July is here, and the Houston Texans begin training camp in two weeks on Thursday, and they will play their first preseason game a month from today.

It’s July and football starts this month.

Two weeks from Thursday, the Texans will begin training camp at the Houston Methodist Training Center.

Two weeks later, Houston faced the Bears in the first preseason game of the year. We are almost there !

If you missed it Friday night on Texans All Access, two former defensive ends got together and had a fascinating conversation. ND Kalu, who played the final three seasons of an 11-year career with the Texans, reunited with Antonio Smith. Known as the “Ninja Assassin,” Smith played 13 years in the NFL, six of which were very good years here in Houston.

Listen to it below, if you missed it Friday night.