The Jacksonville Jaguars’ defense has already struggled and that could be the case Week 5 against the Houston Texans. The unit could be without starters CJ Henderson (shoulder), Josh Allen (knee), and Myles Jack (ankle), after all three surfaced on the final injury report as questionable.
Joining them ass the only other player on the final injury report was defensive tackle Daniel Ekuale, who also was ruled questionable.
4 players are questionable for Sunday's game against the Texans.
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Henderson and Jack both sustained their respective injuries in Week 4’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals, causing both to exit the game before it could end.
In addition to Henderson’s injury, nickelback D.J. Hayden also sustained a hamstring injury last Sunday, leaving the secondary without two key members. Hayden was eventually place on injured reserve Wednesday, which means he’ll miss three games at the least.
With both Hayden and Henderson sidelined in Sunday’s game, Sidney Jones and Chris Claybrooks took snaps on the perimeter and Tre Herndon was moved to the nickelback spot. Defensive coordinator Todd Wash indicated that the lineup would probably remain the same Sunday with Hayden on IR and Henderson fighting to return.
As for Jack, Dakota Allen will be the player to play in his place if he can’t suit up. Allen replaced him Sunday and was able to garner six total tackles in the process.
Another key takeaway from the injury report was that center Brandon Linder and left tackle Cam Robinson weren’t on it as both were listed for knee injuries earlier in the week. That means the Jags will finally have their full starting offensive line as Linder missed Weeks 3-4 and Robinson exited Week 5’s game in the second half.
