Texans training camp takeaways: Youth movement surging

HOUSTON — If you put the first five days of Houston Texans training camp into a regular season game perspective, the first quarter would be complete.

On Monday, the players were finally in pads, and it was a welcome sight, especially to players like rookie defensive end Will Anderson. 

“Oh, it felt great,” said Anderson. “That’s one of the things I’ve been waiting for. I know we don’t go pads a lot in the NFL, but just to get that feeling again and just to hit somebody and fly around and jump up and down, it was fun.”

Here are a few takeaways from the first five days of camp.