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they're going to have to do it with one of their best defensive players on the sideline until December. ,If the Houston Texans are going to repeat as AFC South champions
The NFL announced on Wednesday that linebacker Brian Cushing has been suspended 10 games without pay for violating the league's policy on performing-enhancing substances.
and he'll be eligible to return to game action on Dec. 3. ,Authentic Braxton Miller Jersey,The suspension means that Cushing won't be back on the field until after the Texans' Week 10 game against the Ravens. Cushing will be allowed to return to practice on Nov. 28
The reason that Cushing got hit with such a long suspension is because this is his second time violating the NFL's PED policy. Back in 2010, Cushing was hit with a four-game suspension after testing positive for a non-steroidal banned substance. If Cushing were to violate the policy again,Womens Tyler Ervin Jersey, according to NFL.com. , he would be suspended for at least two years
The only upside for the Texans here is that they were already planning to play at least one game without Cushing. The linebacker, had already been ruled out for Thursday's game in Cincinnati. The Texans got hit hard in the injury department during their 29-7 loss to Jacksonville with Cushing being one of five playes who suffered a concussion. , who suffered a concussion during Houston's Week 1 loss to the Jaguars
the Texans are going to turn to a linebacker-by-committee to replace him with Texans rookies Dylan Cole and second-round draft pick Zach Cunningham getting most of the snaps,With Cushing out, according to defensive coordinator Mike Vrabel.
"Everybody's going to play, via the Houston Chronicle. "Zach will be in there. Dylan will be in there. I'm sure Brian Peters will play in the game,'" Vrabel said, too. All hands are on deck."
he's been a key part of the Texans' defense ever since 2009,As for Cushing, when Houston selected him with the 15th overall pick in the NFL Draft. Cushing has started in all 100 games that he's played in during his nine seasons with the team.
Texans already in panic mode ahead of Week 2 clash with Bengals?
There are precious few Week 1 concerns so pressing that a team would consider its season a catastrophe should they manifest themslves. However, the Houston Texans' construction of their offensive line has laid bare issues at quarterback and put the viability of their season at risk.
Texans head coach Bill O'Brien stood firm on his commitment to fourth-year veteran Tom Savage as his starting signal-caller,Even after the franchise traded up in the first round of the draft to select Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson 12th overall, citing both experience and familiarity with the offense as primary reasons behind that decision.
Thirty minutes into the first game of the season, benching Savage at the intermission of the Texans' embarrassing 29-7 home loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars and tossing his rookie feet first into the fire, a blaze raging behind an offensive line functioning more like a sieve. With Savage sacked six times in the first half, O'Brien flip-flopped, O'Brien deduced that the mobile Watson could effectively elude pressure and provide the Texans a sorely needed offensive spark.
The Jaguars dumped Watson four times in the second half. An offensive line missing right tackle Derek Newton, and left tackle Duane Brown, wasn't any more effective at protecting Watson than it was Savage. Guards Jeff Allen and Xavier Su'a-Filo and replacement tackles Kendall Lamm and Breno Giacomini underperformed badly, holding out over a contract dispute, sidelined following surgery to repair both patellar tendons,Womens Whitney Mercilus Jersey, surrendering pressure repeatedly.
Now, O'Brien appears poised to shift his allegiance to Watson despite there being no evidence that Watson will survive, behind the turnstiles charged with providing him a suitable pocket. O'Brien did not publicly commit to Watson as his starter,Womens Will Fuller V Jersey, let alone excel, with the Texans (0-1) set to face the Cincinnati Bengals (0-1) in Cincinnati on Thursday night, but according to published reports that is the direction the Texans are leaning as they strive to revive an offensive pulse.
" O'Brien said. "They both obviously have different skillsets. There's maybe three or four different plays that we run and vice versa that the other guy doesn't run,Womens Nick Martin Jersey,"I don't think it changes that much for either guy, but it (the offense) doesn't really change too much."
giving way to another backup,Womens Braxton Miller Jersey,Complicating matters should Watson earn his first career start is an avalanche of offensive injuries. Allen (ankle) will not play on Thursday, who enjoyed a productive preseason, with C.J. Fiedorowicz, who was on Tuesday placed on injured reserve, Greg Mancz. The Texans' tight-end depth chart was obliterated by concussions, Ryan Griffin, and Stephen Anderson all concussed against the Jaguars. Houston also lost receiver Bruce Ellington, to a concussion, but will welcome back receiver Jaelen Strong from his one-game suspension.
Whatever decision is made at quarterback, the offensive line remains broken and the depth chart compromised. That makes for a volatile mix liable to explode with additional agitation.
I'm not waiting to have that conversation,"No," Savage said. "I don't think he (O'Brien) owes either of us any explanation. We just have to be ready. That's called being a professional."
The Bengals aren't in the position to scoff at the Texans' struggles. In absorbing a home shutout loss to the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati mustered a measly 221 total yards on 58 plays.
For all the promise assigned to rookie running back Joe Mixon, with Mixon supporting accomplished veterans Giovani Bernard and Jeremy Hill, amassed only 75 yards on 21 carries, he produced just nine yards on eight carries in his debut. The Bengals' tailback depth, or 3.6 per rush.
who completed 16 of 31 attempts for 170 yards with four interceptions. He posted a 28.4 passer rating and,However, delivered his worst showing since Nov. 6, the most galling development was the woeful performance of veteran quarterback Andy Dalton, by that metric,Authentic Whitney Mercilus Jersey, 2014, when he passed for 86 yards with three interceptions in a 24-3 loss to the Cleveland Browns.
their first following five consecutive postseason berths,Authentic Will Fuller V Jersey,Given their sub-.500 finish of 2016, the last thing Cincinnati anticipated in its opener was Dalton struggling so mightily in defeat.
"It happened, our mindset is we have 15 more. There's a long season ahead of us,Authentic Tyler Ervin Jersey," Dalton said. "Not the start that we wanted to have but for us, and so we're pushing to do whatever we can to get a win this week on Thursday."
Said Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis: "I'm very confident that Andy will (bounce back).Authentic Nick Martin Jersey, That's uncharacteristic ... to his play. We need him to play better and I expect him to play better as we move forward."
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