HOUSTON, TX - DECEMBER 21: J.J. Watt #99 of the Houston Texans celebrates after a sack during their game against the Baltimore Ravens at NRG Stadium on December 21, 2014 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

HOUSTON (CBS HOUSTON) – The Houston Texans and Denver Broncos got together this preseason to practice and scrimmage before facing off in a preseason game in this season.

Darren McKee of 104.3 The Fan morning show in Denver told Mike Meltser and Seth Payne on Mad Radio on SportsRadio 610 Wednesday that Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Broncos John Elway fired John Fox earlier this week partially because of how the Broncos looked next to the Texans in preseason practices.

“When the Texans came in for that shared practice in Denver,” McKee told Mad Radio. “One of the things that pissed off Elway is that the Texans, from station to station, were running, hustling, physical and basically beat the crap out of the Broncos in the practices before the scrimmage.

“Elway was pissed off that the Broncos sort of dragged from station to station, were lethargic and didn’t take the same intensity and energy into the practices that the Texans did.”

McKee brought up the number one player on the Texans and his work ethic dwarfing that of any Broncos player.

“There were moments that week that J.J. Watt would go off, by himself, and just beat the crap out of a five person tackling sled,” McKee continued. “You would never see somebody on the Broncos do something like that. That type of thing is what Elway thinks is missing.”

While Watt, O’Brien and the rest of the Texans didn’t directly lead to Fox leaving the Broncos after gaining the second seed in the AFC Playoffs and losing to the Colts at home, it was certainly a contributor to a problem Elway saw with the current team.

“The intensity level and the way [Watt and O’Brien] approached things [got Fox fired] because that is not what John Elway got out of John Fox.”

McKee also gave a quick take on the post season awards, saying that Watt is the league MVP. That will have to be seen.

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