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Sources: Texans starting center Juice Scruggs slated to miss Bears game with groin injury, Jarrett Patterson to start

Houston Texans center Juice Scruggs enters the practice field prior to a NFL football training camp, Thursday, July 24, 2024, Houston. (AP Photo/Maria Lysaker) (Maria Lysaker, Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

HOUSTONTexans starting center Juice Scruggs is not slated to play against the Chicago Bears due to a groin injury, according to league sources.

Although Scruggs’ injury isn’t regarded as serious or long-term, the Texans are taking precautions and holding him out of a Sunday night game days after he got hurt in practice.

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Backup center Jarret Patterson, who started as a rookie last season, is Scruggs’ replacement.

Patterson has been taking the first-team snaps the past two days of practice.

Backup running back Dameon Pierce, regarded as a question mark heading into this game, was officially ruled out due a strained hamstring. Cam Akers, who excelled in the preseason in his comeback from a pair of torn Achilles tendons, stepped in as the primary backup to Pro Bowl running back Joe Mixon.

Texans safety M.J. Stewart remains sidelined with a knee-quadriceps injury and will miss the Bears game, his second week in a row he’s out.

The Texans’ other inactives were linebacker Jamal Hill, wide receiver John Metchie III and defensive end Rashad Weaver.

Aaron Wilson is a Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and click2houston.com


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Aaron Wilson is an award-winning Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and www.click2houston.com. He has covered the NFL since 1997, including previous stints for The Houston Chronicle and The Baltimore Sun. This marks his 10th year covering the Texans after previously covering a Super Bowl winning team in Baltimore.

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