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Deshaun Watson has inserted his name into the NFL MVP race this season. He strengthened his candidacy on Sunday. Following a Patrick Mahomes fumble, Watson rushed for a touchdown to give the Houston Texans a halftime lead versus the Kansas City Chiefs in a wild shootout. .@DeshaunWatson takes it himself!@HoustonTexans lead 23-17 in Kansas City. […]

The 2017 NFL Draft class has yielded two of the best starting quarterbacks in today’s game, as Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson were both taken in the top 12 that year. Mahomes went to the Kansas City Chiefs at No. 10, and Watson went 12th overall to the Houston Texans. While both signal-callers are terrific, […]

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson doesn’t just support those on the field, he also supports those off of it. On Tuesday, the Pro Bowler announced his new initiative: to give back to the community, in the form of the Deshaun Watson Foundation. Watson’s new foundation is a non-profit with the goal of supporting education, health, […]

Deshaun Watson had arguably the best game of his young career with the Houston Texans in Week 5. As a result, Watson’s cleats from the game on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons are headed for Canton, Ohio, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The first player in NFL history to pass for at least […]

Jalen Ramsey definitely wants out of the Jacksonville Jaguars. The disgruntled corner is doing everything he can to get his wish and get out of the team. However, his latest antic with Houston Texans’ Deshaun Watson may be his most significant move yet. The QB posted a picture on his Instagram profile that can easily […]

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson outplayed everyone this week. In the midst of going off against the Atlanta Falcons, Watson was able to finish the game with a perfect passer rating. Deshaun Watson had a career-high and perfect rating of 158.3. Watson had 5 passing touchdowns and 5 incompletions today vs the Falcons. #Texans — […]

Last week, Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson described the intricacies of the Cover-4 defense the Carolina Panthers used to beat him. On Sunday, after demolishing the Atlanta Falcons defense, Watson is back with a description of the defense he played. Said Watson post-game: “They play a lot of man. Different variations of man. They played […]

Houston Texans wide receiver Will Fuller had already been in the midst of a monster outing against the Atlanta Falcons. He managed to put the cherry on top of a memorable day be securing the hat trick from quarterback Deshaun Watson. Fuller once again made easy work of the Falcons’ secondary by torching them for […]

The Week 5 matchup between the Houston Texans and Atlanta Falcons had all the makings of a high-scoring affair. Quarterback Deshaun Watson certainly has not disappointed thus far. Watson honed in on wide receiver Will Fuller for a pair of touchdowns earlier in the game. Tight end Darren Fells has now joined the two-touchdown club […]

It isn’t even halftime yet but Will Fuller wasn’t going to wait to create his best game of the season for the Houston Texans against the Atlanta Falcons. With five catches for more than 50 yards, Fuller scored a touchdown for the first time this season in concert with Deshaun Watson. Watson and Fuller connect!@HoustonTexans […]

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is coming off of a rough outing against the Carolina Panthers, as he completed 21 of his 33 passes for just 160 yards and no touchdowns in a 16-10 loss. But after the defeat, Watson was back on the field at NRG Stadium four hours later to get in some […]

The Houston Texans were favored to beat the Carolina Panthers at home on Sunday. After four quarters of play, the scoreboard read the opposite: Carolina 16, Houston 10. In an ugly game where the coaching didn’t do Houston any favors, their quarterback, Deshaun Watson, also struggled. For the day, he finished with 160 yards on […]

Carolina Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen made headlines with his stellar performance against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 3. It seems Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson was hardly surprised by the promise he showed. Both players had become well-acquainted during their rise to the NFL. According to Mark Lane of the Texans Wire, Watson revealed that […]

Houston Texans wide receiver Kenny Stills made a quick impression on head coach Bill O’Brien thanks to his work ethic. It seems quarterback Deshaun Watson has also started to take notice. Although Stills has not been in town very long, he has managed to etch out an integral role for himself both on the filed […]

The Houston Texans came away with a big victory over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, and afterward, Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers was very complimentary of Texans’ signal-caller Deshaun Watson. “I actually saw him before I was walking in [to the press conference] and he came — actually I think he came looking for me […]

The Houston Texans and the Los Angeles Chargers faced off in a tight Week 3 matchup on Sunday. Deshaun Watson showed off his incredible talent in tandem with Jordan Akins. The quarterback threw for well over 300 yards (351 to be exact) and had three passing touchdowns in the game. His numbers helped lead his […]

Through the first two games of the 2019 NFL season, it appears as though the Houston Texans offensive line has picked up right where they left off with their lackluster protection. Regardless, head coach Bill O’Brien is still rather optimistic about their current performance. The Texans have already allowed quarterback Deshaun Watson to be sacked […]

Somebody get Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson some help, now. The franchise signal-caller, in his third season for the AFC South franchise, was sacked four times against the Jacksonville Jaguars in the two teams’ Week 2 matchup, marking the eighth consecutive game Watson hit the ground that many times or more. Per NFL Research on […]

Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey has never been shy about expressing his honest regarding the caliber of today’s NFL quarterbacks. It appears Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is one of the few that have garnered his respect. Ramsey is certainly not one to share heavy praise for quarterbacks. According to Anthony R. Wood of the […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars will hit the road to take on the Houston Texans in a crucial AFC South matchup in Week 2, and there are some solid fantasy football options for both teams. It was a rough start to the Nick Foles era in Jacksonville, as he suffered a broken clavicle against the Kansas City […]

