What is going on with Davis Mills? Or, better yet, what is going on with the Texans? In just a week, the Texans completely flipped the script on their offense, transforming it from something so pitiful it had Mills being compared to Nathan Peterman, to now being compared to Justin Herbert. How is it possible for a rookie quarterback have that stark of improvement in just seven days?
Davis Mills went from this in week four…
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…to this in week five:
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I don’t know if this is an appraisal of the Texans offensive coaching staff or an indictment on the Patriots defensive coaching staff, but Mills showed us in the period of seven days the absolute floor and absolute ceiling of his quarterback abilities.