Tim Kelly pleased with Davis Mills progress (Article)

“Yeah, he's a guy who's big, he's strong, he's smart,” Texans offensive coordinator Tim Kelly said. “He's a better athlete than when you see him kind of walk out here. He kind of looks goofy, right? Especially with that bucket hat, we've got to get that off of him. He's a better athlete than you would guess by just seeing him on the hoof.”

“He's got a strong arm. He's smart. So it's just going to be reps and just feeling the defense and getting a feel for the speed of the game. Again, I think all rookie quarterbacks have an adjustment to make when it comes to that, but he's doing a good job preparing and putting in the work and watching the film. We're pleased with where he's at. Now he's got to take another step this week.”

“Davis came in and saw his first, “Oh my gosh, this is the NFL” moment on that three-step, then ran through, he got hit, came off the field. I’m like, ‘Did that hurt? You okay?’ And he was like, ‘No.’” Kelly said. “So, he was fine after he took his first hit. He did good. The whole thing with him is just going to be to accumulate as many reps as possible. He's only had however many, 257 throws or whatever since high school. Just for him to continue to grow and develop, and the more he sees defenses, the more he gets comfortable with our route running, the more improvement we're going to see each and every day.”

“With Davis, just continue to cut back on mistakes and don't have my missed throws,” Kelly said. I think going back and watching the tape, there was probably one or two throws in particular that come to mind right now that immediately he would want back. He's going to make those throws nine-out-of-10 times. It just so happened that on that one screen, the ball slipped out of his hands. To eliminate that, let's get rid of those throws, let’s make those plays, and then again, continue to grow in his patience in the pocket.”