Amidst the sweltering heat, relentless humidity, and the borderline tropical storm du jour, as June winds down, you can smell it in the air. The most anticipated training camp in the history of the Houston Texans is almost here.
Tuesday morning, the Texans laid out the dates for camp, exactly one month before the gates open for the media, and a month and five days before they open for the ticket-holding general public.
Getting admittance into Texans training camp this year will be unlike anything we’ve seen in at least five years, maybe longer. This team is one of the hottest commodities in the NFL right now. Whether they deserve to be is a separate topic, but the fact is that they are. With that in mind, here are the things you need to know about Houston Texans training camp:
Everything starts a week earlier than normal, thanks Andre Johnson!
If you’re seeing July 18 as the start date for camp, and you’re saying to yourself “Wow, that feels awfully early!”, then you’re exactly right.
It IS awfully early, and we have soon to be inducted Hall of Famer Andre Johnson to thank for that. With Johnson being part of the 2024 Hall of Fame class, the NFL has slotted the Texans and Chicago Bears as the teams participating in the Hall of Fame game on August 1, in Canton, Ohio, a week before any other teams play a preseason game. Thus, the Texans are allowed to start camp a week earlier, and they will.
The players probably hate it, but for people who LOVE training camp (I’m raising my hand.) this is like Christmas getting moved up to December 18.
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