I'm not sure there is another team in the NFL that needs a bye week as badly as the Houston Texans do. Luckily for them, they have one coming up after their next game with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Now, that's not the reason they lost to the Tennessee Titans, but it certainly isn't helping.
Against the Titans, they were already without a few key players. Of course, another injury happened during the game, giving the Texans some more bad news to report.
Last week, before their game against the Dallas Cowboys, the Texans called up practice squad cornerback Ka'dar Hollman to help their depth. He became CB2 on the day. And, he played pretty well in that game.
On Sunday against the Titans, he got hurt.
According to Texans insider Aaron Wilson, Hollman will miss the remainder of the 2024 season.
The Texans will either call up more cornerbacks from the practice squad, or they will go out and sign one. There are some good ones out there in the free agent market, too, so we will just have to wait and see what general manager Nick Caserio does.
The Jacksonville Jaguars have some good receivers, despite Christian Kirk being out. So, they will need the help in the secondary, especially now that Jalen Pitre is out, too, with a pretty big pec injury that could keep him out for some time.
And while Pitre is a safety, he had been playing a lot of nickel, and he'd been playing well there, too.
After the game against the Jags, the Texans have a bye week, and then their final stretch is tough against the Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Baltimore Ravens before they play the Tennessee Titans again.
