Deshaun Watson looked at a Week 17 matchup against Tennessee knowing his four-win Houston Texans, on a month-long losing streak, had nothing to play for but draft position that really didn’t matter since they’d already traded away their first- and second-round selections.
He had all the normal bangs and bruises from a disaster of a season that was doomed by front office and organizational missteps.
He could have sat out. He probably should have sat out.
Instead he dropped back to pass 39 times, rushed three times, took four sacks and battled to tie the game with just 18 seconds remaining.