LOS ANGELES – Texans starting right offensive guard Ed Ingram has been officially ruled out due to an abdomen injury that limited him in practice this week.
Ingram made the trip and attempted to play, but it was determined that he needed to miss Sunday’s season-opener against the Los Angeles Rams.
His injury is expected to trigger a line shuffle. The most likely scenario would be shifting right tackle Tytus Howard to right guard where he began training camp. And rookie Aireontae Ersery, who won the starting right tackle job and then the left tackle job, would shift back to right tackle.
And veteran Cam Robinson, who signed a one-year, $14.5 million maximum value deal in the offseason, would plug in at left tackle next to left guard Laken Tomlinson and center Jake Andrews.
It’s a tough