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Texans S Justin Reid not expected to play against the Colts

Houston Texans safety Justin Reid is not expected to play against the Indianapolis Colts with a concussion. Mike Adams is also not expected to play.

Justin Reid’s encouraging second season is expected to take a halt on Thursday night. The Houston Texans starting safety is not expected to play against the Indianapolis Colts, as he deals with a concussion,

Fellow safety Mike Adams will likely join Reid in not playing, as he too is nursing a concussion. Coach Bill O’Brien stated on Tuesday that any player dealing with a concussion is unlikely to be out of concussion protocol by Thursday’s divisional tilt. Therefore, both are not expected to play.

Reid is also dealing with a shoulder injury. He sustained both injuries in Sunday’s blowout loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Adams suffered his concussion before the game.

In 10 starts in 2019, Reid has recorded 54 combined tackles, two pass deflections and an interception. Adams has played limited snaps as a backup.

With both Reid and Adams expected to miss the bout, the Texans will roll with Tashaun Gipson, Jahleel Addae and A.J. Moore at safety.

Texans-Colts Monday injury report: Justin Reid deals with a concussion

The Houston Texans released their Monday injury report, and while the club didn’t practice, they gave an estimation of participation.

The Houston Texans released their Monday injury report ahead of their Week 12 Thursday night encounter with the Indianapolis Colts.

While the Texans didn’t have practice officially, they did release an injury report with an estimation of what participation would have been like. If it had been a full blown practice, starting safety Justin Reid would have not been able to participate and would have been dealing with a concussion and shoulder injury.

Did not participate
S Mike Adams Concussion
CB Lonnie Johnson Ankle
S Justin Reid Concussion/shoulder
Limited participation
ILB Dylan Cole Knee
WR Will Fuller Hamstring
S Tashaun Gipson Back
G/T Tytus Howard Knee
CB Bradley Roby Hamstring
Full participation

QB Deshaun Watson (ankle)

The Colts had a whole slew of non-participants. For more on Indianapolis’ injuries, check out our colleagues at Colts Wire.

Texans safety Justin Reid will not return against the Ravens

Houston Texans safety Justin Reid is out against the Baltimore Ravens and will not return for the fourth quarter.

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The Houston Texans declared safety Justin Reid out and will not let him return against the Baltimore Ravens. The second-year safety left the game with a shoulder injury.

Houston trails 27-0 to start the fourth quarter.

For Houston, they have to make considerations as to whether or not they want to let Reid and other injured secondary players, such as cornerback Lonnie Johnson, return to the game when they have to face the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday night at NRG Stadium.

Reid played all 16 games last season, but had wrist surgery in the offseason.

Reid finished the game with three combined tackles.

Texans must tighten up their tackling against the Ravens

To beat the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, the Houston Texans will need to have sound tackling from the defense, according to Bill O’Brien.

If the Baltimore Ravens can make someone slip, they will. Lamar Jackson, Marquise Brown, Mark Ingram, Willie Snead and Mark Andrews have torched defenses all season long with the ball in their hands.

On Sunday, Nov. 17, the Houston Texans will witness the slippery Ravens as they face them in Maryland at noon CT. The NFL’s top-ranked rush-offense (197.2 yards per game), Baltimore is capable of giving the Texans problems. Houston can negate that with sound-tackling and clean play.

“If you look at the games, whether it was the NFL or college, I do think that these games are coming down to mistakes – turnovers, bad tackling, penalties,” said coach Bill O’Brien on Monday.

The Texans are eighth in the NFL in missed tackles (68), as of Nov. 9, per Pro Football Reference. They have allowed the NFL’s most yards after the catch (1,205). That has to change against the Ravens.

O’Brien has three names in mind who will help the Texans’ tackling woes: Safety Justin Reid and inside linebackers Benardrick McKinney and Zach Cunningham.

“So, I think any time you have guys that can tackle, which Justin (Reid) can do. We have guys that can tackle – (Benardrick) McKinney and Zach (Cunningham) and all the other guys out there,” said O’Brien. “We feel like we have a pretty good tackling team. I think that’s important, especially against a team like this.”

Reid, McKinney, and Cunningham have combined for 176 total tackles to 19 missed tackles on the year. They are not the problem. However, they also aren’t the entire solution for containing the Ravens’ defense. The three are second-level defenders.

To truly contain the electric Ravens’ offense, Houston must play with sound gap-control upfront while simultaneously setting the edge consistently. It won’t be easy without J.J. Watt.

However, that’s football. Adapt and survive or perish; it’s as simple as that.