The Houston Texans have been selected for HBO’s Hard Knocks, ESPN’s Tania Ganguli reports.
I’ll watch. The country will meet Bill O’Brien, too RT @taniaganguli: The #Texans have been selected for Hard Knocks, per multiple sources.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) May 27, 2015
Houston reportedly emerged as the favorites to be featured on Hard Knocks within the last week.
The Texans were one of nine NFL teams that could’ve been forced to appear on the show this summer (the Titans, Jaguars, Buccaneers, Giants, Redskins, Rams, Browns and Vikings are the other eight teams).
The other 23 NFL teams had the ability to opt out because they either have a first-year head coach, have appeared on the show within the last decade or have made the playoffs within the past two seasons.
Though one team is required to participate in the show every year (a rule that went into effect in 2013), NFL Films, which produces the series, doesn’t want an unwilling participant, like Cleveland.
Seven different NFL teams have been featured in the annual sports-based reality series — the Ravens (2001), Cowboys (2002, 2008), Chiefs (2007), Bengals (2009, 2013), Jets (2010), Dolphins (2012) and Falcons (2014).
The main storylines this August will be centered around superstars J.J. Watt and Arian Foster, as well as the quarterback battle between Ryan Mallett and Brian Hoyer, the health status (and emergence) of Jadeveon Clowney and Brian Cushing, the coaching style of Bill O’Brien and the post-Andre Johnson ascension of DeAndre Hopkins.
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