The final episode of HBO's "Hard Knocks" aired last night, and several of the Texans featured "are headed elsewhere as practice-squad players," according to David Barron of the HOUSTON CHRONICLE. CB Charles James landed with the Ravens, LB Kourtnei Brown with the Buccaneers and WR Uzoma Nwachukwu with the Dolphins. "Hard Knocks" Producer and co-Director Matt Dissinger said, "Maybe 40 percent to 60 percent of the long-shot characters we’ve featured have made it somewhere, including someone else’s practice squad. This year was unique. This is my eighth year, and I don’t recall such a wide variety (of outcomes).” Meanwhile, Barron noted the Texans-focused season is "on track to rival the most-watched 'Hard Knocks' series in program history" (4.5 million for the Jets in '10 and 4.1 million for the Dolphins in '12). This was Dissinger’s eighth year working on “Hard Knocks,” and he said, “I have a lot of attachment to this one. From a personality standpoint, starting with the head coach to superstar players to long-shot characters, I don’t know that we’ve had stronger personalities" (CHRON.com, 9/8).
