Houston Texans vs KC Chiefs: 2017 Week 5 Injury Report Analysis

ByBrian K. Patterson|Oct 7, 2017, 4:37 PM EDT

OAKLAND, CA - OCTOBER 16: Right guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif

The story of the 2017 season proceeds with the Houston Texans taking on the Kansas City Chiefs this week with some injuries to boot.

TheHouston Texansand the Kansas City Chiefs will be taking the field Sunday, here’s a few injuries that you need to know about.

For the Houston Texans, here are the players that are listedon the injury report:

CBMarcus Burley, Knee

DEChristian Covington, Knee

GKyle Fuller, Hamstring

SAndre Hal, Ribs

ILBBen Heeney, Knee

CBKareem Jackson, Hamstring

CBKevin Johnson, Knee

C/GGreg Mancz, Knee

OLBWhitney Mercilus, Ankle

GXavier Su’a-Filo, Knee

RBJordan Todman, Foot

DEJ.J. Watt, Finger

Fuller, Heeney and Johnson areOUT.Mancz isQUESTIONABLE.Burley, Covington, Hal, Jackson, Mercilus, Su’a-Filo, Todman and Watt arePROBABLE.

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Houston Texans’ Tidbits:

Kevin Johnson:The second-year cornerback isexpected to miss at least two more gamespending evaluation before returning back to the field. He did not practice this week either. Johnson suffered his knee injury against the Cincinnati Bengals during Week 2. He truly has not played well even when healthy but I do give credence to the fact that he has been mostly sidelined since his NFL debut nearly two seasons ago.Kareem Jacksonwill get the start but newcomerJohnthan Bankswill also get reps at the position as well.

Greg Mancz: Mancz apparently injured his knee against the Pats in Week 3 and did not practice after seeing some limited action this week in practice but not practicing yesterday. Even though Mancz is questionable,Jeff Allenwas going to start at right guard presumptuously but his help is always needed. Mancz has contributed mightily to the offensive line although his play as of late has been slightly below par. We’ll see how long he’s out.

And here’s the injury reportfor the Kansas City Chiefs:

GLaurent Duvernay-Tardif, Knee

TEric Fisher, Back

LBDee Ford, Back

DTBennie Logan, Knee

CMitch Morse, Foot

LBKevin Pierre-Louis, Groin

QBAlex Smith, Ankle

Duvernay-Tardif, Ford and Morse have been ruledOUT.Fisher, Logan, Pierre-Louis and Smith arePROBABLE.

Kansas City Chiefs Tidbits:

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif:The Chiefs right guard sprained his knee in their Week 4 Monday night match up with the Washington Redskins. He hasn’t practiced all week and will be out Sunday night. He has performed decently at his position (PFF Grade: 70.7) but expectJordan Deveyto fill in for him at his spot. He hasn’t played all that particular well (40.4) but last week was his first appearance for the four-year player, taking 74 snaps at right guard. We’ll have to see if he’s up to the challenging the Texans’ bone-crunching pass rush.

Dee Ford:Ford injured his back against the San Diego Chargers a couple of weeks ago and this will be his second-straight game to miss. The ailing edge rusher has a lackluster PFF grade of 40.4 on the season and will likely be replaced with veteranFrank Zombo, who has 92 snaps at ROLB in the past two weeks after taking only 14 in the first two. Zombo isn’t much better either with a grade of a 50.2 on the season.

Mitch Morse:The center has been out since Week 2 after spraining his foot against the Chargers. He won’t need surgery but is expected to miss a few weeks, including this one.Zach Fulton, who has performed decently (67.4 grade) after taking all of the snaps on offense at center is expected to be the starter moving forward until Morse heals.

Next: Why DE Christian Covington should start right away

The Houston Texans are back at home to face theChiefsatNRG Stadium.

Kickoff is scheduled for7:30 p.m. CDT.

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

Go Houston Texans.

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