Bill O’Brien threatens to bench Tom Savage
It sounds like Houston Texans’ head coach Bill O’Brien is very close to sitting Tom Savage down in favor of T.J. Yates.
I would imagine that if the Houston Texans had a better option to turn to at the quarterback position, that Tom Savage would be benched right now.
With all of the turnovers over the past few games by Savage, Texans’ head coach Bill O’Brien was asked on Tuesday whether or not he’s thinking about benching him and he said no.
Bill O'Brien said he is not considering a quarterback change right now.
— Sarah Barshop (@sarahbarshop) November 28, 2017
So while O’Brien has denied that he’s thinking about benching Savage while talking to reporters, he then threatened to bench him if he doesn’t stop turning the ball over. So it sounds like he has thought about it.
Tom Savage has to stop turning over the ball, Bill O'Brien said, "because if not, we’re going to have to go in a different direction.” Savage had two interceptions and a fumble on Monday night. https://t.co/og02f7LxoY
— Sarah Barshop (@sarahbarshop) November 28, 2017
My guess is that O’Brien didn’t want to admit that he is pondering the idea of sitting Savage down in favor of Yates, but as his media session went on, he let it slip that he is in fact thinking about benching Savage.
Don’t be surprised if Savage has a short leash and gets pulled against the Tennessee Titans this Sunday.
O’Brien said that he wishes they could have thrown the ball more to wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins on Monday night.
O'Brien: the ball went to Hopkins 10 times, and it should've gone to him 20 times. He's so difficult to cover.
— Drew Dougherty (@DoughertyDrew) November 28, 2017
Well, 10 targets is a lot. I think 15 would have been more ideal. I’m not sure if they could have gotten away with 20 passes Hopkins’ way.
Texans have a problem at left tackle
Kendall Lamm had a rough night playing left tackle against the Ravens and he may have to start again this week, with both Julie’n Davenport and Chris Clark still injured.
Clark actually started the game, but ended up leaving with an ankle injury and things don’t look good for this week.
Both tackles Julien Davenport and Chris Clark are on the injury report. That means Kendall Lamm could start at LT vs. #Titans, per O'Brien.
— Deepi Sidhu (@DeepSlant) November 28, 2017
The only thing the Texans can do to help Lamm out is by having a running back or tight end chip a pass rusher off the line in order to give Savage more time in the pocket.
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Comment below, do you think Savage will get benched this week?