Texans' QB Tom Savage on concussion timing: 'Rough deal'

Standing inside the Texans' locker room, backup quarterback Tom Savage acknowledged the horrible timing of a concussion that cost him the starting job.

Savage was the Texans' first-string quarterback, replacing $72 million quarterback Brock Osweiler and engineering a comeback win over the Jacksonville Jaguars and a win over the Cincinnati Bengals before suffering a concussion in the regular-season finale against the Tennessee Titans during a quarterback sneak on fourth down.

"Rough deal, yep," Savage said. "It was one of those weird hits. I've done plenty of QB sneaks in my life and never had anything like that."

Savage was initially cleared under the NFL concussion testing protocol before his…