Bill O'Brien likes upside of Texans' quarterbacks

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The Texans have one of the more unproven quarterback situations in the NFL.

Starting quarterback Tom Savage has yet to throw a touchdown pass in a regular-season game, but had an encouraging and healthy preseason.

Rookie backup Deshaun Watson was an All-American and national championship winner at Clemson. He has flashed a lot of potential, but is still learning on the job.

Texans coach Bill O'Brien is upbeat about Savage and Watson, noting their steady improvement. The Texans cut third quarterback Brandon Weeden on Saturday.

“I feel good about the quarterbacks," O'Brien said. "I think that both guys have – relative to where they are in their careers – played decently. Tom has good command of what we do. He knows how we want to operate. He's been here for a while. Deshaun, in my opinion, has gotten better and better and he’s going to be a very good quarterback in this league.

"We feel good about our quarterback position and we’ll continue to coach them and work with them and I think you’ll continue to see improvement with them, but we believe both guys are getting better and better relative to where they are in their careers.”