Team news: Houston Texans

Texans placed WR Nico Collins on injured reserve, ending his season.

Related Players: Chris Moore, Brandin Cooks, Phillip Dorsett

The writing has been on the wall after Collins missed another week of practice. He was having a decent 2022 considering his surroundings and hopefully, he can build on that in Year 3 with a new quarterback. As it stands now, Chris Moore is an intriguing fantasy option, albeit in the Flex position. It's still up in the air if Brandin Cooks will make an impact if he were to actually take the field.

Pep Hamilton on using Jeff Driskel in two-quarterback system, said it was initially an 'experiment,' now it's a part of the offense.

Related players: Davis Mills

The Texans feel it helps to "create conflict," and disrupt the defense. "We hope it will limit the potential looks we will see," according to the rest of the tweet. Driskel saw less snaps last week than he did two weeks ago and was mostly used as a runner, but didn't exactly produce much from a fantasy angle. The Texans are expected to use their number-one overall pick on either Bryce Young or C.J. Stroud this April, which we hope puts an end to the two QB system in 2023.

The Texans placed RB Dameon Pierce (ankle) on injured reserve Saturday.

With four weeks left in the season, that means Pierce’s season is over. The Texans also placed their No. 3 overall pick Derek Stingley Jr. on IR. With nothing to play for, the Texans figure they’ll start packing it in and begin prep for next season. Pierce had a good rookie season, rushing for 939 yards in 13 games. Houston will move forward with Dare Ogunbowale and Rex Burkhead in the backfield.

Veteran wide receiver Brandin Cooks remains sidelined with a calf injury and isn’t expected to play. It’s trending toward wide receiver Nico Collins missing another game with a foot injury. Both players aren’t practicing. The Texans are set to go with Chris Moore, who caught a career-high 10 passes against Dallas, Phillip Dorsett, and Amari Rodgers as their primary wide receivers against Kansas City.

The Texans are a mess from a real and fantasy standpoint, with Dameon Pierce expected to miss multiple weeks and the offense running a hybrid two-QB system. Chris Moore is intriguing as a Flex play in Week 15, but the ceiling is capped.

Texans are expected to maintain two-quarterback system of Davis Mills and Jeff Driskel going forward.

The Texans are going to stick with this after having success against the Cowboys last week. Obviously in typical leagues neither of these two are options, and they are probably barely options in the deepest of leagues.

Texans standout rookie running back Dameon Pierce suffered a relatively mild high-ankle sprain Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys that is regarded as likely to sideline him for at least one game, according to league sources.

Related players: Dare Ogunbowale, Rex Burkhead, Eno Benjamin

The Texans have actually released Benjamin, according to reports, leaving Ogunbowale and Burkhead as the team's main backs for at least Week 15, perhaps longer. While they are likely to split the work in some way, probably no one would be surprised if Burkhead got a majority of the work given the Texans past usage of him. As for Pierce, and as the story said, high-ankle sprains tend to linger, but this isn’t regarded as severe. According to the story, a source characterized Pierce's status as fluid and predicted Pierce could return within a range of one to two weeks. However, there obviously isn't a need to rush him back so owners will want to monitor.

Lovie Smith says he hasn't yet any update on Dameon Pierce's ankle injury and whether he can play this week. "It will take an awful lot for him not to play." Hopes it's short-term. "We'll see."

Related Players: Eno Benjamin, Rex Burkhead

Pierce has been one of the lone bright spots on the entire Texans team, and even he has slowed down as the year has gone along. You would need to be in a very desperate spot to need to start either Eno Benjamin or Rex Burkhead in the case that the rookie misses Week 15.

Texans are listing both WRs, Brandin Cooks and Nico Collins, as out for Sunday’s game vs. the Cowboys.

Facing off against the Cowboys was already going to be an uphill battle, and now it's looking like things are getting even worse. Davis Mills will now be throwing the ball to Chris Moore, Phillip Dorsett, and Amari Rodgers.

WR Nico Collins isn’t dressed out today and is not practicing with a foot injury. Brandin Cooks (calf) is not here either. The Texans could be without their top two receivers again.

Facing off against the Cowboys was already going to be an uphill battle, and now it's looking like things are getting even worse. Davis Mills could be throwing the ball to Chris Moore, Phillip Dorsett, and Amari Rodgers.

The Texans are making another change at quarterback, going back to Davis Mills as their starter for Sunday’s road game against the Dallas Cowboys, according to league sources.

Related players: Kyle Allen

Allen had five turnovers (four interceptions and one lost fumble) in those games and accounted for two scores against the Texans in the defeat to Cleveland as a tipped pass was intercepted and returned for a touchdown and his lost fumble on a quarterback sneak was returned for a score, the story pointed out. Mills has 11 TD and 11 interceptions this season. It's safe to say, currently holding the top pick in the next NFL Draft, the Texans will likely address the QB position.