What's going on with Texans RB Joe Mixon's injury?

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The Drive's Clint Stoerner and Ron "The Show" Hughley discuss the latest report on Texans running back Joe Mixon's injury.

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00:00All right, report this weekend, Ian Rappaport, that Texans running back Joe Mixon,

00:07who is on the non-football injury list, is expected to be out an extended period of time

00:14with a frustrating foot injury.

00:17Sources say he could be out for the entire preseason, is what sources are saying.

00:24So that became very serious.

00:25We wondered. We have not seen him since any kind of offseason program has started.

00:32And that is your lead back, and it makes the Nick Chubb signing even bigger.

00:37But this was D'Amico today.

00:40D'Amico, Ryan's the head coach, addressing the Joe Mixon reports.

00:46Yeah, nothing's changed with Joe.

00:47Joe is still working in the background.

00:50I know we get reports about Joe.

00:52Nothing's changed. He's still working.

00:54Whenever it's time for Joe to be back, he'll be back.

00:56I know a lot of people want to report a lot of things about guys with injuries.

01:01My thing is this, is are you really concerned about our guys?

01:04Are you really just trying to get something?

01:09I always put my players' health and safety first and foremost.

01:13So I care about the guys, so you guys don't hear me talking a lot about injuries

01:17because that's their personal information.

01:18Guys are working through that, and there's nothing to report or get in an uproar about.

01:23Like, our guys are working, and that's always sensitive to me because I've been there.

01:27I've went through that.

01:28So it's not just to report something to report something.

01:31Like, I want people here who truly care about our guys.

01:33I care about our guys and what they're doing throughout their process,

01:37and it will continue to be that way.

01:38All right, that was D'Amico Ryan's Clinton.

01:43He, wow, okay.

01:47He let it be known there.

01:49He was not happy with the reports.

01:51My question is, are they wrong?

01:53Like, are they inaccurate?

01:57That was an interesting spiel to me.

02:00I want people here that care about the team,

02:02and it's not the media's job to care about the guys.

02:06It's the media's job to be the mouthpiece and to keep people informed.

02:11And to report what they find out.

02:13And to report what the hell's going on kind of deal.

02:16So that was interesting to me.

02:18I mean, it sounded to me, we talked about it when I heard it the first time,

02:21it sounds like he's talking specifically to somebody.

02:24It's not, I mean, everybody out there isn't asking questions,

02:29trying to be the first one to announce some level of injury or something.

02:34I don't know if it were Ian Rapoport or it was Adam Schefter or one of those guys.

02:39If it were, then, I mean, I'm curious why the local media caught the brunt of that one.

02:46But if it's the same question that he hears,

02:51it seems like a lot of the questioning from the media a lot of the times is,

02:55there's already a story in place,

02:57and I'm just trying to get a quote from the head coach to plug into my story.

03:00And I could see where that would get old for him.

03:03But it seems like there's a little bit of that as well as the not wanting

03:10or not being happy with the details of injuries getting out.

03:14Because if you remember correctly,

03:16they beat around the bush before the C.J. Stroud thing ended up coming out.

03:19They beat around the bush before this Joe Mixon thing comes out.

03:22I've always said it, Ron.

03:23If you, quote, unquote, beat around the bush in 2024, 2025, I guess it is,

03:31people are going to find out.

03:33There's sources.

03:34There's agents.

03:34There's people that are talking.

03:36If you want to control the narrative, go ahead and get out there in front of it

03:39and be the one that puts the truth out there instead of getting mad

03:44when people report on something that may or may not be true.

03:49Yeah.

03:50Listen, I hope he's all right.

03:52We'll see.

03:52I would, I mean, at least from the reports of people that usually are in the know

04:00and what they're reporting, Clint, this seems like he could be out for long stretches.

04:05This seems like he could be out for, as they said, maybe the entire preseason,

04:11which means right up into the regular season.

04:14And, Clint, that means will he actually be ready for the regular season with all that?

04:18But it sounds like this could be a significant issue potentially early if he indeed is going to be out for that long a stretch.

04:33Absolutely.

04:33Hell yeah, it's a problem for the Texans.

04:35I mean, you go from talking about a one-two punch with Joe Mixon being the tip of that spear

04:39and Nick Chubb, depending on what Nick Chubb you get, being the counterpunch.

04:45And the thought is, boy, I guess the X factor out there or the wild card out there is, boy, how good can Nick Chubb be?

