Unrestricted
CB Jason Allen
S Dominique Barber
G Mike Brisiel
DE Tim Bulman
QB Jake Delhomme
ILB Tim Dobbins
TE Joel Dreessen
QB Jeff Garcia
WR Bryant Johnson
C Chris Myers
K Neil Rackers
G Kasey Studdard
P Matt Turk
RB Derrick Ward
OLB Mario Williams

Restricted
S Quintin Demps
(RB Arian Foster – signed March 6)

Exclusive Rights
(LS Jon Weeks – signed March 5)

Texans inactives
7 QB Jeff Garcia
15 WR Jeff Maehl
26 CB Brandon Harris
33 FS Troy Nolan
61 G Thomas Austin
66 T Andrew Gardner
88 TE Garrett Graham

Texans starting lineup changes
None

Bengals inactives
26 S Taylor Mays
31 S Robert Sands
52 LB Dontay Moch
60 G Otis Hudson
73 OT Anthony Collins
85 WR Armon Binns
98 DT Nick Hayden

Bengals starting lineup changes

Among players, 14 of 53 (26.4 percent) on the active roster have played in a postseason game. In other words, 39 of 53 (73.6 percent) have not. The Texans have a total of 53 games of playoff experience on the roster, including four Super Bowl appearances.

Will that be a factor against the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday? Texans head coach Gary Kubiak, who has been to six Super Bowls as a player and coach, was asked Tuesday about overcoming his team’s lack of playoff experience.

“I don’t know that answer,” he said. “I mean, I’ve been asked so many times. It is what it is. From that standpoint, as far as our players, maybe that’s a good thing that they don’t have a lot of things to pull from. It’s just, ‘Go play it like any other game.’ They know that the result – the biggest factor – you can move on. If you don’t play well, you’re not moving on, you’re going home. They all understand that, but this is the Houston Texans’ first taste of a playoff game.”

Kubiak said that playoff-tested veterans Antonio Smith and Danieal Manning have stepped up as leaders this week, passing along “a lot of great information” to their teammates – not to mention taking things up a notch on the practice field.

“Watching Danieal Manning practice today and watching him prepare – if you’re his teammate, you know there was something different about it today,” Kubiak said Tuesday. “You just ask those guys to lead the way, and we got a lot of good players that need to jump in there and go with them, so we’ll find out.”

Among coaches, 14 of 16 (87.5 percent) have playoff experience. Defensive backs coach Vance Joseph and offensive assistant Marc Lubick are the lone exceptions. The Texans’ coaching staff has coached and/or played in 175 postseason games. Kubiak has coached in 16 and played in four. Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips has coached in 26.

The Texans have eight coaches who have participated in Super Bowls, with 10 rings and 20 appearances among them. Kubiak won three Super Bowls as a coach — one as quarterbacks coach in San Francisco in 1994 and two as offensive coordinator in Denver in 1997-98.

“I hope they (players) look at our staff and pull from everybody,” Kubiak said. “Wade’s been in a lot of big football games, (offensive coordinator) Rico (Rick Dennison), guys have been in a lot of playoff games, have been around those type of things. They got to look to everybody, and like I said, there’s a lot of information to be passed along this week, whether it’s from me, coaches, players who’ve played in playoff games, but the bottom line is we’re going to play with the same ball, we’re going play on the same fields.  That was my message to them (Tuesday) morning: ‘Hey, whatever you did during the season, you did a hell of a job.  You make sure you’re doing the same thing this week as we prepare for Saturday.’”

