Facing a backup Monday night in Houston?
The Bucs have been banged up on offense before the season began. After just one game, so too are the Texans.
Joe normally tries to put the previous weekend’s game to bed by Wednesday morning, certainly no later than Wednesday noon. But this week is a Monday night game so Joe won’t have an avalanche of fresh Bucs quotes until tomorrow morning.
That doesn’t mean Joe won’t have fresh news.
The Bucs head to Houston to face the Texans on _Monday Night Football_. And it seems the Texans will be down at least one starter and maybe two, though the Texans are unsure.
Houston tight end Cade Stove has [a hairline fracture](https://x.com/AaronWilson_NFL/status/1965480503038890456) of his foot, per good guy and long-time Texans beat guy Aaron Wilson. So Stover will be out,
At center, the Texans may also be without starter Jake Matthews. A former teammate of Mike Evans at Texas A&M, Matthews had been with the Dixie Chicks since he was drafted in 2014 and was a tackle, making the Pro Bowl in 2018.
This past year, he went to Houston. Matthews has a high ankle sprain and Houston coach Demeco Ryans refused to say he was out against the Bucs, terming Matthews’ injury as “day-to-day.”
Joe likes the thought of a backup center trying to tangle with Vita Vea.