Like all football fans, the Houston Texans are eager to kick off the regular season.
According to a report by John McClain of the Houston Chronicle, it appears the Texans attempted to end media access to their training camp early and move into a regular-season routine.
McClain says the Texans told reporters who cover the team that Wednesday would be the last day of training camp and the club would go into regular-season mode on Thursday.
What’s the big deal?
Houston’s regular-season media access means reporters could only watch portions of practice, a tradition Bill O’Brien started with his arrival in 2014. His predecessors, Dom Capers and Gary Kubiak, reportedly allowed the media to watch all practices.
NFL rules state, according to McClain, that daily practices must be fully open until Aug. 26, which is the Thursday before Houston’s preseason final against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at NRG Stadium.
The league has ruled in favor of the media and access to training camp will continue.
The move appears to follow how the Texans have operated this spring. After the Texans completed their eight-week offseason schedule with 10 organized team activity sessions, they announced they would not be holding a mandatory minicamp, citing that they had done all of their necessary work.
Houston kicks off the preseason Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. Central against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.
