The Facts: The Texans just won a playoff game. So of course, their owner gave their coach a vote of confidence, and their coach announced who his starting quarterback was going to be next week: Osweiler.
Diehards Line:
According to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, Texans owner Bob McNair dismissed reports that HC Bill O’Brien was possibly in danger of being fired if he had lost to the Raiders. “I’m not going to fire him,” McNair said. Likewise, you wouldn’t think O’Brien would need to declare his quarterback for the Divisional Round, but they are the Texans so things needed to be spelled out. Osweiler played reasonably well against the Raiders, but he was only back in the starting lineup because Tom Savage was in the concussion protocol. Savage replaced Osweiler after a rough stretch of games, and would have likely been starting this week and beyond without the injury.