In an incredible act of stating the obvious, Lovie Smith told reporters after Sunday’s loss that he encouraged his defenders to “continue to play defensively” against the Cleveland Browns. It is unclear what the alternative to this strategy might have been, but his approach seemed to have worked, as the Texans’ defense did not surrender a single touchdown to Cleveland in Week 13.
“What I told the defense is to continue to play defensively,” Smith explained after the game. “[They] did a lot of good things. It wasn’t a perfect game, but we’re going to highlight the good things that we did defensively. Things we didn’t do well, you’re going to talk about those too, and we’re going to ask them to do it again, and that’s how it goes.
