{"id":50415,"date":"2017-11-03T09:01:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T09:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=50415"},"modified":"2017-11-03T09:01:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T09:01:41","slug":"deshaun-watson-hurt-texans-season-depends-bill-obrien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/deshaun-watson-hurt-texans-season-depends-bill-obrien.html","title":{"rendered":"With Deshaun Watson hurt, Texans&#8217; season depends on Bill O&#8217;Brien"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">With Deshaun Watson hurt, Texans&#8217; season depends on Bill O&#8217;Brien<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">With Deshaun Watson hurt, Texans&#8217; season depends on Bill O&#8217;Brien:-Don\u2019t write off the Houston Texans just yet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Maybe after Sunday, once we&#8217;ve had another glimpse of Tom Savage, we&#8217;ll be able to scratch them from the list of playoff hopefuls. Savage, remember, opened the season as the starter and was benched after playing just a half, giving way to rookie sensation Deshaun Watson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Perhaps Bill O\u2019Brien will turn in the coaching performance of his life after losing Watson to a torn ACL Thursday afternoon, according to multiple reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Good luck. The Texans\u2019 season rides on it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">The next-man-up theory won\u2019t work here. There\u2019s no chance that Savage, who has yet to throw for his first NFL touchdown, will replace much \u2014 if any \u2014 of the magic that Watson produced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Watson, who put up 38 points and threw for 402 yards against the vaunted Seahawks defense in Seattle last Sunday, had already passed for 19 TDs and carried a 103.0 passer rating while learning on the job. Getting better by the week, he was producing one of the most impressive rookie seasons in NFL history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Now he\u2019s done for the year. Poof. Like that. A dreaded non-contact injury while running a simple read-option toss play during practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">The Texans, who won the last two AFC South titles on the strength of a big-play defense were instantly transformed this year into Watson\u2019s team, seemingly as fast as they now seemed doomed. In six weeks with their special rookie at quarterback, Houston was the highest-scoring team in the NFL, averaging 34.7 points during Watson&#8217;s starts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">This was how the Texans were going to survive after losing J.J. Watt, the NFL\u2019s biggest defensive star, and underrated linebacker Whitney Mercilus to season-ending injuries. The suddenly explosive offense was going to cover for the injury-stung defense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Dabo Swinney, Watson\u2019s coach at Clemson, was so right. Watson was indeed \u201cthe Michael Jordan of the draft,\u201d and O\u2019Brien was so fortunate to get him with the 12th pick after two other quarterbacks, Mitchell Trubisky and Patrick Mahomes, were picked ahead of Watson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Now the NFL\u2019s new MJ is headed to rehab.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/columnist\/bell\/2017\/11\/02\/deshaun-watson-hurt-texans-season-depends-bill-obrien\/827861001\/<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/deshaun-watson-hurt-texans-season-depends-bill-obrien.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Deshaun Watson hurt, Texans&#8217; season depends on Bill O&#8217;Brien With Deshaun Watson hurt, Texans&#8217; season depends on Bill O&#8217;Brien:-Don\u2019t write off the Houston Texans just yet. Maybe after Sunday, once we&#8217;ve had another glimpse of Tom Savage, we&#8217;ll be able to scratch them from the list of playoff hopefuls. 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