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DJ Bien-AimeJul 23, 2025, 10:44 AM ET
- DJ Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He joined ESPN successful July of 2022 aft covering the New York Jets for the New York Daily News. He's a erstwhile jock who finished his assemblage vocation astatine Louisville. You tin drawback DJ connected ESPN Radio connected his amusement "Talkin' Texans."
HOUSTON -- Houston Texans moving backmost Joe Mixon is starting grooming campy connected the non-football wounded list.
Mixon, a Pro Bowler past play successful his archetypal twelvemonth with the Texans, didn't signifier during OTAs and minicamp due to the fact that of an ankle injury.
The ankle hasn't healed to the constituent wherever Mixon tin afloat go. The non-football wounded (NFI) designation indicates that Mixon suffered the wounded extracurricular of the Texans' facility.
Mixon, who turns 28 connected Thursday, rushed for 1,016 yards and 11 touchdowns successful 2024.
The Texans added players successful the offseason equipped to measurement successful for Mixon, signing Nick Chubb aft a seven-year stint with the Cleveland Browns and drafting Woody Marks retired of USC successful the 4th round.
The Texans anticipation the ankle wounded won't sideline Mixon for an extended period, but successful the meantime, Chubb volition get an accidental to amusement his past play successful Cleveland was a fluke.
Chubb ranked 3rd connected the Browns' vocation rushing database (6,843 yards), but the extremity of his tenure successful Cleveland was derailed by injuries. He suffered a season-ending genu wounded successful Week 2 of the 2023 play and did not instrumentality to enactment until Week 7 of past season. The four-time Pro Bowler rushed for 332 yards and recorded vocation lows successful yards per effort (3.3) and percent of carries that gained astatine slightest 10 yards (4.9%) earlier suffering a breached ft successful Week 15.
