Houston Texans: 5 dream/nightmare scenarios for the 2018 season
By T.A. Mock
Dream 1: Deshaun Watson stays healthy with an MVP caliber season
This past season showed what Deshaun Watson is capable of at this level. In his six starts, he threw for 1,597 yards across a 63% completion. He also tossed 18 touchdowns against 7 seven interceptions. He added 253 yards on the ground with two addition touchdowns.
If you expand those numbers across sixteen games, it gets ridiculous. Had he played all sixteen games, he was on pace for 4,259 passing yards, 48 touchdowns, 675 rushing yards, and five more touchdowns. That’s nearly 5,000 yards and over 50 touchdowns total. The only downside is he was on pace for 19 interceptions and 40 sacks.
Another year in this playbook, that is now more adapted to him, will surely pay dividends in the season. Another year gaining rapport with his skill position players could make him produce video game numbers. Look out, league.
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Nightmare 1: Watson’s ACL can’t hold up to the whole season
Yeah, this would be absolutely terrible. Watson tearing his ACL was the last nail in the coffin for a miserable 2017 season. His knee looks great so far but, contact has ramped up yet so time will tell. If his knee isn’t quite ready this could potentially turn into a chronic issue.
On the terrible chance he does hurt it again, the Houston Texans don’t really have a viable backup QB. That would make this awful situation even worse. So, knock on wood a million times and pray that he remains healthy.