The Houston Texans’ defense suffered a major blow in their Week 12 loss to the Tennessee Titans when star defensive back Jalen Pitre partially tore his pectoral muscle.
While the injury isn’t season-ending, it could keep Pitre out of some crucial games, including this weekend against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Texans coach DeMeco Ryans lamented the loss of Pitre and what it means for the defense.
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“He’s been a real impact player for us,” Ryans said of Pitre. “Just being around the ball. He’s just causing interceptions, forcing fumbles, he’s just been a very active, very instinctive player for us, he’s been all over the field. And he’s made a lot of plays for us. And just missing his instincts, missing his playmaking ability, we’re going to miss it. So we’ve got to get him back and we’ve got to move forward. we have to get to work.”
The Texans also lost Ka’dar Hollman to a torn ACL, meaning the secondary is thin. Look for MJ Stewart and Eric Murray to see more playing time on defense in the coming weeks.
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