The Deshaun Watson (aka The One) thread

[barrett]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Somewhere, Duane Brown rolled his eyes.

In all fairness, the Patriots and the Titans are not great pass defense teams and lack a great pass rush. The Chiefs have both although they miss Eric Berry in the secondary.

That's not to diss Watson. I knew he wasn't going to last to 25 in the draft and I breathed a huge sigh of relief when the Chiefs passed on Watson to draft Patrick Mahomes (which may be a great trivia question some day). If Watson were two inches taller and 15 pounds heavier, I think he would have been in the top five. Watson is more like a point guard than a shooting guard (to mix sports) and he threw a bunch of off-balance passes Sunday that look magical when they're on target but can also look like INTs-in-waiting when they're off target.

I'm happy for the Texans but they won't have a pick in the first two rounds next spring so they are going to have to find more unpolished gems in free agency and the last day of the draft to make up for the lack of high choices. If we are not going to sign Brown, let's trade him someplace for an extra pick.

Forget making him bigger, if he just came out a year earlier he'd have been top 5. In recent years, the longer a QB is near the top of draft boards the longer teams have to pick him apart. There is a reason Trubisky went before Watson and it isn't because of game film or workouts. Scouts love to project potential but subtract performance. So the more performance you have the less they can project and the more they can subtract.

[HPF Bob]

Watson also threw a bunch of picks early in his senior season before settling down. He was above average in limiting interceptions as a junior. He takes some chances but as long as his positive plays outnumber his negative plays, coaches will allow the bad throws some time to work themselves out. You don't want to lose that aggressiveness.

[Arky]

It's still way too early - probably won't have the definitive idea until a few years from now - but it's looking like the Texans really, really got this one right......Ya know, what will a 2017 Re-draft look like a few years from now?

Gotta admit I didn't know all that much about him a year ago. Was he another Taj Boyd? Or Brett Favre? Warren Moon? It's hard to categorize him at this point because he seems to be just a different breed of cat. I've been impressed with his demeanor, poise and football IQ (ability to learn and adapt fast). He's still a rookie and will make some mistakes but goodness, isn't it nice not to have to bitch about the QB play and actually enjoy the competence?

[Arky]

Can't say Deshaun Watson is not being tested early in his career.. First he comes into the game against a Jags team that has their ears pinned back, then on the road on a short week against the Bengals on TNF. Then, a match against the Super Bowl Champion Patriots... This week, it's a game against the #1 ranked Chiefs under the bright lights of SNF.... Jeez, welcome to the NFL, kid.....