The Houston Texans gave Nick Martin a three-year $33 million extension on Tuesday. The man he’s paid to protect, quarterback Deshaun Watson, believes the 26-year-old is deserving of the extension. Said Watson, via Mark Lane of Texans Wire: “For sure, he deserves it. Everything he’s put in for this organization, for himself, on and off […]

Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone has a tough draw when it comes to his first two weeks of the 2019 NFL season. Not only did he have to coach against the 2018 MVP in Patrick Mahomes in Week 1, he’ll now have to take on the Houston Texans and Deshaun Watson on Sunday. With […]

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson may have taken plenty of hits during his team’s season-opening loss to the New Orleans Saints on Monday night, but he was a full participant in practice on Wednesday, according to Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk. Watson was sacked six times and hit 11 times in Week 1, and […]

Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre was known for shinning when the lights were brightest, and he sees a lot of that in Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. Favre hosts a weekly show on Sirius XM and said he was impressed with both the Texans and New Orleans Saints, but the one guy who really […]

Houston Texans coach Bill O’Brien is confident that quarterback Deshaun Watson will be just fine after taking a couple of hits in Week 1. The most awkward hit was on a touchdown scramble where he flipped in the air and landed hard on his back. After the play, he was seen stretching his back and […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans both suffered devastating blows in Week 1. For the Jacksonville Jaguars, they suffered an unfortunate injury to Nick Foles in the first quarter. On the play, Foles connected with DJ Chark on a 35-yard pass that resulted in six points for the Jaguars. At the same time, the Jaguars […]

The addition of left tackle Laremy Tunsil has not done much to improve the Houston Texans’ offensive line. At least not yet. Deshaun Watson was sacked six times in the Texans’ season-opening loss to the New Orleans Saints on Monday night, which likely conjured up bad memories of last season, when Watson was sacked 62 […]

The Houston Texans are enjoying a great start to the season, playing competitive football against the New Orleans Saints. Deshaun Watson is doing a great job leading the team in what is an entertaining opener for both teams. In fact, Watson has been connecting really well with DeAndre Hopkins and unleashed a beauty of a […]

Coming as a surprise despite a potent Houston Texans offensive attack, the New Orleans Saints did not score first on Monday evening on the Bayou. Instead, Texans starting quarterback Deshaun Watson scampered 21 yards to reach the end zone first, giving his team an early 7-0 lead in the first quarter. Not only that, but […]

The Houston Texans love to take their shots downfield with Will Fuller in the offense. Against the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football, Fuller pulled down a ridiculous catch for a 50-yard reception. https://twitter.com/aaronjreiss/status/1171207911172923393?s=20 Late in the first quarter, Deshaun Watson stepped back into his own end zone and unleashed a pass downfield. On […]

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is entering his third year in the NFL, and at the ripe age of 23, figures to have a lot of football left in him. So much football that his goal is to replicate the lengthy careers of the New Orleans Saints’ Drew Brees and New England Patriots’ Tom Brady. […]

Maybe the most anticipated matchup of Week 1 of the regular season will come on Monday night, when the Houston Texans visit the New Orleans Saints. The game isn’t just a meeting between two teams with legitimate Super Bowl aspirations, but also one between two of the league’s best quarterbacks on opposite ends of their […]

Deshaun Watson got off to a fairly great start during his 2017 rookie season with the Houston Texans, but unfortunately went down with an ACL injury at practice. While the Texans ended up finishing that season 4-12, their superstar wide receiver, DeAndre Hopkins, thinks the team could have easily turned elsewhere for quarterback help. Speaking […]

The Houston Texans selected Deshaun Watson with the 12th pick of the 2017 NFL Draft. Quickly, he became one of the better quarterbacks in the NFL and gave superstar wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins a reliable thrower. Now Hopkins is considered the best receiver in football by many and it’s pretty easy to see why he’d […]

The Houston Texans witnessed the retirement of division rival quarterback Andrew Luck last Saturday. The former Indianapolis Colts star delt with subpar to terrible offensive line play for most of his career. Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson was on that pace until the Texans sent the Miami Dolphins a treasure trove of picks for a franchise […]

The recent retirement of quarterback Andrew Luck truly puts into perspective of the toll some NFL gunslingers go through. The list of injuries put on the former first overall pick are too much for some players to endure, from concussions and torn labrums to torn rib cartilege and lacerated kidneys. It’s not surprising that he […]

The Houston Texans appear to have a healthy competition brewing at left tackle heading into the 2019 NFL season. Quarterback Deshaun Watson has added some further intrigue to the situation with some praise for Roderick Johnson. Johnson has made a strong impression through training camp and the preseason. According to Avery Duncan of the Texans […]

The number of endless preseason games can only signify that it is officially fantasy football season. In the coming weeks, people will be frantically scheduling their fantasy drafts ahead of the regular season. Before you attack the draft, you need to know which quarterbacks should be at the top of your draft board. Contrary to […]

There’s clearly no love lost between the Green Bay Packers and Houston Texans following the teams’ pair of heated joint practices. But after DeShaun Watson, the Texans’ injury-plagued franchise quarterback wearing the no-contact red jersey, went down during a “non-tackling” drill during Tuesday’s session, he did his best to diffuse the situation. Asked if he […]