The Houston Texans ' Week 13 preparation carried promising news with C.J. Stroud practicing in full , signaling progress in his return plan after his own recent injury. But that upward tone ran into a midweek speed bump on Thursday when Will Anderson Jr . appeared on the Texans’ injury report as a non-participant.

The Texans released their second official practice report of the week , where Anderson was formally marked as DNP (did not practice) due to a chest injury.

“Encouraging that C.J. Stroud and Jalen Pitre were full participants, which likely means they’ll clear protocol. A little discouraging to see Will Anderson Jr. (chest) not practicing on a Thursday,” Jonathan M. Alexander of Houston Chronicle posted on X, formerly Twitter.

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