Texans owner Robert McNair admitted in an interview conducted by the team's website that he's tired of watching his club miss the postseason. "I don't know how much pressure there is on us to do it. But I can just tell you, from our standpoint, we are very impatient about it," McNair said of making the playoffs in 2009. "It's what we fully expect, so I guess we put the pressure on ourselves. I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready and I know our fans are ready. I'm tired of not being in the playoffs. When the playoffs start, I want us still to be playing."

A Dallas police officer who drew his gun after pulling over Texans running back Ryan Moats, who was rushing to a hospital to see his dying mother-in-law, apologized Friday. "I wish to publicly and sincerely apologize to the Moats family, my colleagues in the Dallas Police Department and to all those who have been rightfully angered by my actions," Robert Powell said in the statement. "After stopping Mr. Moats' vehicle, I showed poor judgment and insensitivity to Mr. Moats and his family by my words and actions." By the time Moats received a ticket and a lecture from Powell during the incident, the player's mother-in-law had died.

With his wife and another woman in the car, Texans' running back Ryan Moats sped his car toward Baylor Regional Medical Center of Plano. But when the Moats arrived at emergency room parking lot, they were stopped by Officer Robert Powell, who reportedly drew his service revolver on the concerned family members. Dashcam video from the Dallas officer's patrol car captured the incident. "Get in there," Officer Powell yelled out to Tamishia Moats, Ryan's wife, as she exited the car. "Let me see your hands. Get in there. Put your hands on the car." "Excuse me; my mom is dying," Tamisha Moats replied. She and the other woman ignored Officer Powell's commands and rushed inside the hospital to her dying mother as Ryan Moats and Officer Powell went back-and-forth over insurance paperwork the NFL player was unable to locate. MOATS: "I've got seconds before she's gone, man." POWELL: "Listen: If I can't verify you have insurance..." MOATS: "My mother-in-law is dying!" POWELL: "Listen to me." MOATS: "Right now, you're wasting my time." POWELL: "If you can't verify you have insurance, I'm going to tow your car. So, you either find it or I am going to tow the car." As they argued, the officer got irritated. POWELL: "Shut your mouth. Shut your mouth. You can either settle down and cooperate, or I can just take you to jail for running a red light." "I certainly hope anybody who saw the videotape immediately understood how serious the misconduct is," Chief Kunkle said Thursday afternoon. "I don't know how you train for these circumstances other than to hire people with good common sense and people skills."

The Texans reportedly reached a three-year contract agreement with former Lions defensive tackle Shaun Cody that should be finalized Tuesday. Cody was a second-round pick of Detroit in 2005, but injuries cost him a lot of time early in his career.

Houston quarterback Matt Schaub helped lead the team to the league's third-ranked offense in 2008, but he has loftier goals on his mind for this coming season. "To get to number one. We have very high expectations. We can move the football with anyone," Schaub said. "As long as we don?t hurt ourselves with penalties and turnovers, we?ll be a good offense again. And so we just need to continue that and keep moving the ball down the field, put points on the board and take care of the ball, and good things will happen for us."

The Texans have re-signed veteran safety Nick Ferguson, who started nine games for the team in 2008. He's expected to compete for a starting job with second-year strong safety Dominique Barber next to free safety Eugene Wilson.

The Texans are looking at Cedric Benson as a backup to starting running back Steve Slaton. However, the Bengals are trying to re-sign Benson after he enjoyed success and stayed out of trouble with the team. Benson was waived by the Bears last year.

The Texans have signed quarterback Dan Orlovsky to replace Sage Rosenfels as Matt Schaub's backup. "I think the big reason here is just coach [Gary] Kubiak," Orlovsky said. "Spending time with him and [offensive coordinator Mike] Shanahan, sitting down with them and really getting to know them, not only as football coaches but as people, what they preached and what they believed in, was important to me. "I'm not stupid; I know no team is just going to say, 'Hey, you're our starting quarterback.' So why here? I feel comfortable. I feel that coach Kubiak is a coach that can push me, and I'm excited to learn under him and just get better."