HOUSTON– Houston Texans inside linebacker Benardrick McKinney will be placed on hurt reserve and is anticipated to be out for the season, a source validated to ESPN on Monday.
The Houston Chronicle first reported that McKinney will require shoulder surgery. McKinney did not play in the Texans Week 5 triumph over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Linebacker Tyrell Adams played in McKinneys place opposite Zach Cunningham on Sunday, playing 89% of Houstons defensive snaps, while inside linebacker Dylan Cole did not play a protective breeze.
” T.A. [Adams], he actioned in and made some plays,” interim head coach Romeo Crennel said Monday. “Thats the name of this service, the next guy up. We tell them that all the time that they need to be prepared when their number is called, and the other day the guys whose numbers were called, they carried out well.”
McKinney, who had 37 deals with in four video games, is playing on a five-year, $50 million contract extension he signed in 2018.
McKinney was prepared by the Texans in the second round in 2015. He has 11.5 profession sacks, 530 takes on and four forced fumbles.
