Davis Mills on getting the offense in gear when the running game isn’t working

The Houston Texans’ offense has lived and died by the contributions of rookie running back Dameon Pierce who has been the offense’s most impressive performer through eight weeks. With a primetime matchup against the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles on the schedule for tomorrow, quarterback Davis Mills addressed how he might ignite the team’s dormant passing game to take the load off of the young ball carrier to find more consistent success through the air.

“We even talked about it this week,” Mills explained. “I don’t want to share too much, but just finding ways to – if you can’t run the ball, take easy completions and kind of utilize, ‘Okay, hey, an efficient run on first down is four yards.’ If we can do that getting the ball out onto the edge. For the offense it’s the same thing. Just moving forward second-and-short, third-and-short and keeping the chains moving. Just finding ways to keep moving the ball down the field and scoring points. That’s what we’re focused on.”