Texans Can’t Count on E.J. Speed Returning Any Time Soon
A quadriceps setback leaves Houston thin at linebacker, forcing a wide-open roster battle to replace the veteran playmaker just as the Texans face their toughest early-season matchups.
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Maybe it's, like, the way you're being used type of thing- It was combined with you be- 'cause you also battled injuries, you kinda alluded to it, like, and I think there were concussions and ankle injuries too, right?
Like- Yeah, last season you missed some games.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So I got a, I got a, high ankle sprain week eight or nine against Baltimore, and I end up coming back, two weeks, after two weeks from that, which is kinda crazy but I, you know- it's football.
You j- you, once you get to the point where you can play through something, you just, you go play.
But especially for DM, bro.
I mean, like, you talk about ankle flexion and all that stuff and tendon- Yeah, yeah I mean, that's, like, a pretty important body part.
I, I stuck to one side.
If you watch, if you watch the two games, it was the Vikings and the Steelers.
If you watch those two games, I tried to stay on one side of the field, the o- to the- So your outside plant leg was the good ankle?
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's crazy.
So, and then I got, I end up getting a concussion against the Steelers, which, you know- Which concussions, I mean, you know, it's, players get knocked for it all the time, and maybe you can become concussion-prone down the road.
But, like, to me, it's, like, bad luck, and then given today's era, you know, with the protocols, which is great for player safety, it's like, it's not like a matter of, like, the player can just like, "I'm good."
Like, no, bro.
Like, once you're in- You gotta go through in protocol, you're like, you're in their hands, right?
Yeah.
When we played, we end up playing the Eagles, we played Sunday, we end up playing the Eagles Thursday night, or yeah, Thursday night or Friday night, the week of Thanksgiving.
So it was like I wasn't gonna make it.
It's five days in a protocol, and I, I need it.
I'm one of those guys, like, I'm not gonna f- fraud the, the protocol.
If, if I'm- Yeah not feeling right- Yeah I'm gonna let you know I'm not feeling right.
You know?
It's not smart.
I got, especially with my kids now, it's like- Yeah I don't want to play no games with brain issues
