Texans quarterback
Deshaun Watson said recently that he’s learned the importance of “
keeping plays alive” by watching video of Packers quarterback
Aaron Rodgers, but there may be other things he can glean from the way Rodgers has played the game.
Rodgers is expected to
have less freedom to make changes at the line of scrimmage under new coach Matt LaFleur, but he’s spent the last few years making reads and altering calls before the snap.
Watson has not had that freedom in his first two seasons, but told Albert Breer of SI.com that the Texans are putting more on his shoulders this time around.
“I can just have
a lot more information on my plate, whenever I need it,” Watson said.
“The past couple years, it was more calling the plays. Or they’d give me two plays, for different looks. Now I can have five, six different plays in my head, and make sure we get in the right one. Biggest focus is really just taking that leadership role as a quarterback, and mastering my craft with my knowledge of the offense, knowledge of the defense and being able to get us in the right plays.”