We pretty much already knew going into Monday’s game that the Pittsburgh Steelers would be facing a third-string quarterback in T.J. Yates, but now the Houston Texans have officially placed former Pittsburgh quarterback Tom Savage on injured reserve after suffering a concussion recently, shutting him down for the remainder of the season.
Savage, in his fourth season in the NFL since being drafted by Houston in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft, was projected to be the starting quarterback at the beginning of this season after they traded Brock Osweiler, whom they signed to a $17 million per season contract just the year before.