Texans Elevate Veteran Defender For Patriots Game

The Houston Texans person 1 believe squad elevation to study heading into their divisional information matchup vs. nan New England Patriots.

According to an announcement from nan Texans, seasoned protect tackle Leki Fotu will beryllium elevated to Houston's gameday roster from nan believe squad.

It'll people his 4th crippled played pinch Houston this season, and his 2nd quality successful nan postseason aft being elevated against nan Pittsburgh Steelers. In his 2 regular-season showings for Houston, he had 46 full protect snaps for 3 tackles.

Fortu will bring immoderate further extent into nan Texans' protect interior, filling successful down their accustomed contributors astatine protect tackle, Sheldon Rankins and Tommy Togiai.

Texans Elevate Leki Fotu for Patriots Game

Fotu was a 4th information prime successful nan 2020 NFL Draft astatine nan 114th wide prime to nan Arizona Cardinals, wherever he remained for nan first 4 seasons of his career, appearing successful 56 games while starting successful 21 of them.

He would yet hop to a fewer different destinations, specified arsenic nan New York Jets, and moreover earlier this season, nan Las Vegas Raiders, earlier winding up pinch nan Texans, and now tin beryllium a contributor successful nan trenches for Houston's defense successful a chance to beforehand them to their first-ever convention title appearance.

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During his past week while elevated against nan Steelers, Fotu had 13 snaps his way––eight of those being walk unreserved snaps––to log a 49.3 wide people via Pro Football Focus. He'll now person different chance to capitalize connected a large opportunity and capable successful alongside a Texans protect statement that's been astatine nan apical of their people each season.

At protect tackle, it’s been a position group that's seen immoderate turnover passim nan play for nan Texans––seeing some Tim Settle Jr. and Mario Edwards Jr. spell down pinch season-ending injuries towards nan 2nd half of nan year, but it hasn't derailed Houston from remaining 1 of nan apical defenses, and particularly, nan champion protect lines successful nan full NFL.

Fotu mightiness not person nan astir salient domiciled against New England compared to their emblematic starters successful nan trenches, but connected downs wherever nan Texans want to bring immoderate other size upfront to bring other unit connected Patriots backmost Drake Maye, he could get a fewer looks his measurement for illustration he did against nan Steelers.

Kickoff betwixt the Texans and Patriots is scheduled for Sunday astatine 2 p.m. CT successful Gillette Stadium. Fans tin watch nan crippled connected ABC aliases ESPN, aliases watercourse nan crippled connected nan ESPN app.

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