Kris Boyd on the push coach: It was a 10 second thing, it’s not in my character

After the opening kickoff in Kansas City on Saturday, Houston’s Chris Boyd took off his helmet, ran off the field and shoved special teams coach Frank Ross. Boyd was penalized for removing his helmet and was questioned after the game about why he would push his coach, but Boyd downplayed the incident.

“It’s not in my character. I love everything here. I love my coaches. I never disrespect anybody,” Boyd said. “I love Franko, I am a God-fearing man, I respect everyone. . . A 10-second thing happened. That’s football. I never respect anyone. That’s not my character.”

Boyd said he knew he screwed up, costing his team 15 yards by taking off his helmet on the field.

“I was just too excited and I did something I shouldn’t have done,” Boyd said. “Keep my helmet on.”

Boyd said his primary frustration was that he thought he forced a fumble that the Texans recovered, but then realized the Chiefs actually recovered it.

“I got the ball out. And as I stand up, I look at the screen, I see nothing but white, and everybody’s pointing that way,” Boyd said. “So I thought, oh yeah, we got the ball too.”

In playing down the importance of the push, Boyd’s comments are not dissimilar to those of Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce a year ago after he pushed coach Andy Reid in the Super Bowl. Emotions run high on the field and on the sidelines, and sometimes those emotions boil over.