Ahead of the Houston Texans‘ comeback victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday night, a report from CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora came out claiming that head coach Bill O'Brien and starting quarterback Brock Osweiler engaged in a “heated exchange” in a QB meeting. According to the report, the incident occurred because of a disagreement between the pair regarding play-calling, on the heels of another week of offensive struggles.

O'Brien responded to the supposed blow-up after Sunday's win, downplaying the significance of what happened.

From ESPN's Sarah Barshop:

O'Brien called the report the “biggest non-story of the year” and said it's a side effect of coaching in an intense environment.

“Anybody that's been around me knows that I really only know one way to go about it,” O'Brien said Monday. “That's to work very hard and to do it in a very intense environment. I think that's the type of players we have. So when you're coaching football and playing football, and you're in a competitive environment where everyone is pulling the same rope and everybody is trying to do their very best to win the game, things are going to happen.”

O'Brien didn't actually deny having a tense exchange with Osweiler. Rather, he explained that working out the kinks of a new coach-QB relationship is necessary to be successful.

More from Barshop:

“I think you really have to get to know the quarterback to understand what he likes, what he's comfortable with, and also for that quarterback to understand your style, how you do things,” O'Brien said. “And sometimes that takes awhile.

“What we know about Brock is that he's a very hardworking guy. A very prepared guy. And we enjoy coaching him. He's learning, and we just were happy to see him be able to help us win that game [Sunday] night.”

Osweiler expressed similar sentiments, stating that his relationship with the Texans' coaching staff is on par with others throughout the NFL:

“I would say the interactions that have occurred between Coach O'Brien and myself, or even Coach Godsey and myself for that matter, are nothing out of the norm,” Osweiler said. “I think everybody wants to win. Everybody, like I said, is putting in a ton of hours and preparation to win each week, so like I said, there's nothing out of the norm.

“There's no story there.