BRISTOL, Conn. – As Clemson prepares to make another national championship run, coach Dabo Swinney listed all the reasons his offense is in a much better spot headed into this season.
Rewind to a year ago, when uncertainty hung over the Tigers. Would Deshaun Watson stay healthy? How would new co-coordinators Jeff Scott and Tony Elliott handle the offense? How would a revamped offensive line perform? Who would step up at running back?
Clemson emphatically answered all those questions. And headed into 2016, Watson returns healthy as a Heisman favorite – having played in a school record 1,121 snaps a year ago.