Thread on Deshaun Watson's 2020 season. The Texans front office wasted a career year loaded with some of the most batshit insane playmaking this generation will ever see.
Watch the reaction of L'Jarius Sneed (No. 38) at the end of this play. Speaks for how good Watson's pump fake/throw were here.
He is a pocket passer.
Threw this about 41 yards in the air and in stride just after looking off the middle of the field. Beauty.
Fitting all kinds of passes over defenders, man.
To me he's developed into an elite pocket passer, not just an elite player. Making these plays without Hopkins and making them constantly.
Throw across his body to the back of the end zone, this is why The Deep Ball Project exists.
How can a quarterback on a 4-12 team be this unstoppable
Perfect placement protects his receiver from ending up with a prosthetic head.
Tight window god
Watson threw this shit 60 yards in the air....
33 air yard strike near the sideline and basically creates a window for Randall Cobb. Can't stop watching this.
Top 5 maybe top 3.
The window he threw this in didn't exist.
3rd down, gets thrown into a 6 man rush and goes beast mode.
I was furious when this happened as a Browns fan. Lucky or not this was some magical bullshit.
He was tossing seeds all day against Bill Belichick. This one especially is a dart.
This was on the same drive as the above play.
And this was on the same drive as the above two plays.
He's a natural pocket passer in addition to being an Exodia level scrambler.
Speaking of scrambling here's an ankle breaker.
Like he's so comfortable moving up the pocket now. Calm, collective, and also has incredible vision looking down the field.
Threw this rainbow 48 yards in the air in stride to Will Fuller.
46 yards in the air under intense pressure.....
It took two fumbles in the red zone for the Colts to win those games against the Texans. That's how good Watson is.
Jesus that pump fake
I hate that he and Mahomes make these look routine lmao
I know damn well Colts fans were pissed during those two games.
Instant transmission
The great tight window throws keep coming. This isn't bad coverage at all, the placement is just incredible.
55 air yards as he's sidestepping to avoid getting hit.
How many times do I have to keep saying "Holy shit" before I can stop
Nothing he does is easy and yet it looks like it because of how consistently he makes plays.
This should be on the highlight reel of a QB of a 12-4 team.
Escapes double C-gap blitz to keep the game alive.
Consistently otherworldly player.
The softest pass Watson has ever thrown, and it works.
Unreal
Kept his team in a bunch of close games making throws like this. Elite pocket passer, elite scrambler, easily a top five quarterback that put together a sensational season on a god awful team.