Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that further testing on Texans S C.J. Gardner-Johnson‘s knee revealed that the injury is not as serious as it could have been.

Beyond that, Schefter says it’s not out of the question that Gardner-Johnson could be back as soon as the regular-season opener against the Rams.

Early reports said that Gardner-Johnson suffered a season-ending ACL injury. However, it was later reported that his ACL was intact and the knee injury was not considered to be season-ending.

Gardner-Johnson, 27, is a former fourth-round pick of the Saints from Florida back in 2019. He was entering the final year of his four-year rookie contract and was set to make a base salary of $2.54 million when the Saints traded him to the Eagles during the preseason.

Gardner-Johnson was testing the

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