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Jeff Locke Jersey arm. Wilson. Richardson. Wow. NFL (@NFL) Wilson may as well have been looking at a mirror during this game, with Watson serving as an impre sive facsimile for Wilson from his rookie year.Folks will recall that it was , not Wilson, who was set to be the starter for the Seahawks in 2012. Flynn had been signed in free agency and Wilson was just a third-round pick for Seattle. The Seahawks were hoping Flynn could put them over the top. Instead, Wilson, who just has a certain winning quality about him, stole the job before the season and never looked back. Like Wilson, Watson wasn't going to be the starter originally. was named the starter for Week 1 and spent the first half getting pounded by the before Bill O'Brien quick-hooked him for Watson.And like Wilson, Watson has that quality about him. Dabo Swinney described it before the draft and we just didn't listen. With every crunch-time play and every touchdown he throws, it's hard to imagine how anyone thought starting Savage was the right play. HOW? somehow finds in the end zone! Incredible. NFL (@NFL) Watson still had his share of rookie mistakes and eventually threw two interceptions (one to seal the game) in direction. But it's a testament to Watson that, with 21 seconds left and the Texans holding the ball down three points to the Seahawks in Seattle, it wasn't out of the question for the rookie quarterback to find a way to get the Texans a look at tying up the game. He is playing a little above his head right now, in the sense of having a lot of breaks go his way. One of his touchdown throws is going to give him 70 yards but it was who did most of the work. HE'S GONE! + .72-yard TOUCHDOWN! NFL (@NFL) That was still a "WOAH" moment for Houston, a big-play score that gave the Texans the lead with le s than five minutes to play. They had that game and gave their defense a shot to hold off Wilson and the Seahawks enough to steal a pretty ma sive upset.Regardle s of the final score, it's clear just how much Watson belongs. And it's also fortuitous for both the Texans and the NFL that Watson was able to produce such a big performance, going head-to-head against Wilson for 60 fantastic minutes of football, when he
Martin Prado Jersey did. The Texans started the game by taking a knee in protest of owner Bob McNair's referring to NFL players as "inmates" in a "prison" (he was worried the protesting players and the anthem i sues would result in the owners losing control). The world was focusing on something other than football when this game began, and a blah performance by Houston would have led to questions about their focus, etc.Instead, the narrative coming out of the game was laser-locked on Watson and Wilson, the two young quarterbacks who have, at every stage of their career, denied the doubters, refusing to back down from a challenge.We often hear people complain about the level of quarterbacking in the NFL and the concern about the future once guys like and move on. Maybe the game is in pretty good hands after all. Cowboys tricky timingThe Dallas Cowboys have now put together their two best games of 2017, having plowed through an overmatched 49ers team last week and an undermanned Redskins team this week. Both games were on the road and both games featured Ezekiel Elliott looking his best -- for whatever reason before the Cowboys bye, Elliott was moving slower and looked le s explosive.Over the last two games, he's been a monster, looking a lot like his 2016 self en route to finding the end zone five times in two games. Touchdown! 13-yard TD run! NFL (@NFL) The numbers bear out a difference too.WeeksRush Attempts / ReceptionsRushing Yards / Total YardsYards/CarryTotal TD1-5105393 / 5273.7437-859297 / 3645.035Again, the competition has not been dominant. The 49ers are
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Starlin Castro Jersey but this was a team that was just too short-handed to pull off the home upset.And Elliott was the one who made it po sible. In a rain-soaked D.C. day where Fed Ex Field was getting pummeled by a nasty storm, Elliott put the ball on the turf early via a fumble and then never looked back, piling up 150 rushing yards in another dominant effort.Here's the tricky part for the Cowboys: they will learn Elliott's fate on Monday afternoon, and he could ultimately mi s the next six games. Dallas is 4-3 and just starting to get their offense rolling; having to play the Chiefs, Falcons, Eagles, Chargers, Redskins and Giants -- the next six opponents for Dallas -- without Elliott could be devastating to this team's playoff chances.If Elliott's given the green light to keep playing by the judge on Monday, this is irrelevant. But if he ends up being suspended and the Cowboys go into a tailspin, we may wonder why Dallas didn't have him sit out the first part of the season simply for football reasons. He would've been back from the suspension this past week anyway and Dallas could very well be in the same position.Best Coaching Job of the YearThere was legitimate talk about the Buffalo Bills TANKING before the season, back when th
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