Texans WR Cecil Shorts could return next week

Per coach Bill O'Brien, there is a better chance that Texans wide receiver Cecil Shorts (shoulder) will return to action next week than fellow wideout Nate Washington, the Houston Chronicle reports.

Shorts, who is bouncing back from a dislocated left shoulder that didn't require surgery, is out of the sling that he was sporting earlier this week, thus opening the door for a possible return to action as soon as Week 6 against the Jaguars.