Lovie Smith declines to say if Davis Mills or Kyle Allen is Texans’ QB1 for Dolphins game
coach Lovie Smith repeatedly declined to name a starting quarterback between regular starter Davis Mills and backup Kyle Allen heading into Sunday’s game against the, citing competitive advantage.“We’re not going announce who’s starting through the week,” Smith said Wednesday during a press conference at NRG Stadium. “We have a starting lineup, the last one we have. When it changes, we’ll let you know. Of course, we’re not going to announce anything like that.
When asked why not make an announcement as the New York Jets did Wednesday when coach Robert Saleh publicly benched Zach Wilson and replaced him with Mike White, Smith replied: “It doesn’t matter how the Jets do it. What I’m going to say is this is how we do it.. We’re not going to publicly talk about all those things.”
“Have I watched the video a few times, made some decisions on how we’re going to go forward, you can probably understand like all changes and anything we do we kind of talk to the players first before we talk to you,” Smith said during a Monday press conference at NRG Stadium. “We’re not pleased with where we are. Do we need to do some things differently? Yes, and we will.”
Mills stared down his primary read, wide receiver Brandin Cooks, and was intercepted by Commanders cornerback Kendall Fuller as he undercut the telegraphed pass and returned it 37 yards for a touchdown on the second offensive play of the game. The miscue, a pick-six, was the first of Mills’ two interceptions Sunday. Although the game was sparsely attended, the Texans’ ineptitude was repeatedly met with loud boos.
Allen, a former University of Houston and Texas A&M quarterback who has previously played for the Washington franchise and the Carolina Panthers, has a 7-10 career record. He has passed for 4,318 yards, 24 touchdowns and 17 interceptions with a 63.1 completion percentage.
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