Texans vs. Bills Thursday injury report: Ben Tate misses 2nd straight pratctice

Jeremy Brevard-US PRESSWIRE

The Texans have 16 players listed on their Thursday injury report, and the big name is backup running back Ben Tate who missed his second straight practice with a hamstring injury.

The Houston Texans have a lengthy injury report with 16 players listed on the report for Thursday, but the big injury news is that backup running back Ben Tate missed his second straight day of practice with a hamstring injury. Tate's status for Sunday's game against the Bills is still in question.

The Texans did get wide receiver Andre Johnson back at practice on Thursday, he missed Wednesday practice but it was non-injury related. However, wide receiver Kevin Walter appeared for the first time this week on the injury report, he was limited in practice due to being sick.

There was some good news out of Thursday's practice, starting defensive Shaun Cody was able to practice on a limited basis on Thursday. Cody has been bothered by a back injury, and was a non-participant on Wednesday.

Here is the complete injury report for the Texans:

NAME	POSITION	INJURY	WED.	THU.	FRI.	GAME STATUS
Bryan Braman	LB	Neck	LP	LP	-	-
Shaun Cody	DT	Back	DNP	LP	-	-
Owen Daniels	TE	Hamstring	-	LP	-	-
Quintin Demps	SS	Thumb/Forearm	FP	FP	-	-
Lestar Jean	WR	Knee	FP	FP	-	-
Andre Johnson	WR	Non-injury	DNP	-	-	-
Ben Jones	C	Illness	FP	FP	-	-
Johnathan Joseph	CB	Groin	LP	LP	-	-
Shiloh Keo	S	Back	FP	FP	-	-
Earl Mitchell	NT	Ankle	LP	FP	-	-
Jesse Nading	OLB	Foot/Neck	LP	LP	-	-
Antonio Smith	DE	Ankle	LP	LP	-	-
Wade Smith	G	Knee	FP	FP	-	-
Ben Tate	RB	Hamstring	DNP	DNP	-	-
Kevin Walter	WR	Illness	-	LP	-	-
Cody White	G	Illness	DNP	DNP	-	-
T.J.Yates	QB	R. Elbow	FP	FP	-	-