The Monday night teams have submitted their injury reports, and both sides are pretty much healthy. Both the Titans and Texans are close to full strength.
Marcus Mariota, most notably, left Tennessee’s last game with a stinger, but he was a full participant in practice the last two days. He’s playing. We assumed as much yesterday, and it played a role in Corey Davis, Tajae Sharpe and Jonnu Smith climbing in our rankings (while Mariota hasn’t been a great passer, he brings a lot more to the table than Blaine Gabbert.)
The Titans have ruled out a pair of backups: safety Dane Cruikshank and tailback Davidd Fluellen.
Tennessee lists Taywan Taylor (foot) as questionable. He didn’t play last week and was a limited participant in practice the last two days. Cameron Batson probably will more likely fill that No. 3 receiver role, but neither Taylor nor Batson is on anyone’s fantasy radar.
The Texans have listed both of their starting guards as questionable, Zach Fulton (shoulder) and Senio Kelemete (ankle), but both were limited participants in practice all week. They should be fine.
Houston’s slot receiver, Keke Coutee (hamstring) missed some practice time on Friday, but he returned as a full participant today. They didn’t even both listing him as questionable – he’s playing.
TENNESSEE TITANS at HOUSTON TEXANS
TENNESSEE TITANS
OUT: S Dane Cruikshank (knee), RB David Fluellen (knee)
QUESTIONABLE: WR Taywan Taylor (foot)
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE
Thursday: RB David Fluellen (knee)
Friday: RB David Fluellen (knee), T Taylor Lewan (illness)
Saturday: S Dane Cruikshank (knee), RB David Fluellen (knee)
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE
Thursday: C Ben Jones (shoulder), QB Marcus Mariota (neck), WR Taywan Taylor (foot)
Friday: C Ben Jones (shoulder), WR Taywan Taylor (foot)
Saturday: WR Taywan Taylor (foot)
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE
Friday: QB Marcus Mariota (neck)
Saturday: C Ben Jones (shoulder), T Taylor Lewan (illness), QB Marcus Mariota (neck)
HOUSTON TEXANS (Houston did not conduct a practice on Thursday. The Thursday practice report is an estimation.)
QUESTIONABLE: WR Sammie Coates (illness), LB Duke Ejiofor (shoulder), G Zach Fulton (shoulder), G Senio Kelemete (ankle)
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE
Saturday: WR Sammie Coates (illness)
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE
Thursday: WR Keke Coutee (hamstring), LB Zach Cunningham (knee), LB Duke Ejiofor (shoulder), G Zach Fulton (shoulder), WR DeAndre Hopkins (foot), CB Johnathan Joseph (ankle), G Senio Kelemete (ankle), LB Whitney Mercilus (ankle), DE J.J. Watt (knee)
Friday: WR Keke Coutee (hamstring), LB Zach Cunningham (knee), LB Duke Ejiofor (shoulder), G Zach Fulton (shoulder), WR DeAndre Hopkins (foot), G Senio Kelemete (ankle), DE J.J. Watt (knee)
Saturday: LB Duke Ejiofor (shoulder), G Zach Fulton (shoulder), WR DeAndre Hopkins (foot), G Senio Kelemete (ankle), DE J.J. Watt (knee)
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE
Thursday: CB Aaron Colvin (ankle), T Julien Davenport (shoulder), S Andre Hal (shoulder), LB Brian Peters (ankle)
Friday: CB Aaron Colvin (ankle), T Julien Davenport (shoulder), S Andre Hal (shoulder), CB Johnathan Joseph (ankle), LB Whitney Mercilus (ankle), LB Brian Peters (ankle)
Saturday: CB Aaron Colvin (ankle), WR Keke Coutee (hamstring), LB Zach Cunningham (knee), T Julien Davenport (shoulder), S Andre Hal (shoulder), CB Johnathan Joseph (ankle), LB Whitney Mercilus (ankle), LB Brian Peters (ankle)