Houston Texans Media Conference

Sunday, November 28, 2021

Houston, Texas, USA

Rex Burkhead

Postgame Press Conference


Jets - 21, Texans - 14

REX BURKHEAD: We just didn't execute. We did a pretty good job in the first half putting some drives together and really marching the ball down the field. And in the second half we just, we struggled to do that. And converting on third down, doing a good job on first and second. Getting to that third-and-short opportunities, we just didn't do that.

Q. Seemed like they were there with the screen (indiscernible) at the beginning and (indiscernible) in the backfield. Did you get a sense that they were there?

REX BURKHEAD: Yes, they were. They were flying around, playing very physical. And, like I said, we've got to execute. If we don't do that, if we're not good on the little details, you know, it's going to feel like that. It's going to feel like they're flying around, they're in your face every single time. And so really just comes down to execution.

Q. Off microphone?

REX BURKHEAD: Losing is frustrating for sure. We'll have to go back, look at the film and make corrections, and do our best to not do those mistakes the second time and to keep moving forward. That's what we've got to do -- keep fighting, keep moving forward and keep getting better.

Q. The last (indiscernible) third and one, you were trying to get that, did you all expect to catch them off guard in that play?

REX BURKHEAD: We were just trying to get a first down pretty quickly there because we're in tempo format. And so I was just trying to get the ball, get the first down. They made a good play. Go back and look at it, see if I could do something different to convert there.

Q. Five sacks today. What protection did you (indiscernible) it was a difficult thing?

REX BURKHEAD: They're a physical front. They move guys around, give you different looks. And we knew going in that something that they do. You try to stop them from getting going. At times we didn't do that. We didn't give Tyrod enough time because when we do our offense really gets clicking and gets moving. So hopefully we can look at that and make some changes.

Q. What disciplinary decisions with Zach (indiscernible), making adjustments? What's the message for the players when you see that happening?

REX BURKHEAD: I don't want to, I guess, comment specifically on that. Anytime we have something like that, that kind of goes through coaches or whatever. But any discipline thing, we try to correct and try to fix.

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