Texans & # 039; Will Fuller out of season with broken knee ligament
Texans & # 039; Will Fuller out of season with broken knee ligament
Texans wide receiver Will Fuller has a broken ligament in his knee and will miss the rest of the season, a big blow for a team that has won five in a row and is coming off a high scoring victory.
He was injured during the fourth quarter of Thursday night against Miami when he became entangled with a defender and fell to the ground.
Coach Bill O'Brien said Friday he does not know when Fuller will be operated on to repair the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
"I'm very disappointed in Will because Will is a great guy," O'Brien said. "He has really been playing at a high level."
Fuller had a total of 124 receiving yards with a 73-yard touchdown on the Thursday before the injury. He had 503 receiving yards and four touchdowns in seven games this season. The third-year player was a first-round pick in 2016.
The Texans accumulated a season record of 42 points against the Dolphins and have recovered from their 0-3 start in the season. With 5-3, they lead the AFC South.
"If you go through all the teams, everyone is dealing with injuries," O'Brien said. "It's a cliché, but the coaching staff, the players, we all have to collaborate and solve it and find out how we're going to build the offense, and maybe some things are the same and others are a bit different."
The loss of Fuller is the latest setback for a team that played without receiver Keke Coutee on Thursday night. The rookie, selected in the fourth round, injured his hamstring on Sunday against Jacksonville after missing the first three games of the season with a different thigh injury.
Since Houston does not play again until a trip to Denver on November 4, there is a chance that Coutee will be healthy by then.
"We'll see where he is ... he's a guy who had been playing well for us, and I hope he can come back at some point," O'Brien said.
Coutee has 21 receptions for 196 yards and a touchdown this season.
"Keke is a very versatile guy," O'Brien said. "You've seen us put him on the field, he played outside and obviously played inside, so he has versatility, a little bit different from Will, there's no doubt about that, every man is different. good things ".
With Fuller out, the Texans could seek an increase in the production of Sammie Coates and Vyncint Smith or make their runners and tight ends more involved in the passing game.
O'Brien also ruled out the possibility of the Texans signing a player to help complete.
"I know there are guys in the locker room who can do certain things," O'Brien said. "Obviously, if they could do it like Will, they would have been there like Will, but there are definitely guys who can do some things, we have a lot of good players in that wardrobe."
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