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NFL: The Insiders on Deshaun Watson

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That was really more on Deshaun Watson than the offensive line. He was awful. Like just truly awful. Leaving his offensive line out to dry... when he has a zone defender looking at him, like just looking at him, he freezes. He just won't throw the ball because he doesn't want to throw a pick... You cannot be making a quarter billion dollars and look like that.
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Watson's eight-sack game was on him, not the line; froze vs. zone, poor footwork, unplayable.

Watson's performance against Pittsburgh was described as 'awful' and 'unplayable'; he took eight sacks primarily due to his own decision-making rather than offensive line failures. He froze when facing zone defenders even when they were out of position, had poor footwork mismatches (quick-game drops with developing routes), and made easily makeable throws like boundary hole shots against cover two that a quarterback making a quarter billion dollars should complete. Kingsley Suamataia questioned whether Watson should remain the starter going forward, comparing his performance unfavorably to backup Shudra Sanders.

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