In Tyrod Taylor’s lone complete game of the 2021 campaign, the Houston Texans blew out the Jacksonville Jaguars 37-21. Their AFC South foes were able to get a late palliative touchdown. Otherwise, the score would have been 37-14, which would have been a more accurate representation of the domination.
What helped the Texans play explosively was having quarterback Tyrod Taylor under center. The offense was able to move the ball downfield. When Taylor scrambled out of pressure, he kept his eyes downfield for bigger plays, not just using his mobility to get hidden yardage against the pass coverage.
Coach David Culley seeks to add this component back to the offense by inserting Taylor into the lineup.
“Any time you have a quarterback or you are playing against a quarterback, and we’ve played against some of those, that are mobile, that can keep drives alive and get plays off schedule and he’s one of those guys,” Culley said. “Defensive coordinators always realize that’s an issue when you cover everybody and you got a guy back there that can keep it alive, keep things going and can produce big plays off of scheduled plays.”
Taylor went 21-of-33 for 291 yards and two touchdowns against the Jaguars. Even before he strained his hamstring against the Cleveland Browns in Week 2, Taylor was 10-of-11 for 125 yards and a touchdown along with a 15-yard touchdown run.
“He’s a starting quarterback for a reason,” said Culley. “We lost our leader, we lost a guy that this football team believed in. He was actually doing his job to that point, of what we expect our quarterback to do. Hopefully, having him back, we can continue that moving forward.”
The Texans intend to start Taylor against the Miami Dolphins Sunday at 12:00 p.m. Central Time at Hard Rock Stadium in a battle between two 1-7 clubs.