The Houston Texans are shutting down one starter with two games to go in the 2020 regular season.
The club placed right tackle Tytus Howard on injured reserve Wednesday, effectively ending his season. Given that there are two games remaining, and a player must remain on injured reserve for three weeks, the former 2019 first-round pick’s season is over.
The 14 games played, all of them starts, is an improvement over his rookie year when he played in just eight games. Howard’s rookie year was compromised by a broken hand that kept him out of the season opener and an MCL sprain in Week 6 that ultimately led to his being placed on injured reserve in Week 13.
With Howard on injured reserve, the Texans will turn to Roderick Johnson as their right tackle. The trickle-down effect could also mean more activations for fourth-round rookie Charlie Heck and allow him to play swing tackle for Houston in the last two games.
