(on what he post game speech to his teammates was like) You know, I guess first of all I want to start off just saying, I really today have to first and foremost thank my savior Jesus Christ and God. I dont say that lightly, I want that to be the first thing out of my mouth today. Gods had a plan for my life for a long time, its not a coincidence about him guiding me, so Im extremely thankful to him. I want to make sure that he gets all the glory today. Im just a pulp sometimes and leaning on him, leaning on God for that sort of stuff. But yeah, today was special man. First of all, the defense played incredible. Thats the best defense Ive ever seen. The guys around me on offense, that was a lot of fun playing. We had a great plan; the coaches did an incredible job of getting us all ready to go. It was fun. I thought we played well and made the right plays to win. What was that, three turnovers for the defense? That was pretty incredible. After the game I just told the guys, especially the guys that had been around last year, how special, how much this means to me and that I love them.
(on what he was doing when he got the call from the Texans) I was in a tree with a bow in my hand, hunting white-tail deer out in a field about 30 minutes outside of Missouri. My wife was texting me actually during the Texans game that Ryan (Fitzpatrick) had gotten hurt and that Tom (Savage) was in there and Shane (Lechler) was warming up. I got a call from my agent and my heart kind of jumped a little bit, and its been pretty wild since then.
(on being away from football when he found out) Yeah, we had been away on Thursday and had the weekend off, so I was trying to get a few hunts in, and I got one or two but that one was pretty unsuccessful because I was hunting the whole time. I really didnt care, there probably could have been a 20-pointer walking up and I would have tried, but there were more important things going on at that point.
(on how it felt to walk off the field a winner for the first time as a Texan) Like I said on the field, I really cant put words on it, man. Its very special. Somebodys told me before that when you dont win, thats what makes winning that much more sweet. Its very sweet. It feels really, really good.
(on what it was like to play against his former coach Gary Kubiak) Yeah, as far as playing against Kub, it really didnt matter who it was against today. I didnt think about that, but playing with my guys that Ive put a lot of time in with, you know training camp and offseason, that was really special. It meant a lot. Pretty much the whole o-line that I played with, Andre (Johnson), DeAndre (Hopkins), Arian (Foster), seeing the defense lining up like that today was pretty fun too.
(on how difficult it was to come in and learn the offense and the protection from the offensive line) I think, someone told me a stat that we didnt have a sack today which was pretty incredible considering the front that Baltimore has and the talent those guys have up there. I dont remember your question, but it was really pretty incredible protection that we had today, offensive line played incredible. (on picking up the offense for the second time) I compared it to taking a couple years of Spanish and if you were to ask me how to say whatever, I wouldnt be able to tell you, but when you go through and review it again, it comes back. A lot of stuff came back after I reviewed it and went over it again. We had a great gameplan and the coaches did a heck of a job getting us all ready to go.
(on if he almost ever called any St. Louis plays) No, I didnt.
(on what he was most comfortable with and least comfortable with) I was comfortable with the offense. If I wasnt comfortable, the coaches, I told them I wasnt comfortable with it and we didnt run it. Every play we ran, I felt good about what was called.
(on RB Arian Foster saying that Keenum was very emotional after the game) Im not the best with me words, so I couldnt really put it all into words how special it was to me. I know Arian said that he was going to punch me if I cried. No, it means a lot. Its fun. I love to win. To do it, in the way that it all happened, I go back to God. Hes got a perfect plan and its a plan to prosper. I think winning is just kind of a byproduct of how hard we worked. Just being here and playing a game, Im extremely blessed and honored to be able to do that.
(on if this was the best football moment of his career) Its close, if its not. It feels really good. It does. Ive said it before, Ive represented the city of Houston for I dont know how many years and how many gamesI know it was 50-something in college and now nine hereI love doing it. I love the fans. Its been good.
(on if he ever imagined he would be back here when he was with the St. Louis Rams) Ive wondered. When Ryan (Mallett) got hurt, I was kind of wondering. But when that didnt happen, I kind of was like, OK, no. It is what it is, so I kind of put it out of my mind.
(on if he felt the team couldve executed better in the red zone) Yeah, you have to give Baltimore credit. They had a heck of a plan down there. But yeah, I like scoring touchdowns. I think Randy (Bullock) was awesome today, but I want to score touchdowns. Id rather score touchdowns. We definitely need to capitalize on more of those opportunities with the defense getting all those turnovers, especially down there in the red zone.
(on if he had any input into the offensive gameplan this week) The coaches, we were in constant communication with what we thought, what the plan of attack was and how we were going to do it. Like I said, if I wasnt comfortable with something, they werent going to run it. We still had an offensive plan and we were able to execute it.
(on Bill OBriens pregame speech) I got fired up. I was fired up. Thats probably the most Ive been fired up in a long time. I didnt even need it. I was pretty jacked up from the get-go. He brought it to another level.
