The Texans designated three players for return this week and two of them will be joining the active roster for Sunday’s game against the Titans.
Safety M.J. Stewart and defensive tackle Kayden McDonald have been activated. Stewart was on the physically unable to perform list while recovering from a knee injury while McDonald, who was a second-round pick this year, hurt his ankle ahead of Week 1.
The Texans cleared space for them on the active roster by waiving quarterback Mark Gronowski and wide receiver Bryce Oliver. Both players signed with the team this week.
The Texans also elevated cornerback Bryce Hall and linebacker Kenneth Murray from the practice squad on a temporary basis.
The Cardinal are working on a trade for receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., with the destination currently unknown.
The speculation for now centers on the Texans, per multiple sources.
For whatever reason, the Cardinals are keeping that under wraps. They could be hoping to get someone else to make a better offer, or they could be hoping to squeeze a little more out of the Texans before a deal is done.
The trade, if it happens, will reunited Harrison with Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud. They spent multiple years together at Ohio State.
The package is expected to include a second-round pick. The Texans, we’re told, had offered a second-round pick in 2028. The Cardinals have been pushing for a second-round pick in 2027.
It seems inevitable at this point that Harrison will be traded; the cat has well escaped the bag. And it should surprise no one if/when it’s the Texans — unless some other team out there makes a late play with a better package of picks.
Another 2024 top-10 draft pick is about to be on the move.
According to ESPNFL, the Cardinals will be trading receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. Harrison, per the report, will be inactive for Sunday’s game against the Lions, as the details are finalized.
The current chatter in league circles is that Harrison will land in Houston, where he’d be reunited with former Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud.
The Cardinals, we’re told, had been looking for a package that includes a second-round pick. Whether they get that remains to be seen.
And it’s definitely unusual for the news of a trade to emerge without a destination. It could be an eleventh-hour attempt to get other teams to the table, in the hopes of driving up the price.
When the trade happens, Harrison will join former Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy, who was taken tenth overall in 2024, as players traded fairly quickly by the teams that took them.
Harrison has become largely forgotten in the Arizona offense under new coach Mike LaFleur. In four games this season, he has five catches for 85 yards and one touchdown.
One of the five 0-4 teams entering Week 5 (the Buccaneers) has finally gotten its first win of 2026. Four winless teams remain.
Two of them — the Chargers and Texans — made the playoffs last year.
Via NBC Sports research, the last time two playoff teams started the next year 0-4 happened in 1999. That year, both Super Bowl teams from the prior season (the Broncos and Falcons) got off to an 0-4 start.
Also, no pair of playoff teams has started 0-5 in the next season. Ever.
No playoff team has started 0-5 the next year since the 2017 Giants.
The most teams ever to start the year 0-4 is five. The 2026 quintet matches five 0-4 teams in 2009, 1996, 1991, 1979, and 1962.
With the 0-4 Texans playing the 0-4 Titans, the most possible 0-5 teams this year will be three: the Chargers, the Dolphins, and the loser of Texans-Titans.
The Titans list wide receiver Carnell Tate as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Texans.
The team added the first-round pick to the injury report Thursday, and he had another limited practice Friday.
He has 22 catches for 268 yards so far this season.
Cornerback Joshua Williams (pec) and tight end David Martin-Robinson (hamstring) are also questionable.
Safety Amani Hooker (concussion) is ruled out after missing practice all week.
Defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons (back) has no injury designation.
