The Final Preseason Game to Prove Yourself | Texans 2015 Hard Knocks Episode 5 

Texans kicker like "Damn Vince might take my spot"

Even in 2015, you can see how good of a coach Mike Vrabel was and is.

My boy Charles James was the star of this season of Hard Knocks

God E.Z’s little crush moment was just so innocent and pure. Something I never thought I’d see on a football field (practice or otherwise)

Charles James getting cut was pretty hard to watch, but serves as another great example of how brutal the NFL can be in terms of just trying to make a roster. Man did everything right and it literally just came down to a lack of size and bad timing, two things entirely out of his control. That's got to be the worst feeling in the world to know that you did everything to make the team and still got cut in the end because the timing just wasn't there.

O'Brien shows the respect for his players when cutting them unlike other Hard Knocks

EZ’s eyes when the soccer player came 😂😂

Charles James honestly would be that analyst that would beat 80% of the ones on these sports networks today. Great personality, works harder than anyone else, and doesn't make excuses. I know the Texans got him back in 2016 but man, he deserves to be on T.V and on the field more. And as a Titans fan, thanks for letting us hire Vrabel.

Charles James>James Charles

Im a Texans fan and I always thought it was a mistake cutting Kourtnei Brown and Charles James. Both were getting better and better, it’s like were gave em away to start over

Them cutting charles was heartbreaking🥺 great player!

So what’s the next Hard Knocks y’all posting?! Please keep posting them too please!! All of us non-HBO users greatly appreciate it

THANK YOU NFL THROWBACK!

Vrabel is a really good coach just from what I've seen from this

Imagine being charles james and watching this back and knowing that you didn't get a spot cause of your height

When your LB coach appears more head coach-like than the actual head coach.

bro the people that do good during preseason be the main ones getting cut😭🤦🏽‍♂️

12:30 is an all time great Hard Knocks moment. Always makes me laugh.

YES!!!! Thank you!!! NFL Throwback

They really just killed off all the main characters

R.I.P. Louis Nix.😢

Can you keep uploading hard knocks? These are awesome

Keep it coming throwback

If I have to watch the Discover ad on these Hard Knocks videos on RU-vid one more time...kill me

This season had pbly the most likable roster margin guys. They made this season great and also this final ep incredibly tough to watch.

Damn, these cuts are so real man. Sucks to see the meetings where they tell them the bad news.

YESSSSS LETS GOOOOOO

Whenever they say, “ if u need something, let me know”, they don’t really mean it.

Real motivating speech by carli Lloyd lmao

Refreshed my feed hoping to see this and sure enough *posted 54 seconds ago* :)

I hope he did those same push ups when he treaded D Hop, because he definitely screwed up 🤦🏾‍♂️

12:29 "*MEOW* on 3... 1, 2, 3, *MEOW*" amazing 🤣

I just wanna say hi... i’m a big fan😭😂😂

When you get cut & they tell you if you need something let me (us) know... ya I need a job

I felt bad for Kourtnei Brown, dude gets a sack and Vrabel pretty much blows him off...took the excitement right outta him...I get that Covington pushed the qb outta the pocket but damn

Alright “meow” on 3. “1-2-3 Meow!”

Kourtney brown has quickness but it’s obvious hes raw af..plus u can always see when a player is thinking to much..u cant make plays if u always thinking about making mistakes

2:14 You know, coming back to this after what Carli Lloyd grilled the 2023 USWST after their Group Stages, you can tell how much the moment meant to her. That and if the Texans needed an emergency kicker, you could have found someone who handled pressure well. Now look at the soccer team 8 years later. No energy, no determination, no drive. What a difference people like Carli make.

Looks like Christmas came early this year

Wilfork a top five all time likable player. So happy he has a ring!

Bill used to actually be a damn good coach. he’s not a good GM.

RIP Louis Nix III

RIP Louis Nix

Watching this after they traded d hop makes you wonder all the other bad choices O’Brien made

pleaaaaassseeeee do one more season?

Please put the browns hard knocks up next

Dhop tryin to slide in those DMs real quick lmao

The Titans coach did a similar approach that the Giants Coaches did on Cruz, rush them back before they were fully healed

The nervousnous and anticipation.

