Texans benching QB Allen, going back to Mills

The Houston Texans person benched backmost Kyle Allen aft 2 starts successful favour of erstwhile starter Davis Mills.

Mills struggled successful his archetypal 10 starts, with a completion percent of 61.9% and a passer standing was 78.1, ranking successful the bottommost 10 successful the NFL successful some categories. Mills' grounds arsenic a starter was 1-8-1 and helium threw 11 interceptions, which is 3rd astir successful the NFL. Coach Lovie Smith switched to Allen to make a spark for their 31st-ranked scoring discourtesy (15 points per game) up of their Week 12 matchup with the Miami Dolphins.

"When Davis was the starter, sometimes you request a alleviation pitcher to travel in," Smith said.

But Allen besides struggled successful his 2 starts against the Cleveland Browns and the Dolphins, which resulted successful a brace of Texans losses. He finished with 2 passing touchdowns, 4 interceptions and a mislaid fumble that was returned for a touchdown against the Browns. The discourtesy averaged 14 points successful Allen's 2 starts.

Mills returns arsenic the starter arsenic the Texans hole to look the Dallas Cowboys (9-3) connected the roadworthy for their Week 14 matchup.

"We expect 2 weeks of watching from the sideline to help," Smith said of Mills.