{"id":71366,"date":"2019-08-24T22:26:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T02:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=71366"},"modified":"2019-08-24T22:27:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T02:27:21","slug":"texans-running-back-lamar-miller-suffers-likely-torn-acl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/08\/24\/texans-running-back-lamar-miller-suffers-likely-torn-acl\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Texans Running Back Lamar Miller Suffers Likely Torn ACL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is not a good night to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/texans\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Houston Texans <\/a>or an <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/colts\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> fan. In the wake of Texans fans awaiting the dreadful confirmation that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MillLa01.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Lamar Miller<\/strong><\/a> likely tore his ACL, Colts&#8217; quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LuckAn00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Andrew Luck<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/2019\/08\/24\/report-andrew-luck-to-retire-from-nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called it quits<\/a>. Unfortunately for Miller, the Texans fear the veteran back tore his ACL.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Texans fear RB Lamar Miller tore his ACL, per source.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1165438892780281858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Lamar Miller Likely Out For Season With ACL Tear<\/h2>\n<p>In the first quarter of Houston&#8217;s preseason game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>, Miller went down with a left knee injury. Moments later, he was carted off. As per usual when a player goes down with a leg injury, fans can&#8217;t help but wonder about that ACL ligament. Unfortunately for Texans fans, the ACL strikes again. Houston is now tasked with finding a back that can take over for Miller unless they plan to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/J\/JohnDu00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Duke Johnson<\/strong><\/a> as their feature back this season.<\/p>\n<p>Behind Johnson, Houston&#8217;s running back group is less than ideal. The Texans currently employ\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HoweBu00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buddy Howell<\/strong>,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/CrocDa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Damarea Crockett<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/F\/FergJo02.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Josh Ferguson<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GillCu00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cullen Gillaspia<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/J\/JoneTa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Taiwan Jones<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HigdKa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karan Higdon<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>after Duke Johnson. Houston can either choose to use their current group of runners or scrounge the trade market for a Miller replacement for 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Teams Houston could contact in terms of finding a replacement include the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> for a player like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/ClemCo00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Corey Clement<\/strong><\/a>, or the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/chiefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> and inquire about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HydeCa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Carlos Hyde<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s availability. Perhaps the Texans could make a call to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/patriots\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New England Patriots<\/a> for somebody like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BurkRe00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Rex Burkhead<\/strong><\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/seahawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a> to check in on cut candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/ProsC.00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>C.J. Prosise<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Miller rushed for 973 yards and five touchdowns on 210 carries for the Texans. He was heading into the final year of his four-year, $26 million deal he signed with Houston back in 2015. Throughout his career, which began with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/dolphins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miami Dolphins<\/a> in 2012, he has rushed for 5,864 yards and 32 touchdowns on 1,354 carries in 105 career games.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"MLzN9EjLS1pO3O1Zym5EDA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1170006344\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'MLzN9EjLS1pO3O1Zym5EDA',sig:'Btk55aNFLIPhL7IUA5C0li0H-ergSdNAGsHkOon6rpM=',w:'594px',h:'459px',items:'1170006344',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Texans running back situation suddenly became muddled as it&#8217;s feared that Lamar Miller tore his ACL against the Dallas Cowboys. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3017,"featured_media":71374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,14],"tags":[49,61,114,56,122,117,89,38,40,46,179],"class_list":["post-71366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-texans","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-football","tag-houston-texans","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-lamar-miller","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-seattle-seahawks"],"modified_by":"John Bava","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3017"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}