Seven Reasons I’m Not Buying Into the Deshaun Watson Hype Yet

2.) Didn’t Fare as Well Against Better Defenses

That efficiency standpoint brings me to point number two. Watson did not play as well against the better defenses he faced during the year. Here is a list of his stat lines and QBR against top twenty defenses in terms of yards allowed over the last two seasons. He fared better in 2016 which was a good sign but only had one game over his QBR average in 2015 against top twenty defenses. It would have been nice to see more consistency in games where he faced better defenses.

2016
(neutral)Alabama #1 36/56 420 yards 3 TD 0 INT 67.1 QBR
(neutral)Ohio State #5 23/36 259 yards 1 TD 2 INT 76.3 QBR
@Boston College #8 15/25 270 yards 4 TD 0 INT 82.2 QBR
Louisville #11 20/31 306 yards 5 TD 3 INT 64.1 QBR
(neutral) Virginia Tech #19 23/34 288 yards 3 TD 1 INT 84.3 QBR
@Auburn #20 19/32 248 yards 1 TD 1 INT 53.8 QBR

2015
Boston College #1 27/41 420 yards 3 TD 2 INT 76.4 QBR
(neutral)Alabama #2 30/47 405 yards 4 TD 1 INT 69.4 QBR
Applalachian State #12 19/26 248 yards 3 TD 1 INT 77.1 QBR
@Louisville #13 21/30 199 yards 2 TD 2 INT 44.6 QBR
Florida State #15 28/42 297 yards 1 TD 0 INT 65.2 QBR
@NC State #19 22/30 383 yards 5 TD 0 INT 91.7 QBR

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