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Houston Texans at a glance

Coach: Bill O'Brien

Key Stats

6 Tackles for loss last week against Kansas City for DE J.J. Watt, who tied a career high. Watt finished with nine solo tackles, including two sacks.

30 Snaps in Week 1 for second-year OLB Jadeveon Clowney, who is coming off microfracture surgery on his knee. The Texans expect to play Clowney, a Rock Hill native and former South Carolina star, more this week.

92 Career pass attempts, in five seasons, for Ryan Mallett, who will start Sunday after replacing Brian Hoyer last week in the loss to the Chiefs. Mallett, who is 1-1 in his only previous starts, has a career 54.3 completion percentage.

Starting Lineup

Offense

WR

10 DeAndre Hopkins

LT

74 Chris Clark

LG

70 Jeff Adams

C

60 Ben Jones

RG

79 Brandon Brooks

RT

72 Derek Newton

TE

87 C.J. Fiedorowicz

WR

85 Nate Washington

QB

15 Ryan Mallett

FB

45 Jay Prosch

RB

28 Alfred Blue

Defense

LDE

93 Jared Crick

NT

75 Vince Wilfork

RDE

99 J.J. Watt

OLB

59 Whitney Mercilus

MLB

56 Brian Cushing

ILB

50 Akeem Dent

JLB

90 Jadeveon Clowney

LCB

25 Kareem Jackson

RCB

24 Johnathan Joseph

SS

27 Quintin Demps

FS

26 Rahim Moore

Special Teams

K

4 Randy Bullock

P

9 Shane Lechler

LS

46 Jon Weeks

H

9 Shane Lechler

PR

12 Keith Mumphery

KOR

27 Quintin Demps

Injuries

OUT: S Lonnie Ballentine (knee), RB Arian Foster (groin), LB Mike Mohamed (calf), G Xavier Su'a-Filo (calf). QUESTIONABLE: T Duane Brown (hand). PROBABLE: T Jeff Adams (abdominal), DT Christian Covington (shoulder), CB Kevin Johnson (thigh), LB Carlos Thompson (concussion), WR Nate Washington (abdominal).

Schedule/Results

Opponent

Time

TV

September

13

Kansas City

L 20-27

20

At Carolina

1 p.m.

CBS

27

Tampa Bay

1 p.m.

FOX

October

4

At Atlanta

1 p.m.

CBS

8

Indianapolis

8:25 p.m.

NFL, CBS

18

At Jacksonville

1 p.m.*

CBS

25

At Miami

1 p.m.*

CBS

November

1

Tennessee

1 p.m.*

CBS

16

At Cincinnati

8:30 p.m.

ESPN

22

N.Y. Jets

1 p.m.*

CBS

29

New Orleans

1 p.m.*

FOX

December

6

At Buffalo

1 p.m.*

CBS

13

New England

1 p.m.*

CBS

20

At Indianapolis

1 p.m.*

CBS

27

At Tennessee

1 p.m.*

CBS

January

3

Jacksonville

1 p.m.*

CBS

NOTE: * Time subject to change.

This story was originally published September 19, 2015 at 9:00 AM with the headline "Houston Texans at a glance."

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