Texans Not Expected To Pursue WR Dez Bryant

Following Will Fuller‘s season-ending ACL injury, the Texans are apparently in the market for a wide receiver. However, it sounds like we can cross one major name off their list of potential targets. Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle writes that the organization is not expected to pursue free agent wideout Dez Bryant.

Fuller tore his ACL during Thursday’s win over the Dolphins, and the Texans have already auditioned Brice Butler for some reinforcement at the position. Some pundits immediately thought that Bryant would be a logical fit for the organization. For starters, Bryant grew up in Texas, and he spent his entire professional career in Dallas. Furthermore, he attended the same high school as Texans receiver Keke Coutee, and he’s been serving as a mentor to the rookie.

Despite the connections, it doesn’t sound like the 29-year-old will be making his way to Houston. When asked about potentially signing the former Pro Bowler, Bill O’Brien gave a rather generic answer.

“I would say my answer to that is we explore everything,” O’Brien said. “I think that’s kind of the job, one of the main jobs of, obviously, [general manager] Brian (Gaine) and then he brings things to me and then we talk and we communicate.

“I would say we explore everything, including our own team. How can we use this guy in maybe another position? Or do this, can we do that? We look at our own team first in addition to looking at what’s going outside. That would be my general answer to that.”

With Fuller out for the season, Coutee coming back from a hamstring injury, and Bruce Ellington currently sitting on the injured reserve, the Texans are rostering only three healthy wideouts: DeAndre Hopkins, Sammie Coates, and Vyncint Smith.

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