At the start of the second half of Sunday’s victory over the Lions, FOX cameras caught Texans head coach Bill O’Brien chewing out special teams coach Larry Izzo on the sideline after the Texans only had 10 players on the field for the kickoff at the start of the third quarter.
O’Brien was restrained by others on the sideline during his outburst, but didn’t have much light to shed on what was going on when he met with the media after the game. O’Brien said he had “no idea” what reporters were asking about both before and after being informed that the tirade was captured on video.
“I don’t remember that one bit,” O’Brien said, via the Houston Chronicle. “I mean I don’t know. There’s conversations that happen on the sideline. That’s just kind of the nature of the game.”
The issue didn’t stop the Texans from winning their fifth home game in as many tries and they’ll have a bye week to work on making sure things run more smoothly when they return to the field in Week 10.
