The Texans are signing veteran quarterback Jeff Driskel to their active roster from their practice squad, according to league sources.
The Texans are maintaining their two-quarterback system heading into Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Texans’ backup quarterback, elevated from the practice squad for the third time against the Dallas Cowboys, threw his first touchdown pass since Sept. 27, 2020 when he was playing for the Denver Broncos “I like it,” Texans offensive tackle Tytus Howard said. “I think it kind of caught the Cowboys by surprise. I don’t think they knew what to do when he was in there. They didn’t know if he’d pass or run. I think he went out there and he made some plays, gave the offense a spark. I think that’s something we might be doing going forward, so I liked it.”“It worked,” said wide receiver Chris Moore, who caught a career-high 10 passes for 124 yards on 11 targets. “It was nice, it was seamless.
The quarterback platoon worked until a pivotal red-zone sequence as the Texans failed to put the game away after getting a first-and-goal after a Tremon Smith interception. Rex Burkhead was stuffed twice for a total loss of three yards. Driskel was tackled on an option run on fourth down, and the Cowboys drove 98 yards for the game-winning touchdown.
“Props to Davis for being able to play the game like that,” Driskel said. “That’s not easy to come in on third down a lot of times and drop back pass, but I thought he handled it well. I think the game was called in a way that both of us were able to help. We came up short and have got to be able to execute a few more times.”
“I thought Dan and the staff and the players handled it seamlessly on the communication. You know every time they swapped, communication was clean. I didn’t see the substitution of it as the issue, but it’s a challenge. It’s a challenge because you know it is concept thinking as far as your play call and staying on your script, getting into your rolodex and all those things.”
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