HOUSTON (AP) The Houston Texans are trying to regroup and move on after another turnover-filled performance by Tom Savage on Monday night dropped them
to 4-7 and made their chances of reaching the postseason slim.
Savage led Houston to a touchdown on the first drive against Baltimore
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quarterback in the 23-16 loss.
”It’s tough. It’s just a terrible feeling. It’s been a season of a lot of those,” coach Bill O’Brien said.
Article continues below ... ”We’re going to look back on it, and I know that we had some opportunities we didn’t take advantage of. We’ll just have to figure out moving forward how to do
a better job.”
The Texans had the ball with a chance to tie it late in the fourth quarter on Monday night, but Savage was sacked by Terrell Suggs and fumbled to allow the
Ravens to secure the victory.
It was the seventh fumble Savage has lost this season, which leads the NFL.
That number is concerning by itself
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Deshaun Watson. Adding to his turnover total, Savage has thrown five
interceptions with all of them coming in the past three games.
The Texans were one of the most potent offenses in the league with Watson at quarterback, scoring 30 points or more in his last five starts.
In the four games since Watson sustained a season-ending knee injury they’ve surpassed the 30-point mark just once, in a 31-21 win over the Cardinals last
week.
Houston has lost the three other games without Watson, and the offense has been held to 16 or fewer points in each of those games with Savage committing
eight turnovers combined.
O’Brien said he isn’t considering a quarterback change ”right now
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”We’re going to sit down and watch the tape and we’ll see if we can get it corrected,” he said. ”It has to get corrected because if not we’re going to have
to go in a different direction.”
If O’Brien does bench Savage, the Texans would look to T.J. Yates who is the only other quarterback on the roster. Yates, who was signed after Watson was
injured, hasn’t thrown a pass since he appeared in four games for Houston in
2015.
The Texans haven’t been eliminated from playoff contention
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leaders Tennessee and Jacksonville by three games.
Houston has gone 9-7 in each of the past two regular seasons to win the division, but would need to win out to match that record this season.
This team’s struggles are understandable considering the Texans lost star defenders J.J. Watt and Whitney Mercilus in Week 5 before Watson went out for
the season and rookie running back D’Onta Foreman tore his Achilles tendon last
week. But despite the mounting injuries, the Texans believe they can and will
improve.
”There’s no sense making excuses. We just need to play better,” offensive lineman Xavier Su’a-Filo said. ”Now, we will try to figure out a way to get that
done.”
Houston’s defense should get a boost this week with the return of middle linebacker Brian Cushing
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O’Brien said he was glad to have him back, but they’d need to catch him up on what he’s missed and evaluate if he’s in football shape before they decide when
he’ll play.
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