Houston Texans: 4 standout players against the New York Jets

Deshaun Watson

The Houston Texans are competitive in every game this season due to Deshaun Watson’s brilliance in fourth quarters and the fact that he is a dual threat for opposing defenses in any given play in the game. Watson is far from perfect but he has been the reason why the Texans are an offense capable of scoring at any time.

Despite Watson’s tendency of holding onto on the football with the hopes of extending the play and being sacked six times, he finished the game 22-of-28 for 294 yards. He had two touchdowns, no interceptions, and lead the team in rushing with four carries for 26 yards. Like plenty of young quarterbacks early in their NFL careers, Watson struggled at times keeping his eyes off the pass rush and that was when he put himself in danger of getting lit up.

However, Watson’s elusiveness is also one of his greatest traits as he capable of directing traffic and make some throws other quarterbacks can’t do due to their lack of vision and mobility. Watson was deadly accurate completing 76 percent of his throws and was successful in spreading the football to the other receivers not named DeAndre Hopkins.

Granted his connection with Hopkins is special and this week wasn’t the exception, but Watson was able to move the offense downfield when he incorporated other receivers into the mix as well. With the running game going anemic due to the injury of running back Lamar Miller, the Texans’ offense went one dimensional, but Watson was good enough through the air to keep the team in the game.