The Texans held a scrimmage inside NRG Stadium on Thursday night and will likely do so one more time before their season opener on September 10 at Kansas City. Here's some of what head coach & general manager Bill O'Brien said after the "game."
“I feel like we got a lot out of it. Obviously we weren't really going live," O'Brien said.
"We did a lot of thud situations. We did get a lot of situations done. We had third down. We were in the red area. We had long drives. We got a lot of special teams work done. We were able to get a lot done.
"We were able to get a lot of guys on film, which was good," O'Brien added.
"We'll probably do this to some degree probably one more time, but I thought tonight was good. We warmed up like we would for a game. We had our whole routine like it was a night game for the day today as best we could. So I thought we were able to get a lot done. Guys were very professional today and it's really a fun team to coach. It's really a good team to coach.”
O'Brien was also asked to comment on any young players that stood out under the lights.
“I think there are some young guys that have played well for us. I think (rookie cornerback) John Reid has had a good camp. I think (rookie defensive lineman) Ross Blacklock has had a good camp for rookies," O'Brien said.
"There's other guys that have played that maybe they are not in their first year but they have improved a lot from year one to year two. (Defensive lineman) Charles Omenihu, that guy has had a really good camp for us. I think a lot of guys have really performed well in a situation where they haven't had an offseason and they’ve had to just really concentrate in training camp. We've got a ways to go, like I said before, but I think some guys are really trying to get better."