The Houston Texans had one of the best cornerback tandems on paper going into the 2020 season with Gareon Conley on one side and Bradley Roby on the other.
Quarterbacks would have to choose their own adventure in throwing against Conley’s lockdown skills or Roby’s playmaking ability.
On the gridiron in 2020, Conley has yet to play a game due to a lingering ankle injury, and Roby has been suspended for the final five games of the season due to a violation of the NFL’s performance enhancing drug policy.
Interim coach Romeo Crennel did not sound confident that Conley will play in the last month of the season.
“Well, he will not be back this game,” Crennel said. “Chances are if the injury hasn’t made the kind of progress that it needs to make for him to be back now, it might be doubtful that he’ll come back. So, that’s what it is.”
The Texans will have to platoon it at cornerback with Vernon Hargreaves, Phillip Gaines, Keion Crossen, and rookie John Reid. They may also get help at cornerback with safeties Eric Murray and Lonnie Johnson, who was originally drafted as a corner in the second round in 2020.