Herm Edwards: O’Brien preparing players for Watson to be starter

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Today on NFL Live, Herm Edwards had some very interesting thoughts about Bill O’Brien’s praise of rookie QB Deshaun Watson. O’Brien has recently said that Watson is much further along than any other rookie QB he has ever worked with. Edwards believes that this is really a tactic O’Brien is using to communicate to his players that Watson is going to be the starter, but he just hasn’t announced it yet. The Texans have been firm in saying that Tom Savage is the starter, but Watson was drafted for a reason, and they intend on him taking the job at some point.

Things could definitely change over the next few weeks after more practices and preseason games take place. However, Edwards makes a good point that I hadn’t considered, and it’s not like Tom Savage has accomplished enough in the NFL to be the unquestioned starting QB. It looks like the preseason games are going to be very interesting to watch this year, to say the least.