Savage to take over for Texans with Watson out with 傷害
HOUSTON (AP) - With Deshaun Watson's year done, the Houston Texans will look to Tom Savage to try and 海難救助 their season.
Coach 法案 O'Brien 確認するd that Watson was out for the season on Friday, a day after the 星／主役にする 新人 quarterback tore the anterior cruciate ligament in one of his 膝s during practice. O'Brien said he didn't have any other 詳細（に述べる）s on the 傷害, and wouldn't say if Watson will have 外科.
A fiery O'Brien 小衝突d aside the notion that Watson's 傷害 signaled doom for this team.
FILE- In this Sept. 20, 2017, とじ込み／提出する photo, Houston Texans q uarterback Tom Savage stands on the sideline during the first half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Houston. The Texans look to 再編成する and get Savage ready to start on Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts after Deshaun Watson 支えるd a season-ending 膝 傷害 in practice. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith, とじ込み／提出する)
"We're not going to give in to what's out there - (that) the demise of the Houston Texans is upon us," he said. "Like that's ridiculous. We're going to show up and fight and play."
Savage started the season opener, but he was （法廷の）裁判d at halftime in 好意 of Watson, who started each game since. Savage will make his fourth career start when the Texans host the Colts on Sunday.
"You can't really 取って代わる Deshaun Watson. You know what I mean," Savage said. "The kid's been playing 絶対 lights out. But that's not my 職業. My 職業 is to go out there and help this team 勝利，勝つ and do whatever I can to help."
Watson was in the locker room before practice on Friday, but a team 公式の／役人 said he didn't want to speak to reporters. He later 解放（する）d a long 声明 on Twitter .
"I 約束 that I will continue to work diligently so that this team can one day bring a 選手権 to Houston," he wrote. "And when I return I will be better, stronger and more 焦点（を合わせる）d than ever before! Now the grind begins."
Watson's 傷害 is the 最新の 後退 to a team that dealt with ハリケーン Harvey before losing three-time NFL 防御の Player of the Year J.J. ワット and linebacker Whitney Mercilus to season-ending 傷害s on Oct. 8. Last week, owner （頭が）ひょいと動く McNair わびるd for 説 "we can't have the inmates running the 刑務所，拘置所" during a 会合 of NFL owners about players who 抗議する by ひさまづくing during the 国家の 国家.
Savage said O'Brien's leadership has helped make these trying times easier on the players.
"最終的に he's communicated with us. That's the one thing," he said. "He didn't 行為／法令／行動する like 非，不，無 of this stuff was going on. I think i t would be 平易な to be like: 'Hey, we have practice at nine. We'll see you out there.' But he communicated with us. He's one of the guys and he truly is a player's coach. And that's what we've all 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がるd."
Watson, who won a 国家の 選手権 at Clemson last season, had been a 有望な 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in a 堅い season for the Texans (3-4). The 12th 全体にわたる 選ぶ in this year's 草案 was the AFC 不快な／攻撃 player of the month after throwing for 1,171 yards with 16 touchdowns and running for 145 yards and another 得点する／非難する／２０.
"He's a very special player. He's a special kid. He's got a 広大な／多数の／重要な 未来," O'Brien said. "These things happen. They're 堅い when they happen, but they happen ... but in the short time they played for us, it's obvious ... and also the type of guy that he is, that he will be one of the 最高の，を越す quarterbacks in this league for a long time."
His チーム仲間s 述べるd the moment Watson was 負傷させるd on a 非，不，無-接触する play.
"I saw him go 負かす／撃墜する," receiver Bruce Ellington said. "He got 権利 up, so I didn't think anything would happen ... we just thought he was going to get it checked out, and everything was going to be 承認する. And then we heard the bad news."
Players were quick to point out that they don't have time to feel sorry for themselves.
"With football, comes adversity. We understand that," left 取り組む Chris Clark. "And it's always one of those things you just have to 耐える ... we practice for this. This is what we do. This is what we get paid to do. So next guy up, just step in there, and we keep the wheels moving."
Houston has 調印するd T.J. Yates, who was with the team in 2011-13 and 2015, and O'Brien said he would 支援する up Savage on Sunday. O'Brien 追加するd that they would also 調印する Matt McGloin, who played for him at Penn 明言する／公表する.
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FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017, とじ込み／提出する photo, Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) sits on the sideline during an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns in Houston. Two people familiar with the 状況／情勢 tell The Associated 圧力（をかける） that Watson 支えるd a season-ending 膝 傷害 in practice on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. The 新人 苦しむd a torn anterior cruciate ligament in one of his 膝s and will go on the 負傷させるd reserve. The people spoke on the 条件 of anonymity because the team hadn't 発表するd the 傷害. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith, とじ込み／提出する)
FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2017, とじ込み／提出する photo, Houston Texans quarterback Tom Savage directs the offence during the first half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee 巨人s in Nashville, Tenn. The Texans look to 再編成する and get Savage ready to start on Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts after Deshaun Watson 支えるd a season-ending 膝 傷害 in practice. (AP Photo/Weston Kenney, とじ込み／提出する)
FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2017, とじ込み／提出する photo, Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) runs against the Carolina Panthers during the first half of an NFL preseason football game in Charlotte, N.C. Two people familiar with the 状況／情勢 tell The Associated 圧力（をかける） that Watson 支えるd a season-ending 膝 傷害 in practice on Thursday, Nov. 2, 20 17. The 新人 苦しむd a torn anterior cruciate ligament in one of his 膝s and will go on the 負傷させるd reserve. The people spoke on the 条件 of anonymity because the team hadn't 発表するd the 傷害. (AP Photo/Jason E. Miczek, とじ込み／提出する)
