The Houston Texans have been hit laborious by accidents these days, hurting their possibilities of making the postseason.
The Texans misplaced standout rookie Tank Dell for the rest of the 2023 NFL season when he suffered a fractured fibula.
Dell was one of the crucial spectacular wideouts within the league this season regardless of his dimension, however now head coach DeMeco Ryans and the offense might want to discover methods to fabricate factors with out him.
Making this much more troublesome is C.J. Stroud’s well being as he was knocked out of their Week 14 loss to the New York Jets when he hit his head and was recognized with a concussion.
Stroud was positioned within the league’s concussion protocol and didn’t follow all through the week.
With none practices beneath his belt, the staff introduced that he didn’t journey with them and will likely be out in opposition to the Tennessee Titans through the Texans’ official Twitter account.
T George Fant (hip/sickness) and QB C.J. Stroud (concussion) didn’t journey to Tennessee and have been downgraded to out for #HOUvsTEN.
CB Steven Nelson (wrist) has been added to the damage report and is now questionable.
— Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) December 16, 2023
This was the most definitely end result for Stroud who didn’t clear concussion protocol in time.
Gamers within the protocol must undergo a collection of steps and evaluations earlier than they’re eligible to play once more, and it seems to be like Stroud will want a minimum of another week to get proper.
With out Stroud, Houston is about to begin veteran backup Case Keenum in opposition to Tennessee who’s coming off an exhilarating comeback win in opposition to the Miami Dolphins.
Keenum is a succesful fill-in, however he’s nowhere close to the expertise Stroud is and will battle in opposition to a Titans protection that’s proven indicators of life lately.
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