Houston Texans receiver Stefon Diggs will miss the rest of the season after head coach DeMeco Ryans introduced Tuesday that Diggs tore an ACL throughout Sunday’s recreation towards the Indianapolis Colts.
“It hurts our group to listen to that information,” Ryans mentioned Tuesday.
Houston Texans vast receiver Stefon Diggs (1) is helped off the sphere after getting injured throughout the second half of a recreation towards the Indianapolis Colts Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in Houston. (AP Picture/Eric Christian Smith)
“He’s been such an necessary half to our group and simply all the things that he introduced, not solely on the sphere, however off the sphere — the power, the chief, the way in which he labored each single day. He introduced rather a lot to our group, and we now have to choose up the slack. A variety of guys have to choose up the slack.
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“It’s undoubtedly a blow to us.”
Diggs, 30, is in his first season with the Texans after what seemed to be a lower than harmonious exit from the Buffalo Payments.
He was injured within the third quarter of Houston’s win over the Colts. Diggs was operating a route and pulled up and grabbed at his proper knee earlier than falling to the bottom.
Houston Texans vast receiver Stefon Diggs (1) talks with quarterback C.J. Stroud, left, after getting injured throughout the second half of a recreation towards the Indianapolis Colts Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in Houston. (AP Picture/Eric Christian Smith)
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“It isn’t straightforward,” quarterback C.J. Stroud added Tuesday. “It isn’t one thing that I’ve a complete bunch of phrases for. I am simply … making an attempt to simply wrap my thoughts round what occurred, nevertheless it’s robust. You attempt to suppose positively about it, however there’s not a bunch of optimistic ideas, and I simply actually really feel unhealthy for him.”
Diggs had a minimum of 1,000 yards receiving in every of the previous six seasons, together with a career-high and NFL-leading 1,535 yards in 2020.
Houston Texans vast receiver Stefon Diggs (1) waves to followers as he walks off the sphere after getting injured throughout the second half of a recreation towards the Indianapolis Colts Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in Houston. (AP Picture/Eric Christian Smith)
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He ended his first season in Houston with 496 yards and three touchdowns in eight video games.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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