Texans players, coaches share their thoughts on Colts DC Matt Eberflus

The Houston Texans announced Monday they have completed an interview with Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus.

Having seen Eberflus twice a year since 2018, Texans players and coaches had plenty of comments about the 50-year-old defensive coordinator. Here is what Texans players and coaches had to say about Eberflus on the record.

OC Tim Kelley — Oct. 17, 2019

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“First of all, they're very well-coached," Kelly said. "They're very well-coached, they're very disciplined, they're very technically sound in all areas. We have our work cut out for us there and he does a good job of switching up the coverages from man to zone and all that. Like I said, they're a very well-coached unit that flies around."

QB Deshaun Watson — Dec. 2, 2020

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“He’s a great coach," Watson said. "He has those guys playing very, very disciplined, fast, very physical football. They don’t make a lot of mistakes. They get teams to create turnovers. He’s doing a heck of a job for that team. The guys, you can tell they’re buying into his program and his system and what he’s preaching up there. That’s a team we need to make sure we’re on our p’s and q’s each and every play."

WR Brandin Cooks — Dec. 3, 2020

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“They’ve been playing at such a high level throughout the year," Cooks said. "He’s been great in mixing up his calls. He has a lot of confidence in his players. They’ve got a lot of great players in the back and then with (Darius) Leonard leading that defense. When you’ve got a guy like that, you can do a lot. Lot of respect for what he’s doing with that defense and what they’ve been doing all year.”

QB Deshaun Watson — Dec. 20, 2020

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"I talked to their DC (Eberflus) afterwards and told him about it and he was like, ‘Yeah, that’s what we had to do. We had to switch up some different things,'" said Watson. "Because that defense is a bend but don’t break defense. They play a lot of zone coverages and a lot of different things that they do — you know exactly what they’re going to do but today they wanted to try to mix it around and do some different things. You just have to figure it out sometimes and then we get things going.”

QB Deshaun Watson — Dec. 23, 2020

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“No, I haven’t even really thought about that [talking to Eberflus, possible future Texans coach]," Watson said. "It’s been so much going on. I’ve been trying to keep everything settled, especially with the holidays coming around. But, no, I haven’t even thought about that. If it is, then hey, let’s go win some games. But that didn’t even cross my mind.”

C Nick Martin — Jan. 4, 2021

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“Obviously, when you’re a divisional game, you play them twice a year, you’re going to know a little bit more, especially them," said Martin. "We’ve played them, what is it twice in four weeks? Or whatever it was. You pick up on little things whether it’s verbal calls, alignments, whatever it is. But he does a good job game planning, but we do too."

QB Deshaun Watson — Jan. 4, 2021

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“From what I’ve heard and played against him, Matt’s been very, very disciplined," said Watson. "That’s the type that you want. From the players and the scheme that I’ve been playing against, Indianapolis, they’re about what they do and they do it perfectly. They understand different concepts and what they want to do as an Indianapolis Colts defense. That’s why they’ve been successful.

"From what I’ve heard about him, he’s a great guy to play for. Of course, he’s a defensive minded coach and I think it’ll help Tim (Kelly), but we’ll see. It’s so much of the unknown and so much of this is the first time I’ve been through it, so it’s kind of hard to have vision without any experience and any guy that’s with it.”