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According to John McClain of the Houston Chronicle, Texans second-year defensive end Connor Barwin suffered a season-ending dislocated right ankle.

“That’s a tough loss,” coach Gary Kubiak said. “He’s a fine young player doing some great things for us.

“They’re trying to get the pain under control right now. Obviously, we’ll have to fix (surgery) it, but I don’t know when.”

He was injured in the first quarter when teammate Antonio Smith crashed into him while they were chasing running back Joseph Addai on a 2-yard run.

“We got tangled up in the mix of things, and I think he was trying to plant to go back out (to make a play),” Smith said. “His leg was under me, and I fell on it. I heard him scream as soon as I fell. When I turned around and looked, well, I never want to see that again.”