The Texans have lost linebacker Zach Diles for the season due to a fractured tibia that he injured last Wednesday in practice.  This is a bad break for both Diles and the Texans as he was playing very well this season.  Diles played in 8 games for the Texans this season and he made 66 tackles (leads team), had 1 interceptions and he defensed 2 passes.

The Texans will be without QB Matt Schaub for the next four or so games with a torn MCL.  This will likely hurt the Texans a little bit as Sage Rosenfels is sometimes sloppy in protecting the football.  Schaub has played in 7 games for the Texans this season and he has completed 154 of 227 passes (67.8%) for 1,762 yards with 10 TD passes and 8 interceptions (91.0 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 20 times for 54 yards (2.7 ypc).  Sage Rosenfels will be the starting QB for the next few games and it will determine whether this was a lost season or not for the Texans.  Rosenfels has played in 2 games for the Texans this season and he has completed 42 of 62 passes (67.7%) for 470 yards with 3 TD passes and 2 interceptions (92.8 QB Rating).  He also has carried the ball 4 times for 16 yards (4.0 ypc) this season.  It will be interesting to see how well Rosenfels plays as he seems to talk a pretty good game.

The Texans have waived running back Chris Taylor with a injury settlement.  Taylor played in 3 games for the Texans this season and he carried the ball 14 times for 37 yards (2.6 ypc).  Taylor finishes his career with the Texans having played in 7 games in which he carried the ball 42 times for 160 yards (3.8 ypc) with a TD run.  He also caught 3 passes for 40 yards (13.3 avg).  The Texans really liked Taylor’s potential but he could just never stay healthy enough to make a impact with them.

The Texans have lost starting strong safety C.C. Brown for the remainder of the season due to a broken arm.  Brown finishes this year with 15 tackles.  Nick Ferguson (3 tackles) and Brandon Harrison (1 tackle) will split time replacing Brown but this will no doubt hurt the defense of the Texans.

The Texans have placed DE Stanley McClover on the Injured Reserve List with a bad knee.  McClover played in 11 games for the Panthers last season and he made 8 tackles and had 1 sack.  The Texans won’t miss McClover much in 2008.