Anyone hoping for a speedy return of Houston Texans back up quarterback A.J. McCarron and wide receiver Keke Coutee will be disappointed.
According to head coach Bill O’Brien, neither man will be suiting up soon. Coutee is dealing with an ankle injury and McCarron is nursing an injured thumb.
#Texans QB AJ McCarron was visiting with former #Raiders teammate Jordy Nelson at #Packers practice. McCarron later injured his right throwing hand. Now questionable for Thursday night. May see a lot of QB Joe Webb who once started for #Vikings in a 24-10 Wildcard loss at Lambeau pic.twitter.com/rltIiVPqSo
— Mike Clemens (@MikeClemensNFL) August 6, 2019
When asked when the players could return, O’Brien was blunt, “Tomorrow? No. A week from now? Probably not. And so we’ll just keep playing it by ear.”
Keke Coutee injury is a MCL Sprain which is good because it ain’t season ending injury but on the other hand the Texans should not play him the rest of the preseason.
— Texanpalace (@Texans47) August 9, 2019
While McCarron should ideally never see the field if all goes well for Houston, Coutee was set up to be a real contributor to the offense. As a rookie out of Texas Tech last season, Coutee caught 28 passes for 287 yards and one touchdown in six game appearances and two starts.
His teammate, DeAndre Hopkins, has been singing his praises at training camp calling him the offense’s most improved player.
McCarron spent last season with the Oakland Raiders, appearing in two games. In his career, he’s got a 2-1 record as a starter, completed 64 percent of his passes for 928 yards, six touchdowns and two interceptions. He has one playoff start, a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers while with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2015.
In other Texans news, the team will help AAF veteran Tracy Sprinkle’s pro football journey continue. The team signed Sprinkle, who spent some of the preseason with the Carolina Panthers, Saturday. They cut linebacker Chris Landrum.
Houston activated DeAndre Carter from the PuP list.
TRANSACTIONS
- Jawill Davis is out of a job, at least temporarily, after the Green Bay Packers cut him Saturday.
- Wide receiver Rishard Matthews all but cut himself from the New Orleans Saints when he left camp Saturday. The team agreed with the former Tennessee Titans wideout and released him.
- Speaking of the Titans, they activated Jurrell Casey from the PuP list and signed running back Akeem Hunt, DE Eric Cotton, WR DeAngelo Yancey and LB Ukeme Eligew. To open roster spots, they cut WR Jalen Tolliver, LB Riley Bullough and OL Cody Conway. D’Andre Walker was placed on IR.
- The San Francisco 49ers added running back Brandon Wilds. They released safety Tyree Robinson.
- Staying in the NFC West, the Seattle Seahawks brought in quarterback J.T. Barrett and linebacker Juwon Young. They cut linebacker Chris Worley and safety Marwin Evans.
