Houston Texans Media Conference

Sunday, January 1, 2023

Houston, Texas, USA

Davis Mills

Postgame Press Conference


Jaguars - 31, Texans - 3

Q. (Indiscernible)?

DAVIS MILLS: Played against a really good team. I thought they outcompeted us throughout the game. Just struggled to find ways to execute our job. So it made it tough to move the football. Props to them; they're a good team.

Q. Are you seeing some value having you and Jeff going out there in the manner in which you're coming in and off the field?

DAVIS MILLS: Yeah, I think excluding today I think up to this point I've been really successful. Overall as an offense I don't think we played extremely well today. We had a couple of missed opportunities. We're playing against a really talented group of guys who have a chance to be a playoff team in a big game next week.

But I mean up to this point it was causing a lot of chaos for defenses. Bringing in Jeff and myself and mixing it up and making it hard for them to kind of game plan against all the different looks we're bringing.

Q. Beyond the obvious results you mentioned, anything you felt different about? (Indiscernible) just didn't have it utilized today?

DAVIS MILLS: I haven't watched the film yet. I can go back see. I'd like to see different things. A couple of missed opportunities that we had, but other than that we've shown that we can play better and just have another chance to do that next week.

Q. With that last game remaining what's on your mind going into that last game?

DAVIS MILLS: Find a way to win. Perhaps the same every week. Another division opponent that we know pretty well. Excited to have another opportunity to go out to Indy and try to find a way to win the last game of the season.

Q. Davis, as a professional how tough has this season been and how hard has it been on you?

DAVIS MILLS: It's tough. You make it so far, you make it to the NFL and you expect that you're going to have a chance to win every game. And it's just been a struggle.

The record doesn't show how talented and how good this team is. We found ways to fight and play teams really close all season long. Just haven't really had a chance to finish games. That's something we continue to work on. We have another opportunity to do that next week in a big divisional game versus Indy.

Q. You earned the job in the offseason, (indiscernible) spot as a starting quarterback. How do you analyze your progress throughout the season and how do you feel going forward being the starting quarterback?

DAVIS MILLS: Obviously a lot of game film. More experience that I've built up over the course of the season. I think throughout the season, after I kind of got benched and then put back in there, I've continued to trend upwards and want to keep moving that way. Continue to protect the football, don't make the same mistakes and grow as a player.

Q. With the red zone situation the last couple of weeks, you've been making progress. What was different about today (indiscernible)?

DAVIS MILLS: I mean, they played us well. They were playing pressure up front and covering guys on the edges pretty well. I just have to find ways to continue to make plays. I think if maybe I could have thrown, hit one of those passes that we missed on the left sideline, the first one to C-Mo and then to Cookie. Those are big plays, kind of missed opportunities.

But we've got to find a way to do it for the whole game find a way to play them close and have a chance to win it at the end.

Q. With some of (indiscernible) today, just finding the boundary with it, what did you feel about your rhythm, getting downfield today and what (indiscernible)?

DAVIS MILLS: I mean, we want to keep going at them. They were covering them pretty well. If I saw one-on-one coverage I wanted to be aggressive and try to find a way to take it. It just wasn't our day today with completing those and making big plays.

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