Houston Texans Vs. Kansas City Chiefs: AFC Wild Card Injury Report

As both the Houston Texans and the Kansas City Chiefs take the field, here’s a few injuries that you need to know about.

As opposed to the usual Friday practice in the regular season, the Texans did a just walk-through today with the Wild Card game being tomorrow and the report is listed as if there was an actual practice conducted.

For the Texans,here are the players that are listed on the injury report:

RBAlfred Blue, Calf

OLBJadeveon Clowney, Foot

CBA.J. Bouye, Knee

ILBMax Bullough, Shoulder

SQuintin Demps, Shoulder

TERyan Griffin, Achilles

WRDeAndre Hopkins, Hand

CBKareem Jackson, Ankle

CBKevin Johnson, Foot/Wrist

CBen Jones, Knee

PShane Lechler, Hamstring

OLBWhitney Mercilus, Back

TDerek Newton, Elbow/Shoulder

RBChris Polk, Knee

WRCecil ShortsIII, Hamstring

OLBJohn Simon, Chest

GXavier Su’a-Filo, Calf

WRNate Washington, Hip

DEJ.J. Watt, Groin/Hand

Clowney has been ruled asQUESTIONABLEfor Saturday. Blue, Bouye, Bullough, Demps, Griffin, Hopkins, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Lechler, Mercilus, Newton, Polk, Shorts, Simon, Su’a-Filo, Washington and Watt arePROBABLE.

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Houston Texans’ Tidbits:

Jadeveon Clowney: Clowney’s foot is still ailing them but it appears that the training staff is doing everything they can to get him ready for Saturday. There is still the possibility he may not play as he has been walking with a slight limp all week. He did return to practice Thursday but did not participate in the walk-through scheduled for Friday.Bill O’Brien was vague about his participationin practice Thursday indicating that he “moved around a little bit.” If Clowney can’t go, expect Mercilus, who recently won the AFC Defensive Player of the Month honors, to step in his place stoutly.

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And here’s the injury report for the Kansas City Chiefs:

SHusain Abdullah, Concussion/NFR

OLJeff Allen, Ankle

WRChris Conley, Thumb

LBDee Ford, Concussion/Wrist

LBTamba Hali, Thumb/Knee

LBJustin Houston, Knee

TETravis Kelce, Groin

WRJeremy Maclin, Hip

CMitch Morse, Concussion

TJah Reid, Knee

RBSpencer Ware, Rib

Morse has been ruledOUTfor Sunday. Abdullah, Ford and Hali are listed asQUESTIONABLE.Allen, Conley, Houston, Kelce, Maclin, Reid and Ware arePROBABLE.

Kansas City Chiefs’ Tidbits:

Mitch Morse: Morse was mowed down late in their season finale against the Oakland Raiders causing him to be taken out of the game. He certainly had the symptoms of a concussion and is currently being evaluated for that, now going through the NFL’s protocol for concussions. The rookie center hasn’t practiced all week andthe outlook of him being able to play had already looked grim.Zach Fultonwill get the start at center Saturday.

Tamba Hali: Hali did participate in practice Friday albeit limited. He did play last week and it’s likely he’ll play through the injury this week as it’s the playoffs and there’s no tomorrow. This may help the Texans a bit because he is quite mighty on the pass rush and could definitely giveBrian Hoyersome problems. But if he’s not full strength, that will bode well for the Texans — hopefully.Dee Fordis his backup and he’s also going to be a game-time decision as well as he’s suffering from a concussion.He has resumed practicing in fullso it remains to be seen if he’s able to move through the concussion protocol. Since both Hali and Ford complement each other, it will be interesting to see who steps in their place if both can’t give it a go. I see that highly unlikely though.

Husain Abdullah: He too is going through the NFL’s concussion protocolbut was cleared to practice in full Thursday. His status remains uncertain. He’s another complement to their pass rush with Houston as well.

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The Texans will host theChiefsin theAFC Wild Card GameatNRG Stadium.

Kickoff is scheduled for3:35 p.m. CST.

The game will be televised onESPNand broadcast on610 SportsRadio AM/100.3 FM (KILT)&ESPN Deportes 1180 (KGOL) in Spanish.

Go Texans.

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