MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Houston coach Lovie Smith dodged questions final week about who could be the Texans’ beginning quarterback shifting ahead.

He shut the hypothesis down rapidly Sunday. He’s sticking with Kyle Allen, even after Allen struggled in an unsightly 30-15 loss to the Miami Dolphins.

“We’re not going to place a man, give him his first begin and begin yanking and issues like that,” Smith stated. “We let a man play. We wish to see him. We’ve acquired to remove these turnovers. However I believed he did some good issues all through the sport. However we’re not fairly there but as a crew.”

Allen, who began rather than struggling second-year quarterback Davis Mills, was 26-of-39 passing with 215 yards and two interceptions. He was candid after the sport about his poor play.

“I didn’t execute my job at this time,” Allen stated. “And I do know on the quarterback place, you can also make issues proper when issues are flawed. That’s my job to do this. I’ve simply acquired to play lots higher.”

Houston’s offense struggled a lot that it could not have mattered who was at quarterback. It turned the ball over thrice — not together with two fumbles that they had been in a position to get well.

The Dolphins outgained the Texans 287-32 en path to a 30-point halftime lead. The Texans misplaced their ninth sport of the season and their sixth in a row. They rushed for simply 36 yards on 2.6 yards per attempt, and rookie Dameon Pierce matched final week’s season low of 8 whole yards speeding.

Texans receiver Brandin Cooks stated he felt the sport slipping away offensively from the second they stepped on the sphere.

“We weren’t serving to the quarterback in any means,” Cooks stated. “I’m speaking about wanting within the mirror, take a look at myself, gamers take a look at themselves, coaches take a look at themselves and see the place we will get higher and assist our quarterback. And I say assist our quarterback as a result of that’s the individual that all the time significantly will get plenty of the blame, however everyone else has an element in that.”

Allen, who’s on his third NFL crew in 5 seasons, had not performed this 12 months. His final look was on Dec. 26 final 12 months towards Dallas whereas he was with Washington.

He threw an interception within the first half deep in Texans territory, which sparked a Dolphins scoring onslaught during which they scored 20 factors within the second quarter.

“The interception early was only a dangerous ball, I can’t try this,” Allen stated. “That’s primarily a Choose-6 with them getting the ball on the 2-yard line, after which we’re down 17-0 at that time. I’ve acquired to be lots higher if we wish to win video games.”

Smith stated he was inspired by the Texans’ second half during which they put collectively three scoring drives, together with touchdowns by operating again Dare Ogunbowale and tight finish Jordan Akins .

“We’re constructing, and ultimately we’re going to get it completed,” Smith stated. “Proper now it’s type of simple to take pictures at us as a result of we’re not fairly there. So we’ll take that, however ultimately we’ll recover from the hump.”

Their schedule doesn’t get a lot simpler, although. The Texans will face Cleveland, Dallas, Kansas Metropolis and Tennessee of their subsequent 4 video games.

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