Texans Big Win Blemished by Star's Season-Ending Injury
The Houston Texans spent Thursday night administering a 42-23 beatdown to Miami, in the process handing the Dolphins their fourth loss in the last five games after a 3-0 start and sending the Texans to their fifth win in a row, righting the ship after an 0-3 start.
For Houston fans, these are good times, a charge toward the playoffs in full-steam-ahead mode.
Or times would be good, if not for the fact that Houston lost wide receiver Will Fuller to a season-ending ACL tear during the game.
Fuller had been on fire, catching a huge 73-yard touchdown pass from Deshaun Watson in the third quarter.
#Texans WR Will Fuller just smoked the Miami #Dolphins‘ excuse for a secondary on his 73-yard touchdown catch. Some serious, serious speed. #FantasyFootball #HOUvsMIA pic.twitter.com/WVQMBaOJDl
— Snack Time Fantasy (@Snack_TimeFS) October 26, 2018
Unfortunately, in the cause of trying to haul in a second touchdown catch, things went horribly awry.
Texans WR Will Fuller V suffered a torn ACL on this play last night.
NFL ACL count = 43 pic.twitter.com/Q530F2BnXt
— ACL Recovery Club (@ACLrecoveryCLUB) October 26, 2018
Texans fans may howl that Dolphins cornerback Bobby McCain should’ve been called for pass interference and was possibly responsible for Fuller’s knee giving way when McCain tried to drag the wideout down from behind before the pass arrived and after he’d been beaten to the spot.
The Texans officially confirmed that Fuller does, indeed, have a torn ACL and will miss the rest of the season.
Bill O’Brien confirms that WR Will Fuller V tore his ACL and will be out for the rest of the season.
— Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) October 26, 2018
ESPN’s Adam Schefter pointed out the unfortunate parallel between Houston’s 2017 season as a contender getting cut short by an ACL injury to Watson and this year’s injury to Fuller.
Last year at the season’s midway point, the Texans lost QB Deshaun Watson to a torn ACL. This year at the midway point it looks like they lost WR Will Fuller to a torn ACL. Feels similar and awful.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 26, 2018
Meanwhile, speculation is well underway as far as who the Texans might sign to replace Fuller’s production catching the ball.
Rumors that former Dallas Cowboy Dez Bryant will be among the candidates seem not to have gained any traction in the team offices, but there was talk that Demaryius Thomas might be the man called upon to step in if Houston can work a trade out with the Denver Broncos.
Possibly complicating such a scenario is the fact that the Texans’ next game is Nov. 4 at Denver.
The NFL’s trade deadline is 4 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday.
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