Houston Texans head coach Lovie Smith has announced that he plans on starting Kyle Allen over Davis Mills at the quarterback position for the team’s Week 13 home matchup against the Cleveland Browns.
“Yes,” Smith said in his postgame press conference when asked whether he expects to continue to start Allen. “We’re not gonna put a guy, give him his first start and start yanking things.
“We let a guy play. We want to see him. We got to eliminate those turnovers, but I thought he did some good things throughout the game.”
After days of speculation, Smith noted on Friday that Allen would make his first start donning a Texans jersey in the Week 12 road game against the Miami Dolphins. Smith made clear that he is evaluating the quarterback position on a “day-to-day” basis and in the big picture, he is “always looking for the best option that gives you the best chance to win.”
In his 18th career start in the NFL, Allen guided the Texans offense to three scoring drives against the Dolphins — all of which came in the second half. In the end, he finished the day with 215 passing yards and one touchdown pass, but he also threw a pair of interceptions in the contest.
From Smith’s standpoint, turnovers were once again the issue for Houston on the offensive side of the ball.
“You can't win football games when you turn it over,” Smith said. “We as an offense can't allow that to happen, and our quarterback starts it all. So Kyle didn't start, and our offense didn't start the way we need to. But in the second half, we had our moments where we looked like we could get some yardage and have a chance.”
During his postgame press conference, Allen took some responsibility for Houston's sluggish outing on offense in the contest.
“Just not good enough from me,” Allen said. “Just didn't put our team in any type of position to win today.”
The Texans now hold a 1-9-1 record on the season. Two out of their next three games will be at home, including a clash with the Kansas City Chiefs in the coming month.
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