Sigh. Its just nonsensical. Think about it - a RIGHT HAND QB "only" able to see the LEFT side of the field? LOL. OKAY. Most of the passing concepts have to take advantage of the given alignments. There is almost too much read and recovery asked from the isolation routes and older philosophy of passing. NOW - and it HAS NOT been there dont let them fool you, the middle routes are there because they are being schemed, OR and this is what I prefer to believe - Watson is changing up more plays at the LOS to take advantage of the defense and to make up for the poor play call.
Here are Watsons passing charts and QB grids for this year. While you can see that there are a few games where he was targeting a certain side, there will be another game where he is heavy on the other side? The whole "dumb QB" discussion has now morphed into "he's only successful because he only makes 1 read/scans 1 side of the field" .. Its simply not true. He takes what the defense gives him, and until now those 4 wideouts were going too far down the field and now winning their individual battles to be effective. They have now started to implement TRUE 5 yard passing, and using other successful offensive trends like bunch and combo routes to help Watson, and to accept that the old fashioned way to call a game and implement a game plan just isnt working with the current group of talent. Thats what a good coach does by the way. Making up excuses to insulate OBrien from criticism and somehow continue to try and diminish Watson is sad.
https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/charts/list/pass/houston-texans/2019/week
Next Gen for whatever reason doesnt have this years QB Grid data processed or uploaded yet, but just judge from last year. You mean to tell me a QB who is NOW in MVP talks, is WORSE at reading and recognizing a defense, BOTH PRE AND POST snap - is one year wiser and smarter, but is only looking one way!! LOL its crazy talk.