Vrabel shoulda been the HC here. His attitude, toughness and general demeanor brings out the fight in all of them

0:46 can this be clipped to make since with the Hopkins trade?

Respect to jj watt for stayin late after practice and signing all those fans stuff. That wuz trill af. 95% of players in the leauge wouldn't do that

Guide to a Bill O'Brien pep talk: "It's all about _____."

Really not sure how much more Kourtnei brown could have done in the preseason games to be honest. I thought he would have at least made practice squad after his showing

BoB deserves a spot back in the NFL. just not as a GM. he's a good, fair leader

Houston - so bill we've decided to cut you Bill - 😶

Coach Brian says "I screwed up, telle to go screw myself." 😆 and starts doing pushups

I respect the way the head coach treats his players to give them advice, but as far as his coaching skills are concerned he just makes some bad trades snd even worse plays. The players know how to read the field better than he does, and they get it done. He needs to step down as coach if the Texans want a ring.

For as bad of a GM as BOB was he was a pretty damn good coach and before the blowup he was loved by players

What’s worse seeing EZ get cut and carrying out his stuff in plastic bags or Kourtney Brown getting cut he played his ass off too that one looked personal

Great coach....only one to yell one brady keep his job to tell about ir

Louis nix former golden domer and 3rd rd pik wow

RIP Louis Nix.

The way the coach told EZ he’s looking for someone better than him is messed up. He couldn’t find any better way to put it in words?

Do the raiders hard knocks

Was that the entirety of soccer champ speech? Maybe she wasn’t expecting to give a speech. Hey the field goal part made up for it

Ehh Corey Moore is in the CFL now! Plus Jumal Rolle plays for my Hometown Hamilton Tigercats!

Btw wasnt this the year tom savage ended up coming in n actually player pretty good for them?

Why would they cut 3 sack Kourtnei Brown wtf

The Texans dline coach looks like the actor will Ferrell

Never seen a koach do push ups !

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I always like to look up the guys they cut, most times they end up on a roster somewhere. Kourtnei Brown stood out to me the most though, cut 7 times! But an awesome ending for him is that he made the Bucs roster and got to record 1 tackle. It’s one tackle, sure, but I know that must have meant the world to him, I hope he rides that single tackle in the NFL until the day he dies.

32:12 Damn they went so long without saying juice

I hope I make it to the NFL

anyone else see case keenum

Bro Charles James was literally on top of every reciever on every play, he just couldnt make the PBU... footwork legendary but just couldnt finish the play.

Both coaches got fired LOL

Which hard knocks is next?

No you ain't good enough. See ya.

What was that at 23:37. Who was the 3 round pick, cause Jackson was a 1 round and James was undrafted.

Man if only Charles James ii was 3 inches taller

Ez gotta chill man😂

Great move For EX not even goin bacc to Texans practice squad shii I wouldn’t go back neither if they called me back N I would of Chose the Ravens over the Dolphins also hahaha

He gone. BoB fires.

Tempo good tempo

I'm just here to watch ads

He cut Charles cause of his size and bruh can play

Hope I go to Clemson or Ohio state and be great at football

Vinc got a career as a kicker not Ganna lie

kourtney brown was the best defender the entire camp and gets cut.....just goes to show hard work does NOT always pay off. Also glad he didnt say a word in the meeting, they didnt deserve a response make them think they are talking to themselves #NoClassOrg

how big is jj watt holy shit

Anyone know why Vrabel likes brown so much

Houston should have kept Mike Vrabel around how did Houston not see the leadership potential as a head coaching candidate?

They had Vince jj watt and clowney and didn’t do nothing on the d line

Dhop really didn't like Bill AT ALL 😅🤣🤣

Come Thursday get ready for y'alls first L ! 😆😆

21:19 NFL average CB height is 5'10. Not a good excuse.

Only 165lbs but I want to go head up with JJ Watt so badly

Don’t understand the love here for Charles. You either have it or you don’t and he was getting cooked or in bad positions. You don’t make the team because of your personality. Texans fan who say he should’ve made it are what’s wrong with that franchise lol