{"id":40990,"date":"2025-02-12T09:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T15:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/?p=40990"},"modified":"2025-05-03T07:33:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T12:33:36","slug":"a-look-at-the-houston-texans-franchise-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/a-look-at-the-houston-texans-franchise-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look at the Houston Texans Franchise Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/houston-texans-logo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"houston texans logo\" class=\"wp-image-21841 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/houston-texans-logo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"houston texans logo\" class=\"wp-image-21841 lazyload\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Houston Texans<\/strong> are not even a real NFL franchise IMO. Terrible uniforms, forgettable players \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/nfl-kicker-kris-brown-kicked-a-donut-into-my-skull-video\/\">other than All-Pro kicker Kris Brown<\/a> \u2013 the entire AFC South could fall into the ocean and no one would notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will never be as cool as the Houston Oilers. They will never be as successful. The dumbest thing in sports is how they built Reliant Stadium DIRECTLY next to the Astrodome \u2013 while it sits there vacant, crumbling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps that is the best visualization of this franchise \u2013 shiny, new, wasteful spending, nothing of any substance. Who TF is actually a Houston Texans fan and WHY would they be? Your owner forced the Oilers out of town and turned them into the Tennessee <a href=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/football\/nfl\/tennessee-titans\/\">Titans<\/a>. 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