Following Sunday’s win over the Texans, the praise for rookie quarterback Deshaun Watson was ladeled out liberally by the Patriots.
“That dude is a slippery quarterback,” defensive lineman Alan Branch said.
“That’s an upcoming Cam Newton,” from cornerback Malcolm Butler.
“That guy is going to be a great quarterback,” added corner Devin McCourty.
Watson passed for 301 yards, and ran for another 41 more, becoming the youngest quarterback to do so, and the first since Andrew Luck accomplished that in 2012. But the key for Watson, according to his head coach, is to improve upon a scintillating Sunday in Foxborough.