WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. -- There are many areas Houston Texans starting quarterback Tom Savage wants to improve upon during his first training camp as the No. 1 guy, but he says he's most focused on increased results in the red zone.

Last season, the Texans were the second-worst team in red zone efficiency, getting into the end zone just 40.9 percent of the time. In Savage's three games in 2016, he was 4-for-10 without a touchdown in the red area, and 0-for-6 inside the 10-yard-line.

Tom Savage completed 63 percent of his passes in three games last season, but failed to lead the Texans into the end zone in 10 red-zone trips. Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP

Because of the team's struggles, kicker Nick Novak had the most efficient season of his career. Savage would like to avoid having to rely on the kicking game as much this season and have the offense provide more points by finding the end zone. In Novak's first full season with the Texans, he tied for second in the NFL with 35 field goals.

"Ultimately, we want to score touchdowns," Savage said. "Once we start working on the red area a little bit more -- that's the one thing I think we really want to improve on in training camp, is just touchdowns. We know Nick [Novak] and Ka'imi [Fairbairn] -- they're great kickers -- but, no offense to them, we want to be out there scoring the points.

"Everything's tight down there. It's just what it is. Especially in this league, they're good at disguising. All the safeties, they can do whatever they want back there because they know they don't have much to cover. So I think a lot of it is just film study and seeing different looks that they give you and different ideas and just go from there."

Savage, although he started two games last season, is still without a touchdown pass in his NFL career. He did provide the Texans a boost offensively, completing 63 percent of his passing attempts. Houston also won both of the games that Savage ended at quarterback.

And though Savage has said this is an area he wants to focus on, Texans head coach Bill O'Brien noted that onus doesn't solely fall on his quarterback.

"We have to be better in the red zone," O'Brien said. "We've got to be better everywhere on offense. We've said that all offseason, we know that, coaching, playing, everything. So we're working all the different situations. We've been in the red area a lot. Sometimes the defense has gotten us, sometimes we've gotten them. Hopefully we can be more consistent in games."