As expected, the Houston Texans will start quarterback T.J. Yates at home against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday as regular starter Tom Savage will miss the contest due to a concussion that he suffered a few weeks ago. Texans head coach Bill O’Brien made the announcement that Yates would start against the Steelers on Wednesday during his press conference with the media and he talked briefly about his journeyman signal caller.
“He came in late in the year and he’s done a good job for us,” O’Brien said of Yates, who was signed by the Texans in early November after rookie quarterback Deshaun Watson was lost for the season due to knee injury.