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I’m a Deshaun Watson fan, truly am and I do believe he has the potential to be what we need and can rally this thing.
However I’m starting to have my concerns as well and a lot of it was unforeseen at the point of the trade…We all know the legal baggage that was there and the fact that he had missed the prior season, requested a trade and was going to be suspended…
The 2022 handful of games I’m willing to give a pass on.. But that’s all I’m willing to give a pass on in regards to performance.
The concerns SINCE his acquisition are as followed for myself.
#1 The injury. Nobody knows if he can comeback fully from this kind of injury and if one bad hit could end the career. It’s the throwing shoulder and this was not an issue upon acquiring him..
#2 The combination with Stefanski. Clearly this combo is not on the same page. This wasn’t a concern at the point of the trade but is pretty major now. Trying to cater an offense to his skillset and desired play calls is cute and all, but given the way he’s performed it’s a major concern.
Quite frankly we’ve seen 1 really good game (Baltimore) and that, like the Commanders game in 2022 was really a 2nd half effort— which is fine I suppose, but that’s living on the edge from that position.
Despite is 8-4 record as a starter (fools gold) It is no coincidence that we saw roughly a 40 year old man come off the street, with little to no tread left on the tires, put together 5 really solid games (in contrast to Watson’s 1 1/2)— mind you, Watson had an entire off season, mini camp, training camp, preseason (Flacco had none) and that’s the performance we got from Watson at the age of 28…
#3 And this one is perhaps unfair, but I’m getting nonchalant vibes from Watson. His social media accounts are basically him posing across the world or different places… Very much staged like Alex Rodriguez does on his. And yes, I get it’s not really a major deal — and I know he’s recovering— but man, I see nothing (outside of him saying the right things) that suggests to me the guy is going above and beyond and doing whatever it takes to put this team in the upper echelon of the league… I’m confident the owner, front office and coaching staff is doing their part, but something is just off about this guy and is not registering with me that he’s giving it his all…. It really does appear he’s in half-way retirement mode with his money and whatever happens, happens…
However I’m starting to have my concerns as well and a lot of it was unforeseen at the point of the trade…We all know the legal baggage that was there and the fact that he had missed the prior season, requested a trade and was going to be suspended…
The 2022 handful of games I’m willing to give a pass on.. But that’s all I’m willing to give a pass on in regards to performance.
The concerns SINCE his acquisition are as followed for myself.
#1 The injury. Nobody knows if he can comeback fully from this kind of injury and if one bad hit could end the career. It’s the throwing shoulder and this was not an issue upon acquiring him..
#2 The combination with Stefanski. Clearly this combo is not on the same page. This wasn’t a concern at the point of the trade but is pretty major now. Trying to cater an offense to his skillset and desired play calls is cute and all, but given the way he’s performed it’s a major concern.
Quite frankly we’ve seen 1 really good game (Baltimore) and that, like the Commanders game in 2022 was really a 2nd half effort— which is fine I suppose, but that’s living on the edge from that position.
Despite is 8-4 record as a starter (fools gold) It is no coincidence that we saw roughly a 40 year old man come off the street, with little to no tread left on the tires, put together 5 really solid games (in contrast to Watson’s 1 1/2)— mind you, Watson had an entire off season, mini camp, training camp, preseason (Flacco had none) and that’s the performance we got from Watson at the age of 28…
#3 And this one is perhaps unfair, but I’m getting nonchalant vibes from Watson. His social media accounts are basically him posing across the world or different places… Very much staged like Alex Rodriguez does on his. And yes, I get it’s not really a major deal — and I know he’s recovering— but man, I see nothing (outside of him saying the right things) that suggests to me the guy is going above and beyond and doing whatever it takes to put this team in the upper echelon of the league… I’m confident the owner, front office and coaching staff is doing their part, but something is just off about this guy and is not registering with me that he’s giving it his all…. It really does appear he’s in half-way retirement mode with his money and whatever happens, happens…