Here’s a list of the 14 Texans players with postseason experience:

Player: Number of Playoff Games
QB Jake Delhomme: 8 – 2 WC (2003-04), 3 D (2003, 2005, 2008), 2 C (2003, 2005), 1 SB (2003)
ILB Tim Dobbins: 7 – 2 WC (2007-08), 4 D (2006-09), 1 C (2007)
P Matt Turk: 7 – 4 WC (1999-02), 3 D (1999-2000, 2002)
QB Jeff Garcia: 6 – 4 WC (2001-02, 2006-07), 2 D (2002, 2006)
K Neil Rackers: 6 – 2 WC (2008-09, 2 D (2008-09), 1 C (2008), 1 SB (2008)
FS Danieal Manning: 5 – 2 D (2006, 2010, 2 C (2006, 2010), 1 SB (2006)
DE Antonio Smith: 4 – 1 WC (2008), 1 D (2008), 1 C  (2008), 1 SB  (2008)
FS Quintin Demps: 3 – 1 WC (2008), 1 D (2008), 1 C (2008)
C Chris Myers: 2 – 1 D (2005), 1 C (2005)
CB Jason Allen: 1 – 1 WC (2008)
CB Johnathan Joseph: 1 – 1 WC (2009)
LG Wade Smith: 1 – 1 WC (2006)
WR Kevin Walter: 1 – 1 WC (2005)
RB Derrick Ward: 1 – 1 D (2008)
* WC = Wild Card round, D = Divisional round, C = Conference championship, SB = Super Bowl

Texans inactives
7 QB Jeff Garcia
22 CB Sherrick McManis
23 RB Arian Foster
24 CB Johnathan Joseph
33 FS Troy Nolan
65 G Mike Brisiel
81 TE Owen Daniels

Texans starting lineup changes
Ben Tate will start at running back for Arian Foster. Joel Dreessen will start at tight end for Owen Daniels. Antoine Caldwell still start at right guard for Mike Brisiel. Jason Allen will start at cornerback for Johnathan Joseph.

Titans inactives
11 QB Rusty Smith
44 FB Quinn Johnson
51 LB Gerald McRath
60 C Kevin Matthews
68 T Byron Stingily
91 DL Jason Jones
93 DT Shaun Smith

Titans starting lineup changes
Dave Ball will start at defensive end for Jason Jones.

Texans inactives
7 QB Jeff Garcia
22 CB Sherrick McManis
33 FS Troy Nolan
65 G Mike Brisiel
66 T Andrew Gardner
80 WR Andre Johnson
88 TE Garrett Graham

Texans starting lineup changes
Jacoby Jones will start at wide receiver for Andre Johnson. Antoine Caldwell still start at right guard for Mike Brisiel.

Colts inactives
18 QB Peyton Manning
20 DB Mike Holmes
44 TE Dallas Clark
50 LB Philip Wheeler
56 LB Scott Lutrus
69 OT Quinn Ojinnaka
97 DE Mario Addison

Colts starting lineup changes
Dan Orlovsky will start at quarterback for Peyton Manning. Jacob Tamme will start at tight end for Dallas Clark. Tyler Brayton will start at defensive tackle for Antonio Johnson. Ernie Sims will start at strongside linebacker for Philip Wheeler.

Texans inactives
7 QB Jeff Garcia
22 CB Sherrick McManis
65 G Mike Brisiel
66 T Andrew Gardner
80 WR Andre Johnson
88 TE Garrett Graham
93 DE Tim Bulman

Texans starting lineup changes
Jacoby Jones will start at wide receiver for Andre Johnson. Antoine Caldwell still start at right guard for Mike Brisiel.

Panthers inactives
2 QB Jimmy Clausen
5 K Adi Kunalic
19 WR Seyi Ajirotutu
27 CB Darius Butler
86 WR Darvin Adams
91 LB Kion Wilson
92 DE Eric Norwood

Panthers starting lineup changes
None announced.

Texans inactives
7 QB Jeff Garcia
26 CB Brandon Harris
61 G Thomas Austin
66 T Andrew Gardner
80 WR Andre Johnson
88 TE Garrett Graham
93 DE Tim Bulman

Texans starting lineup changes
Jacoby Jones will start at wide receiver for Andre Johnson.

Bengals inactives
31 S Robert Sands
40 HB Brian Leonard
52 LB Dontay Moch
65 G Clint Boling
71 OT Andre Smith
88 WR Ryan Whalen
96 DE Carlos Dunlap

Bengals starting lineup changes
Anthony Collins will start at right tackle for Andre Smith.