We disagree that I don't value 4th & 5th round picks as much as some people here do? Friend, I got that from a very good source. It's true.
I don't.
I never mentioned any penchant for "the long ball." I was saying there's a time to let it fly & a time to control the game. Did you skip the part about 4 minute drives at the end of games?
I'll need to tally a lot of numbers from a couple of websites that study the round by round drafts, and I'm not sure when I can get to all that (they were not in a concise format that can easily be used.)
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As for the 3-4 minute drives in the fourth quarter, let's start with the Steelers game.
Go to the play by play section at the bottom of the page here:
Houston Texans 21 at Pittsburgh Steelers 28 on September 27th, 2020 - Full team and player stats and box score
www.pro-football-reference.com
At the end of the third quarter, the Texans started a 3-1/2 minute drive that was stalled because:
- At the Steelers 38, Watson threw a WR screen to Cooks that lost 5 yard to make it 2nd and 15.
- On second down, Watson was pressured and sort of threw the ball away in the direction of the TE Fells (short pass incomplete.)
- On third and 15 at the Steelers 43; there was no receiver open in the intermediate area. Watson was pressured and rolled out. He threw a deep ball that was intercepted (like a punt).
I don't see how he can follow your wish there???
On the next and also the last drive:
- 1st and 10 @ HTN 25
@1:22 of the video.
T J beat the RT right off the bat to sack Watson for a loss of 11.
- On 2nd and 21, Watson threw a incompletion on a short pass to Cooks.
- Fells' false start made it 3rd and 26.
- Watson then threw to Stillf for 16.
What else do you want him to do?
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Do the same with the play by play of the close games: Vikings, Titans, Jags, Browns, Colts (bad snap by Martin), next Colts game (fumble by Kekee), Bengals (sack fumble as 67 got beat right off the bat), last game of the season (defense allowed the Titans to score with 18 seconds left.)
In the first Titans game specifically, Watson took the Texans on a 6 minute and 40 second drive to take the lead 36-29.
With 1:50 left, the D allowed the Titans to tie the game and won it in OT with a TD in their first drive.
Bengals
I honestly don't know what you were looking at.