Brandon Weeden's first 24 hours as a Houston Texan were topsy-turvy.
"It's been crazy," the quarterback said. "I got the call, we were obviously extremely excited. I could've jumped in my car and drove down right away, but they got me a flight in late last night and didn't get much sleep last night so it's been a whirlwind."
A starter in Dallas for three games this season, and once in 2014, Weeden was let go by the Cowboys on Tuesday and claimed off waivers by the Texans on Thursday. With starter Brian Hoyer going through the concussion protocol and unable to practice on Wednesday and Thursday, the Texans added Weeden to the mix behind Yates.
"Brandon was a guy that we had great reports on as a person, as a good teammate, good locker room
guy," head coach Bill O'Brien said. "So far what we see that's definitely the case. Then he's got a real good arm, he's got a lot of arm, so it was good to be able to get him."
Weeden's completed 72.4 percent of his passes for 738 yards this year. He's tossed a pair of touchdowns and been picked off twice. He dove into the Texans' playbook, and is impressed with what he's seen from an offense he described as "challenging" to learn.
"What I'm trying to do is kind of compare what's similar and kind of translate into what I know verbally then learn it that way," Weeden said. "I got it last night and I laid there like 'Oh my God, what am I looking at', but it's a good system. I know a lot of guys that have played in it, and when you've got good players and got a good staff it's a good recipe."
O'Brien said he and the coaching staff need to get Weeden as well-versed as possible in the offense, in time for the Sunday matchup with the Jets.
"It's part of our job coaching-wise to get these guys trained and get them ready to go," O'Brien said. "We can't give him the whole gamut, that's for sure, but that's our job."
The former Oklahoma State signal-caller said he'll "have to grind" from now until kickoff, as he plans on being ready to go if needed.
"That's my job," Weeden said. "If not, I'm doing everybody else a disservice. I'm going to do my part to be as ready as possible."
Weeden and the Texans will practice again on Friday at the Houston Methodist Training Center, and host New York on Sunday at NRG Stadium.
The Houston Texans roster in photos.
DL Mario Addison, #56 (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
QB, Kyle Allen, #3
RB, Darius Anderson, #30
DB, Grayland Arnold, #35
TE, Antony Auclair, #83
DL, Ross Blacklock, #90
DL, Thomas Booker, #96
OL, Justin Britt, #68
DB, Terrence Brooks, #8
TE, Pharaoh Brown, #85
RB, Rex Burkhead, #28
WR, Jalen Camp, #17
OL, A.J. Cann, #60
LB, Blake Cashman, #53
DL, Maliek Collins, #97
WR, Nico Collins, #12
WR, Chris Conley, #18
WR, Brandin Cooks, #13
WR, Davion Davis, #14
LB, Tae Davis, #19
OL, Austin Deculus, #76
WR, Phillip Dorsett, #4
QB, Jeff Driskel, #6
DL, Michael Dwumfour, #98
WR, Drew Estrada, #81
K, Ka'imi Fairbairn, #7
DB, Jacobi Francis, #38
RB, Royce Freeman, #26
OL, Carson Green, #62
DL, Jonathan Greenard, #52
WR, DaeSean Hamilton, #5
OL, Kenyon Green, #59
DL, Rasheem Green (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.)
LB, Kamu Grugier-Hill, #51
LB, Christian Harris, #48
DL, Demone Harris, #94
WR, Damon Hazelton, #86
OL, Charlie Heck, #67
LB, Neville Hewitt, #43
QB, Kevin Hogan, #16 (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
OL, Tytus Howard, #71
DL, Jerry Hughes, #55 (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
FB, Andy Janovich, #41
An image from the Aug. 21, 2021 Houston Texans preseason game 2 against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. The Texans won 20-14.
WR, Johnny Johnson III, #89
P, Cameron Johnston, #11
TE, Brevin Jordan, #9
DB, Desmond King II, #25
LB, Christian Kirksey, #58
DL, Roy Lopez, #91
RB, Marlon Mack, #2
DB, Tristin McCollum, #39
OL, Justin McCray, #64
WR, John Metchie III, #88
QB, Davis Mills, #10
WR, Chris Moore, #15
DB, Jimmy Moreland, #22
OL, Jimmy Morrissey, #79
DB, Eric Murray, #23
DB, Steven Nelson (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
DB, Steven Nelson, #21
DL, Adedayo Odeleye, #75
OL, Cedric Ogbuehi, #77
RB, Dare Ogunbowale, #33
DL, Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, #45
DB, Jonathan Owens, #36
RB, Dameon Pierce, #31
LB, Kevin Pierre-Louis, #57
DB, Jalen Pitre, #42
FB, Paul Quessenberry, #45
OL, Scott Quessenberry, #54
TE, Teagan Quitoriano, #84
LB, Jalen Reeves-Maybin, #34 (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)
DL, Derek Rivers, #95
OL, Max Scharping, #74
DB, Kendall Sheffield (AP Photo/Kevin Sabitus)
DB, Tremon Smith, #24
OL, Jordan Steckler, #70
DB, M.J. Stewart, #29
DB, Derek Stingley Jr., #24
DB, Tavierre Thomas, #37
OL, Laremy Tunsil, #78
LB, Garret Wallow, #32
WR, Connor Wedington (AP)
LS, Jon Weeks #46
DB, Isaac Yiadom, #20
