Following offseason overhaul, Texans lack chemistry and have no time to build it – The Athletic

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Pressure came from the right side yet again, so Deshaun Watson stepped up in the pocket to keep the play and any chance the Texans had at winning alive.

By this point in the third quarter of the NFLs opening game, which was supposed to be an exciting matchup between footballs highest-paid quarterbacks, the Texans were already down 17 points to the Chiefs, so Watson was desperate to make anything happen. He spun to his left, then juked another Kansas City defender as he broke outside the numbers. Watson kept his eyes downfield, looking for an open receiver, until finally he ran out of bounds for a loss, pointing in frustration at where he wanted running back Duke Johnson to be.

So often in these situations a broken play on a got-to-have-it third down Watson could trust DeAndre Hopkins to find a hole in the defense. But the All-Pro receiver is no longer part of this team, and Houstons...

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