who would you prefer out of Chig, Aonquo, um, Mark Andrews, and Injoku? Um, out of I’ll say this, if I could get Chig a Conquo for a seventh, that would be my pick. I would want to get the guy who, you know, you could get for a very cheap, like very cheap contract and not give up any draft capital. But if I could get David and Jooku for a late round pick swap, I would go in Jooku over Chig Aonquo. I’m not sure what the Browns want in return for David and Jooku. But if I had to choose between these three guys and you’re saying I could go Chigaquo for a seventh or I had to give up a fifth or fourth round pick for David and Jooku, I’d probably pick Chiga Conquo. But if I could do a pick swap for David and Jooku, that would be my answer. That’s all I have for you on today’s show, folks. during our live mailbag. If you missed out or if you’re like, “Hey, how do I get on one of those?” Make sure you tune in to our live shows every Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. Central time. That’s all I got for you. If made it to the end of today’s video, make sure you go down and hit that sub button. [Music]

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– What happens to Woody Marks if the Texans trade for Breece Hall?
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– How confident are you in C.J. Stroud continuing to play well?
– Is there any Joe Mixon injury update?
– Who’s the Texans wide receiver 2 between: Xavier Hutchinson, Christian Kirk, Jayden Higgins or Jaylin Noel?
– Are the Colts the best team in the AFC?
– How do you think Texans offensive coordinator Nick Caley is doing so far?
– What’s the biggest positional need the Texans should address at the NFL trade deadline?
– Which tight end would you trade for: Chig Okonkwo, Mark Andrews or David Njoku?

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