Texans' Andre Hal: Lymphoma in remission

The Texans announced Wednesday that Hal's Hodgkin's Lymphoma is presently in remission.

This is great news for the safety, whose long-term health at one point seemed in serious jeopardy. Houston will continue to monitor Hal's recovery closely, but the progress he's made thus far gives him a shot at making an on-field impact in 2018. He'll be eligible to return to action as soon as Week 7 and could vie for snaps alongside Tyrann Mathieu with fellow safeties Kareem Jackson and Justin Reid having struggled early on.