Texans coach DeMeco Ryans clears up flap: ‘I was talking to the official, I wasn’t yelling at anybody on our sideline’

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – DeMeco Ryans cleared up a misunderstanding created by television cameras panning back and forth to him yelling on the Texans’ sideline in the fourth quarter of a road loss Sunday to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Ryans quelled speculation about the flap with many assuming he was upset with oft-criticized offensive coordinator Nick Caley. That’s because the cameras showed Caley perusing his play sheet while Ryans is yelling at someone outside of the camera view.

As it turned out, Ryans was upset with the officials. He emphasized Monday that he was upset with the officiating. Specifically, that the referee thought the Texans were substituting when they weren’t and that mistake prevented them from running their hurry-up offense.

“If you guys saw me animated on the field, t