The Houston Texans will be down a weapon on Saturday afternoon. Tight end Teagan Quitoriano, who returned from the injured reserve this week with a calf injury, has been downgraded to out for the AFC Wild Card game against the Los Angeles Chargers.

Los Angeles confirmed an offensive and defensive player will come off the injury report for the Wild Card Round game.

With head coach turnover also comes roster churn. Only 15 of the 44 total starters from the 2022 game remain on either side. Houston boasts a new quarterback in C.J. Stroud while Chargers starter Justin Herbert will see almost an entirely new defense under Ryans.

The Chargers decided not to move Elliott up, instead promoting Jaret Patterson for the Wild Card game against the Texans. Elliott spent the 2023 season with the New England Patriots in a reserve role and then came back to the Cowboys, the team that drafted him at No. 4 overall in 2016.

The Houston Texans will head into the playoffs against the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday with an almost completely healthy active roster. Only guard Shaq Mason is out with a knee injury according to the team’s final injury report or the week.

Patrick Daugherty, Kyle Dvorchak and Denny Carter are skeptical that C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans' offense can do enough to win even a low-scoring game vs. the Los Angeles Chargers in NFL Wild Card Weekend.

The Los Angeles Chargers made a handful of notable roster moves ahead of the team’s NFL wild-card round playoff game against the Houston Texans on Saturday. First, the expected, as the Chargers activated both wideout Simi Fehoko and cornerback Eli Apple off injured reserve,