Alan Ball

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Houston Texans - INSIDE SLANT When the Houston Texans began this week's organized team activities Monday, the big story featured injured players and how soon they will be able to return. Free safety Ed Reed...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Jacksonville Jaguars - INSIDE SLANT Same person? Yes. Same offense? Don't know, he wouldn't say this time. Same explanation? Yes. Same length of time to explain it? No, much shorter this time. That sums up the...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Jacksonville Jaguars - INSIDE SLANT Jaguars wide receiver Justin Blackmon said Monday that the two strikes against him in the past 11 months doesn't mean he has a drinking or substance abuse problem. "I would say...

NFL Team Report - Houston Texans - INSIDE SLANT As soon as the Texans' rookie minicamp began, all eyes were on receiver DeAndre Hopkins, the first-round draft choice from Clemson. Hopkins (6-1, 214) is under a lot of pressure to learn fast enough and...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Jacksonville Jaguars - INSIDE SLANT After evaluating the results of last weekend's rookie minicamp, which included five defensive backs taken in the draft, new coach Gus Bradley decided he needed help. So he...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Houston Texans - INSIDE SLANT Houston Texans coach Gary Kubiak is taking a wait-and-see position on the possibility of moving outside linebacker Brooks Reed inside to play next to Brian Cushing. Assistant coaches...

The Sports Xchange Jaguars sign CB Marcus Trufant Cornerback Marcus Trufant signed a one-year deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Tuesday. Trufant, the 11th overall pick in the 2003 draft, had spent his entire NFL career with the Seattle Seahawks,...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Jacksonville Jaguars - INSIDE SLANT No one was more excited to conduct a three day rookie minicamp than new Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley and his staff. Probably because no one is going to count on...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Jacksonville Jaguars - INSIDE SLANT What is it with wide receivers and the Jacksonville Jaguars? It's like oil and water, night and day, the Hatfields and McCoys. What it's not been is paradise. The latest rift...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Houston Texans - INSIDE SLANT Coach Gary Kubiak has thrown up a stop sign on the possibility of moving outside linebacker Brooks Reed inside to play next to Brian Cushing. The coaches believe Cushing and Reed, who...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Jacksonville Jaguars - INSIDE SLANT The Jaguars got their man. They're hoping they got him for the next 10 years. In selecting offensive tackle Luke Joeckel as the No. 2 overall pick of the NFL Draft on Thursday...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Houston Texans - INSIDE SLANT Three days before the first round of the draft, Texans general manager Rick Smith told the media he would never reach in the first round but if need meets value, the team hits a home...