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Texans' Clowney suffers setback, could miss Sunday's game vs. Titans

Ron Chenoy / USA TODAY Sports

Houston Texans linebacker Jadeveon Clowney suffered a setback in his recovery from a knee injury and said his chances of playing Sunday against the Tennessee Titans are slim. 

Clowney told reporters Thursday that he experienced swelling in his surgically-repaired knee after playing 60 percent of the Texans' defensive snaps in a 22-13 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.

"A lot of pain right now, just been bothering me off and on the whole season," Clowney said, according to Tania Ganguli of ESPN.com. "Something I've got to push through, but when the swelling comes up, it's a little setback."

Clowney said he's surprised his knee isn't back to 100 percent yet.

"I thought it'd be back to where it was by now," he said. "Some people react differently to injuries. ... Right now I just think it's letting it heal. You push it, push it, then it swells. You've got to let it go back down again. Right now just letting it heal and try to get it back to where it was before I got hurt, before the Cleveland game (two weeks ago)."

It has been a disappointing season for the No. 1 overall pick, who has missed seven games since tearing his meniscus in Week 1. 

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