LONDON _ While he was proud of the job he did defending Houston Texans' star receiver DeAndre Hopkins, cornerback A.J. Bouye was still a bit livid afterwards following a late-game dustup near the opposing sideline.
He got into a brief verbal altercation with an unidentified Texans' coach, which appeared to lead to tempers flaring on both sides in the closing minutes of a 26-3 Houston victory.
"Me and Hop talked about it during the game," said Bouye, who played with Houston from 2013-16. "We already knew this was how it was going to be. He's going to make plays, I'm going to make plays. But we're going to keep it football.
"Don't have a coach come over here and try to talk to me on the side, then some other person try to do something. That's when you're taking it past (football). I'm not having that."
No significant physical altercation took place as the staredown between the two teams lasted about a minute before order was restored. Bouye and Hopkins are friends and had no issues with each other, despite a one-on-one battle for the entire game.
Hopkins did have eight catches, but only for 48 yards as every reception except a 21-yarder that led to a Duke Johnson 1-yard TD run. Hopkins did have a 1-yard TD catch on Bouye with 4:19 left to close out the scoring.
Bouye led the Jaguars with seven tackles and had a pass breakup.
"It was a battle out there (with Hopkins) and I enjoyed every minute of it," Bouye said.
