Tom Savage Isn’t Typical First-Time Starter for Playoff Hopeful Houston Texans

December 23, 2016   ·   Sean Tomlinson   ·   Jump to comments

Tom Savage will stare down a long list of looming and daunting questions Saturday night. Then he'll either be engulfed by them or put out fires one at a time.
He's the Houston Texans' starting quarterback now after the Brock Osweiler experiment mercifully reached its messy conclusion. There's no brighter stage to make your first career start nearly three full seasons after being a mid-round pick (135th overall in 2014).
Savage will be responsible for keeping the Texans' playoff hopes afloat as they enter Week 16 still leading the AFC South, but only because of a tiebreaker with the Tennessee Titans. Both teams have identical 8-6 records, and the Indianapolis Colts are just one game back.
He'll be playing under the searing prime-time lights against the Cincinnati Bengals, a team that's struggled all season but still employs a defensive tackle who can gobble up quarterbacks. Geno Atkins is tied for the league lead among all interior defensive linemen with eight sacks, acco...

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