Houston Texans

Nick Saban accomplished the unimaginable in actually raising the bar for Alabama football, where Paul "Bear" Bryant had long been the measuring stick. Alabama Public Radio reported nationally on NPR on possible replacements for the all time most national championship winning coach.

Houston Texans receiver John Metchie III returned to practice, the first day of training camp, after missing his entire rookie season following a leukemia diagnosis. The former Alabama standout was a full participant in the almost two-hour workout after being cleared to return a little more than a year after revealing he had acute promyelocytic leukemia.