Houston Texans Injury News: Duane Brown Returns To Practice

Updating this story from Friday afternoon, where Bill O'Brien expressed some optimism that Duane Brown could suit up for the Texans' Week Five game against the Vikings, the Texans' starting left tackle returned to the practice field today.

Three-time Texans Pro Bowl left tackle Duane Brown returned to practice, had offseason quad surgery, not playing Sunday, maybe Vikings game

— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) September 26, 2016

.@DuaneBrown76 says his first day of practice was "amazing. The day was a great milestone for me." #Texans

— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) September 26, 2016

While these situations are invariably fluid, Brown getting back on the field would seem to indicate that he could be protecting Brock Osweiler's blind side sooner rather than later.

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