![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gettyimages-2244228757-e1762188312131.jpg\")
article <\/p>\n article <\/p>\n
HOUSTON , TX – NOVEMBER 2: C.J. Stroud (7) of the Houston Texans gives a thumbs up after exiting the game upon being blown up by Kris Abrams-Draine (31) of the Denver Broncos during the second quarter at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on Sunday, Novem <\/p>\n
HOUSTON – Houston\u2019s C.J. Stroud sustained a concussion after hitting his head hard on the ground at the end of a run in the second quarter of Sunday\u2019s 18-15 loss to Denver.<\/p>\n
What happened? <\/p>\n
The backstory:<\/p>\n
Stroud scrambled for 6 yards and was hit on the shoulder near the end of his slide by Kris Abrams-Draine and the back of his head violently bounced off the ground.<\/p>\n
Stroud remained on the ground for a few minutes while he was tended to by the medical staff. He eventually got up and walked to the sideline and entered the medical tent before going to the locker room.<\/p>\n
Abrams-Draine was initially flagged for unnecessary roughness. But the play was reviewed and the call was overturned when officials said he didn\u2019t make contact with Stroud\u2019s head or neck.<\/p>\n
The other side:<\/p>\n
Texans coach DeMeco Ryans was unhappy that the call was overturned.<\/p>\n
“He slid and the guy came up and hit him and as I see it that\u2019s unnecessary roughness,” Ryans said. “He hit the quarterback when he was sliding and giving himself up. If I\u2019m incorrect on the rules, I\u2019ve seen that happen multiple times with our guys and we get the penalty, but for some reason, it just didn\u2019t happen there.”<\/p>\n
Texans lose to Denver <\/p>\n
With Davis Mills in for Stroud, the Texans struggled to move the ball and punted on six straight possessions after a field goal made it 15-7 on the first drive of the second half.<\/p>\n
“Anytime you lose your starting quarterback, it\u2019s always tough,” Ryans said. “I thought Davis battled, tried to do a good job there and battle, but it just couldn\u2019t do well offensively once we lost C.J.”<\/p>\n
Despite Stroud\u2019s injury, Ryans wouldn\u2019t make excuses for the loss and said they had plenty of chances to win.<\/p>\n
“We just have to be able to make the plays we need to make,” he said. “We\u2019ve gotta run the ball better, and we just gotta be able finish drives. It\u2019s third down for me. You go 3 of 17 on third down, that\u2019s not winning football.”<\/p>\n
Mills was 17 of 30 for 137 yards as the Texans fell to 3-5. They managed just 77 yards rushing.<\/p>\n
The Texans have had offensive struggles with Stroud under center, but things got much worse with Mills in the game. They failed to score a touchdown for just the second time this season and first since their opener against the Rams.<\/p>\n
“Yeah, if I could draw it up that way, I would make sure C.J. didn\u2019t get hurt,” Ryans said. “The guy didn\u2019t hit C.J. like that and we were in a good spot to continue to press forward and drive the football, but we don\u2019t control that. So what do you control? Whoever steps in, are you doing your job? Are you\u2019re doing what you\u2019re supposed to do to help the team win the game?”<\/p>\n
The Source: The information in this article comes from the Associated Press.<\/p>\n
Houston Texans<\/a>Sports<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article HOUSTON , TX – NOVEMBER 2: C.J. Stroud (7) of the Houston Texans gives a thumbs up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,80,154,4842],"class_list":{"0":"post-33308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-headlines","10":"tag-houston-news","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-texans"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}