Battle Red Blog
The Houston Texans have announced that C.J. Stroud has cleared the concussion protocol and will start Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts. The move was certainly expected and might have seemed like a formality, but nothing is guaranteed by the concussion protocol.
The addition of Stroud combined with the knowledge that Daniel Jones is battling a broken fibula is certainly enough to change the calculus of the game. There still has been no word on Jalen Pitre, but he also practiced this week, so we could presume that he will be back as well. The combination of the news is destined to change the line of the game to make it even closer than the 3.5 points it currently sits at.
The game itself has taken on more significance with the losses by the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens on Thanksgiving Day. A fourth consecutive victory for the Texans would take them from teetering out of the playoff picture right into the thick of the AFC Wild Card hunt and even the AFC South divisional race with the Colts and Jacksonville Jaguars.
