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These Cowboys and Texans won’t be playing Sunday night

Cowboys defensive tackle Maliek Collins is one of six inactive players for Sunday night’s game against the Houston Texans. Collins has a knee injury.
Cowboys defensive tackle Maliek Collins is one of six inactive players for Sunday night’s game against the Houston Texans. Collins has a knee injury. Special to the Star-Telegram

The Dallas Cowboys will be without defensive tackles Maliek Collins and David Irving and linebacker Sean Lee for Sunday night’s game again the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium.

The Texans will be without linebackers Brian Peters, Daeshon Hall and defensive ends Carlos Watkins and Christian Covington.

Other inactives for the Cowboys are quarterback Mike White, tight end Dalton Schultz and guard Xavier Su’a-Filo. Receiver Terrance Williams and center Travis Frederick were placed on the injured reserve list on Saturday. Other Texans inactives are receiver Vyncint Smith, cornerback Aaron Colvin and tackle David Sharpe.

None of the Cowboys’ players unavailable tonight are a surprise. Irving and Collins were declared inactive on Saturday. Irving is dealing with a family issue and Collins has an injured knee. Lee has been out for two weeks with a hamstring injury.

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