04:55Is it old Nick Chubb?

04:56Is it 75% of the old Nick Chubb?

04:59And then how does that work with a one-two punch in Houston?

05:02And now, all of a sudden, the dynamic is, well, if Joe Mixon is hurt and to any degree he's going to miss a huge chunk of training camp,

05:09which is what it sounds like, you're one Nick Chubb injury away from, guess what, Daria Gumbawale.

05:17Yeah.

05:17Guess what, British Brooks, Jawad Jordan.

05:20I mean, you're, you're, you know, you're, there's Woody Marks.

05:23Yeah, Woody Marks could jump in there.

05:25I mean, you're, you're, we're back to square one in a sense of, boy, that damn trusty, that damn trusty,

05:32Gumbawale is all of a sudden, all of a sudden the running back again.

05:36This is, this is a problem in Houston, no doubt about it.

05:39Yeah, because right now, you know, the, the Damian Pierce situation, he has not practiced and been back yet,

05:46which brings him into the fold.

05:48So like, you know, now, right, Clint, even with the numbers, and I'm sure they can work this out,

05:53but you gotta, they're going to, they're going to potentially, depending on how this heals.

05:58Now, now, as D'Amico said, nothing's changed, and maybe there isn't going to be that much of a difference,

06:07and he's on track or off, and he, and he's back quicker than that.

06:12But it does feel like, like, I don't, I don't know that you can get rid of any of these guys

06:18if Joe Mixon potentially isn't, you know, isn't ready week one.

06:24And if you are, if you're going to miss the bulk of the training camp, and maybe all the preseason,

06:30then I, I think it's at, at the very least up, you know, up for debate if you're going to be ready

06:35for the regular season against the Rams.

06:37And if that's the case, right, it feels like they gotta probably keep almost all these guys.

06:42And I think somewhere between Darre, Woody, Pierce, Chubb, Mixon, like, all of them,

06:50they weren't going to keep five backs.

06:52So this, this may potentially, you know, look at their numbers as well because of this injury

06:58and, and, and not knowing how long it may be.

07:00Well, here's the beauty of it is, is, well, really it's, it's the double-edged sword of Nick Chubb here, Ron,

07:06because Nick Chubb's going to factor in a major way to, if, if, if this is a,

07:10we're going to miss the bulk of camp, we're talking about a lower leg injury.

07:13We're talking about, um, a ramp up period that's going to be necessary.

07:17You know, who, I mean, this is a, this is a serious deal for the Houston Texans

07:22with Joe Mixon missing, the way that he's missing, the time that he's missing,

07:26the fact that they're installing an offense.

07:28This is, this is a major issue.

07:29Now it's a double-edged sword with Nick Chubb though, right?

07:33You got no Joe Mixon.

07:34So everybody, the eyes are squarely on Nick Chubb.

07:37Now, yes, he is injury prone, so to speak, or he is coming off of an injury.

07:43The flip side of that is, D'Amico talked about it today, Ron, is,

07:48this guy is the path of protection.

07:51I mean, when it comes to installing an offense and listening, retaining,

07:54and applying an offense, Nick Chubb has got that licked, right?

07:58So you, you do have a, a positive situation there.

08:01You would just rather that be the counterpunch and not relied so heavily upon.

08:05No, Nick, Nick Chubb, I mean, maybe staring at it, Nick Chubb may have to be,

08:11especially, Clint, if they're, if they're looking to try to really be a run team

08:15and run the football, Nick Chubb may potentially have to be called on to play

08:21starter caliber reps.

08:24At the very least, like, you would think Joe'sness not going to be a full regular workload.

08:30You remember last week, Joe, last year, Joe Mixon carried the ball 30 times in week one.

08:34Ron, I will be shocked if, if, if week one Chubb isn't depended on with, with, with,

08:42with RB one as being RB one.

08:44I would think right now.

08:46Yeah.

08:47I mean, the way the reports are.

08:48Yeah.

08:48I would think because this isn't just a, this isn't just a comeback and everything's fine.

08:52I mean, now this is, this is a NFL running back.

08:55That's up in age a little bit that, that runs a certain style.

08:57That's going to need to be ramped up.

08:59That's I mean, hell it's yeah.

09:01It's an issue.

09:01Yeah.

09:02He's not, yeah.

09:03He's not going to have suited up for a while since last year.

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