When Texans veteran safety Tashaun Gipson was sidelined for two games this season, it was for a significant reason.
Gipson was out against the Oakland Raiders and Jacksonville Jaguars due to a transverse process fracture in his back, a painful injury involving the fracture of wing-like bones on the side of the vertebra in the spine.
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Although there's generally not a risk involved with that type of injury, the severe pain and lack of mobility are serious. That ended Gipson's durability streak of 64 consecutive games that dated back to his time with the Jaguars and the Cleveland Browns.