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Houston Texans Head Coach Lovie Smith, Brandin Cooks and Davis Mills meet with the media after practice.

Houston Texans Head Coach Lovie Smith, Brandin Cooks and Davis Mills meet with the media after practice.


HC LOVIE SMITH

Once the football season starts, those games start, they start rolling. Whether you win, lose or tie, you move on and that’s what we’ve done. Denver needs a win just as much as we do. Good football team that did a lot of good things on Monday night. I know what the score said but if you watch the game, you take a few turnovers away and it’s a totally different ballgame. Every week you start with the quarterback, and Russell Wilson has been a good quarterback for a long period of time. Can make all the throws, mobile, smart. They have a commitment to the run also. Good wide receivers. On the defensive side of the football, it starts up front as we say too. They have some defensive lineman that can rush the passer so it will be a big challenge for us. Whenever you go on the road for the first time, I know we went there during the preseason, but going on the road for the first time especially in a hostile environment like Denver, it is a challenge. Practice today, it went about how you would expect a Wednesday practice to go in season, getting back into the flow of things after a lot of snaps that we played on Sunday. Injury wise, I think you know about most of the guys injury-related that missed today’s practice. Justin Britt missed today for personal reasons.”

What are the challenges of game planning for Broncos QB Russell Wilson?

“It’s been a that way for some time. I had an opportunity to go against him, of course we played him last year. I’d say we’re dealing with some similar things offensively with him. As I mentioned, mobile, accurate thrower, smart decisions, that kind of opens everything else up.”

What’s your experience with altitude and do you talk about it with the team?

“We’re going to Colorado to play the Broncos. A lot of people talk about if that changes (preparation). We played out there a few times. This is what we ask guys to do each week: get as much rest as possible, hydrate as much as you can, just recovery that you normally go…

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