The Texans are placing quarterback Tom Savage on injured-reserve, ending the second-year player’s season two days after Savage suffered a shoulder injury in the preseason finale.
NFL Network’s Rand Getlin had the news about Savage first.
With Savage done for the year and Ryan Mallett possibly still in the doghouse, the Texans could look to add a quarterback this weekend via trade or the waiver wire. The pool of available quarterbacks is shallow; this is the risk the Texans took in bringing just three quarterbacks to camp.
Whether the Texans would want to add a veteran as the emergency quarterback or a developmental prospect to the practice squad in order to run the scout team is unknown and probably is dependent upon the team’s options once general manager Rick Smith and coach Bill O’Brien scan the waiver wire. Many teams are keeping just two quarterbacks on their initial 53-man rosters.
Brian Hoyer will start for the Texans after he won a camp competition with Mallett.