Houston dealt a blow as Nico Collins ruled out vs the Bengals with a hamstring injury

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HOUSTON (AP) — Houston receiver Nico Collins will miss Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Bengals with a hamstring injury.

Collins was injured during Wednesday's practice and did not participate in practice Thursday or Friday before being ruled out.

He had seven catches for 75 yards and a touchdown in Houston's season-opening loss to Buffalo.

Collins, who is in his sixth season, has had at least 1,000 yards receiving in each of the last three seasons.

Offensive coordinator Nick Caley was asked how Houston's game plan would be affected if Collins couldn't play on Sunday before he was ruled out.

“The good thing about the offense is we have a lot of guys that we have trust in,” he said. "I would say this, that we go through our reads and the ball finds the open guys. C.J. (Stroud) does a good job distributing the football. I think you saw that last week. We have guys that have a lot of experience with them and have played a lot of football and we’ll go through it like that.”

Stroud completed passes to 11 different players in the opener.

Starting guard Ed Ingram, who has a groin injury, defensive end Jadeveon Clowney (knee) and linebacker Jake Hummel (groin), were also ruled out for the Texans on Friday.

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