Deshaun Watson may have encountered a brutal setback amid a dynamic start to his career. The Texans believe their rookie quarterback suffered a torn ACL during practice Thursday, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com reports (on Twitter). He’s already set for season-ending surgery, according to John McClain of the Houston Chronicle (on Twitter).
Without Watson, the Texans will turn to Tom Savage as their starter on Sunday against the Colts. Savage, of course, began the year as Houston’s starter before getting the hook in favor of Watson. Given Savage’s iffy start to the year, Houston might want to at least consider some outside options.
The trade deadline has come and gone, but there are still experienced QBs on the free agent market. Of course, Colin Kaepernick is among those without work and many are already calling on the Texans to consider him. There will be increased pressure on Houston to at least audition him in the wake of owner Bob McNair‘s controversial comments.
Already down J.J. Watt and Whitney Mercilus, losing Watson is a damaging blow considering the promise he’s shown and the franchise’s recent history with quarterback struggles. Watson was on the verge of putting together one of the best seasons ever from a rookie passer. He’d thrown 19 touchdown passes this season, with 18 of those coming in a dominant stretch over the past five Houston games. The No. 12 overall pick in the 2017 draft went 3-3 as the Texans’ starting QB while completing 61.8% of his passes.
Watson tore his left ACL at Clemson in 2014 but returned to become a Heisman Trophy finalist a year later. He’ll look to make a similar turnaround for Houston in 2018.
Sad
Oh man thats brutal. Guess its the sports gods tax for the world series.
That’s a load of crap. Going thru the flooding in Houston paid the city up for 10 championships.
Wow, couldn’t get much worse. Let’s hear it…. time for Kaep?
Kills a few of my fantasy teams and the texans year
A small setback for what I’m sure will be a bright and potential hall of fame career.
Read several articles stating trade deadline should be moved back a couple weeks in the future due to the amount of teams in contention this is just another reason why.
Also not saying it’s karma for their racist owner but what do I know
Calling him a future hall of fame player is quite crazy… he has only started 8 games…
That should kill any remaining playoff chances they had.
Noooooooo !!!!!! Bet Hue uses injury as another reason they didn’t wanna draft em…..
Two funnest QBs to watch in my opinion possibly gone for the season Rodgers and now Watson, really sucks.
Hire Tony Romo. He will be a great upgrade to the QB spot
At least give kaep a chance to prove what he can do
Kaep is probably the texans best option in hopes of making the playoffs