played with Derek Carr in Oakland during the quarterback's rookie campaign in 2014. The Texans defensive end will face a much-improved version on Monday Night Football in Mexico City.
“He looks like the same player just with, you know, with a little more wisdom he gained from the game,” Smith said on Texans TV. “I always saw it in him from Day One. He had the heart, he had the determination, he had the will to do it. He had every little thing you would need him to have. It just wasn’t clicking on all cylinders that season.