The Houston Texans received some good news late Thursday evening. The leg injury suffered by CJ Gardner-Johnson is not as serious as they once thought.
According to NFL insider Ian Rapoport Gardner-Johnson who was carted off the field Thursday, was at first thought to have a serious leg injury, some even thought her tore his Achilles or tore his ACL.
Although he will have to undergo more test, the thought is that he may be ok.
Early in the day, Texans head coach DeMarco Ryans had talked about how heartbreaking it was for him and the Texans to see Gardner-Johnson carted off the field.
“It’s heartbreaking when you see a guy go down on the field like that and doesn’t get up quickly. I’m always nervous as a head coach any time I see somebody hit the ground. It’s tough to watch. We’ll see, we’ll evaluate where he is, but no update at this time,” said Ryans.
“It’s heartfelt because we’re a team,” Ryans added. “We’re all in this together, and you see the emotion from our team. I’ve been on teams where you just, ‘Hey, coaches, just move the ball up, and keep practicing.’ I think that’s very insensitive. So, we’re going to take the time there, guys take a knee, pray for him, just make sure they send their teammate off well.”
Now that the injury doesn’t look as serious as they thought, the team should get the official word today about how bad the injury is and how long Gardner-Johnson will be out.
Even if he’s not out the whole season, missing anytime is a blow to this team looking to improve on defense.
