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Oct 22, 2015

Texans WR Cecil Shorts (hamstring) missed practice agai...

Oct 22, 2015 · 6:35 PM EDT

Texans WR Cecil Shorts (hamstring) missed practice again Thursday. Shorts has been ruled out for Week 7, so Nate Washington should have most of the WR2 snaps to himself opposite DeAndre Hopkins.

Oct 21, 2015

Texans WR Cecil Shorts (hamstring) did not practice Wed...

Oct 21, 2015 · 6:13 PM EDT

Texans WR Cecil Shorts (hamstring) did not practice Wednesday. Shorts has been ruled out for Week 7, so Nate Washington should have most of the WR2 snaps to himself opposite DeAndre Hopkins.

Oct 16, 2015

Texans WR Nate Washington (hamstring, out) missed pract...

Oct 16, 2015 · 6:15 PM EDT

Texans WR Nate Washington (hamstring, out) missed practice all week and is out for Week 6. Cecil Shorts will likely play a ton of snaps opposite DeAndre Hopkins.

Sep 25, 2015

Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins (concussion, probable) took f...

Sep 25, 2015 · 7:02 PM EDT

Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins (concussion, probable) took full practice reps Friday after missing practice earlier in the week and is probable for Week 3. Hopkins’ return to practice is a very good sign for his Week 3 availability, though he still has another test to pass. The matchup against the Buccaneers is favorable.

Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins (concussion) returns to practice

Houston Chronicle

Sep 25, 2015 · 1:39 PM EDT

Texans star wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins returned to practice Friday after being under the mandatory NFL concussion testing protocol this week.

Under NFL rules governing concussions, players are required to pass a baseline neurological exam before they’re allowed to be medically cleared to return to practice.

Hopkins got hurt Sunday against the Carolina Panthers, but didn’t report feeling any symptoms until Monday, when his community event at NRG Stadium scheduled for that night was postponed.

Fantasy Impact:

The article doesn't state if Hopkins has been completely cleared, but his return to practice is a very good sign for his Week 3 availability. The matchup against the Buccaneers is favorable.

Sep 24, 2015

Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins (concussion) missed practice ...

Sep 24, 2015 · 6:16 PM EDT

Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins (concussion) missed practice again Thursday. Hopkins’ concussion was a surprise. He’ll have to navigate through the league’s concussion protocol to play on Sunday. We should know by Saturday, though owners will want to have a Plan B in place. Beat writer Tania Ganguli said that HC Bill O’Brien sounded optimistic about Hopkins’ Week 3 availability. If he’s out, Nate Washington and Cecil Shorts become Sneaky Starts.

Sep 23, 2015

Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins (concussion) did not practice...

Sep 23, 2015 · 6:12 PM EDT

Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins (concussion) did not practice Wednesday. Hopkins’ concussion comes as a surprise. He’ll have to navigate through the league’s concussion protocol to play on Sunday. We should know by Saturday, but owners will want to have a Plan B in place.

Aug 03, 2015

DeAndre Hopkins becomes Texans WR1

Houston Chronicle

Aug 03, 2015 · 9:17 AM EDT

Last season, Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins began to earn respect around the NFL as an elite receiver, catching 76 passes for 1,210 yards (15.8 average) and six touchdowns.

Part of what made Hopkins' performance so impressive was playing with four quarterbacks, including three starters.

No matter who wins the starting job this season, Brian Hoyer or Ryan Mallett, the coaches are hoping he brings stability to an offense that should feature Hopkins in the passing game.

"I do have higher expectations," Hopkins said. "I'm in a role where I should catch more balls. I've got to capitalize on those opportunities."

Fantasy Impact:

With Andre Johnson out of the picture, Hopkins becomes the focal point of the defense, which means he's going to draw a lot of double coverage. In the offseason, Hopkins was unable to step on the practice field except as a spectator. He was recovering from surgery to repair ligament damage in his wrist. It was an unfamiliar situation for him. Hopkins is 13th on our WR list and should collect more targets as the team's WR1. Some stability at QB will also help Hopkins.

Aug 02, 2015

When he balked at the presumption by some that he was o...

ESPN

Aug 02, 2015 · 8:23 PM EDT

When he balked at the presumption by some that he was out of the Houston Texans quarterback battle, Ryan Mallett hadn't yet gotten his day.

It came instead on Sunday, when Mallett spent most of his day with the first team, just as Brian Hoyer had done the day before. In an early first-team offense vs. first-team defense session, Mallett completed six of nine throws.

The day's crowd pleaser came on a deep throw from Mallett to DeAndre Hopkins -- a signature Hopkins one-handed touchdown catch. The throw was nice and the catch was, too. In fact Mallett had nice touch on several of his throws.

Jul 24, 2015

Texans Beat: Nate Washington, Cecil Shorts have the edge on Jaelen Strong

ESPN

Jul 24, 2015 · 4:53 PM EDT

Texans beat writer Tania Ganguli (ESPN) projects that Nate Washington and Cecil Shorts will start Week 1 alongside DeAndre Hopkins.

Fantasy Impact:

To be fair, rookie Jaelen Strong had a rough spring and has time in camp to close the gap. But in Shorts and Washington, he'll have to overcome a couple of very experienced veterans. Shorts (27) is younger than Washington (32), but Washington has been more durable in recent years. Given the team's quarterback situation, there isn't a whole lot to like in the passing game other than Hopkins, who figures to be a target-hog.