The Texans are heading into Week 6 with a reshaped roster, mixing in fresh practice squad call-ups, a pair of cuts, and one important return from injured reserve as they prepare for Jacksonville in London.
Houston is elevating Bryce Hall for the second straight week, keeping the veteran in the game-day mix after he was up for the Week 5 matchup with Tennessee. Against the Titans, Hall logged seven special teams snaps and finished with one solo tackle. The Texans have now used two of their three practice squad elevations on him, leaving just one more before they would need to move him onto the 53-man roster.
Jawhar Jordan is also getting the call, and this will be his first regular-season appearance for Houston this year. The move lines up with the Texans’ backfield situation after David Montgomery went down with a groin injury in Week 5 against Tennessee.
Jordan has already flashed in a similar spot before. Late last season, he was elevated in Week 15 against the Arizona Cardinals and turned that chance into 15 carries for 101 total yards.
On the other side of the ledger, Houston is parting ways with a couple of defenders who had been hanging around the back end of the depth chart. Fisher, the Texans’ final pick in the 2026 NFL Draft at No. 243 overall, has been cut after appearing in three of the team’s first five regular-season games.
He made the original 53-man roster out of camp and held his spot through the first five weeks as a depth linebacker while the group dealt with injuries. With that unit healthier now, Houston has moved on.
Collin Wright is out as well. The undrafted defensive back made noise in training camp and the preseason in August, but that momentum didn’t carry over once the games counted. His only regular-season work with the Texans came on special teams, where he played 11 snaps - all of them in Week 4 against the Dallas Cowboys.
Houston also gets a key defensive piece back this week, with starting weak-side linebacker Henry To’oTo’o returning after missing the last four weeks because of a shoulder injury suffered in the season opener against the Buffalo Bills. To’oTo’o has been a weekly starter for the Texans’ front seven over the last two seasons, piling up 200 total tackles, seven passes defended and four sacks since 2024.
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