A San Diego connection to Week 3 of the NFL season, which ended Monday night, will make some locals grumpy.
The young quarterback who Sunday outdueled Philip Rivers called to mind a younger version of a player who pained many San Diegans some 25 years ago.
The quarterback Sunday was Deshaun Watson of the Houston Texans.
At 24, Watson is far less refined than Steve Young was at 33, but his play-making essence in Carson resembled that of the 49ers Hall of Famer who dashed the title dreams of Bolts fans in Super Bowl XXIX, when he threw six touchdown passes and rushed for a game-high 49 yards.