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Before the season started, Texans rookie running back Dameon Pierce shined during training camp and presumably would see a heavy workload after winning the starting job. Ultimately, he only got 11 carries in his first NFL game Sunday and coach Lovie Smith expressed regret over not getting him enough touches.
“Some of the other things we did in the game, looking on the offensive side of the football, I understand how many plays Dameon Pierce played,” Smith said. “The plan of course was for him to get more. You get into the game and situations make you go a little bit different direction. You learn from those mistakes like that, mistakes of those situations that you look at the day after.”
