Tom Savage barely had time to think, let alone move out of the way of a furious charge of 300-pound defensive linemen with mayhem on their mind.
The Texans quarterback was under siege in his first NFL start during a 12-10 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals as he was sacked four times and hit 10 times overall during an uncharacteristically rough night for the Texans' offensive line.
Frequent breakdowns in pass protection defined the game as blocking schemes designed to curtail the impact of the Bengals' talented front seven were rendered wholly ineffective.
It wasn't only the line's fault.