They may not be playing in the Super Bowl tonight, but your Houston Texans are in the news today for reasons beyond their stadium being the site of Super Bowl LI (thanks to Wotan for bringing this story to my attention).
The two juiciest: The Patriots asked for frustrated receiver DeAndre Hopkins in a potential trade for Collins -- offensive building block in need of an extension for defensive building block in need of an extension. That was a non-starter for the Texans, even with Hopkins battling uneven quarterback play.