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Originally Posted by chuck
It's too bad that a mobile quarterback makes so much difference to the Texans offense because they typically don't last very long in the league. But it is undeniable that Watson makes a night and day difference. And I've always liked Savage. And I didn't like the Watson pick. But it's undeniable.
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I like Savage, but with Savage we play a style that requires 5+ first downs to score a TD. So we need 10 plays with multiple 3rd down conversions, and one bad play puts us behind schedule and we are punting. I still think we're good enough on defense for that style to win a bunch of 12-7 games. But to short pass your way down the field you have to be Tom Brady on 3rd down. Savage is not Tom Brady. It might help if we had some YAC guys like New England, but we don't. So our short passes go for short gains.
With Watson we may not win more games. We may win less. The ball he threw up for grabs in the first half today was Bortlesian. With this defense I might simply try not to turn it over and win half my games with Savage. But the season goes nowhere in January under that model. It probably goes nowhere in January with either QB, so who knows.
Either way I hope Savage starts the season and I hope he holds off Watson for at least half a season, since 8 games is a lot easier to stay healthy for a running QB.