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Texans get unfortunate news on injury to starting safety

Down five starters heading into their Week 10 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Houston Texans were already behind the eight-ball at the time of kickoff in a must-win matchup with their AFC South foe. But less than a quarter and a half into the game, the number of starters the Texans were playing without increased by one when safety M.J. Stewart went down during a Travis Etienne run.

Stewart, who stepped into the starting job after the Texans moved on from controversial defensive back CJ Gardner-Johnson -- now playing fantastic football for the surging Chicago Bears -- back in September, couldn't pick himself up off the turf after the play was over, and not long after, a medical cart drove Stewart and his air-casted leg off the field and into the tunnel.