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absorbing your misplaced anger since 2009 | @fboutsiders / @NBCSportsEdge staff writer | final fantasy 4 speedrunner | not related to josh mccown in any way

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Rivers McCown
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My eternal Twitter mood. (Honestly, my eternal life mood.)
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Deshaun Watson explains Carolina's defense in 66 seconds.
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J.J. Watt was asked about regrouping and finishing the season and ... I'll let him take it from here. 10,000% pure unfiltered truth.
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Deshaun Watson's treatise on the Atlanta Falcons defense, as requested @billbarnwell
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When the wife delivers
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Inspiring: This Man Did Not Come Back From Achilles Tear Early But Made NFL Insiders Talk About It While Using His Radio Appearances To Speculate About Who On Epstein List
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Story: Aaron Rodgers voted most inspirational Jet by teammates. #Jets
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Now THIS team understands how to tank.
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Deshaun Watson: "I'm trying to be legendary ... for me to be that, I have to win a Super Bowl, and definitely win it with the Houston Texans. We've never won one here before, we haven't even come to the brink, ... I'm trying to create history ... and make it a dynasty."
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A lot of fans dressed as empty seats today.
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Deshaun Watson said he wrote "MVP" on Lamar Jackson's jersey after they swapped jerseys. "He's like a brother to me, I'm proud of him ... it's all respect."
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Deshaun Watson: "Somebody had to be great, why not me?"
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Deshaun Watson asked about being filmed after game sitting on bench: "This shit hurts. I'm tired of losing. Being so close over the years has just ... yeah, I mean, it's just ... it's tough. Tough."
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Deshaun Watson: "I shoulda had two more touchdowns that I missed to Jordan Akins, but I'ma correct that for next week."
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4 years
Bill O'Brien and Jack Easterby, from the very bottom of my heart: Go fuck yourselves.
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Deshaun Watson on Romeo: "He's just very loose, he's got guys laughing, enjoying, wanting to come to meetings. He lets the coaches and staff ... do how they wanna coach us ... then we play as one ... it's about being a family, you know, supporting and serving one another."
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Deshaun Watson: "I'm not going to lose my spirits in this organization and what we can do. My confidence in my level of play and leadership is going to continue to grow ... nobody wants this to happen but you gotta go through tough times before you get to the brighter ones."
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Deshaun Watson on Watt's future: "J.J.'s a big part of my career ... hopefully he's still here in this organization because I wanna be the one to give him that Super Bowl ring ... that's my idea, and I definitely want him here ... that's my take on that, to keep him in Houston."
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Mike Zimmer ain't here for the bullshit.
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Watson on fans being interested in technical football ala Sunday's #viral content. "I guess more people should do it, especially the older guys like Tom Brady and Brees, doing YouTube videos expressing what they see and do and process, because I'd be interested to watch it."
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Antonio Brown just kinda left
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Nico Collins' first TD catch of his career -- the Texans are going to win this barring anything fishy
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Deshaun Watson asked about what facing Cam Newton means to him: "Cam's a big brother to me ... he's always been there for me since I was in high school ... he's a guy that I based my game -- especially at a young age -- around ... he's just always been my favorite quarterback."
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Short, frustrated J.J. Watt answers have logged on
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J.J. Watt and John McClain's exchange to end presser: "I think everybody likes a good nap and sleeping in ... probably benefitted you too, John." "Unlike you I had to work every day." "I was gonna say you could take a break from bashing us on Twitter and everything."
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OK, listen. Baker Mayfield can live in the Cleveland stadium, or he can live in the Heisman house. I can't handle two alternate universes.
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DOESN'T MATTER, BRIAN. AFC SOUTH CHAMPIONS. #WeAreTexans
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Watt: "One of the things I'm excited about ... is ... getting on the same page with our fanbase again ... there's certainly been abit of a tension there in the last months and years, and I can't wait to have us all pulling in the same direction again ... It's not fun as a player"
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The Jaguars are going to get to select Trevor Lawrence No. 1 overall. The Texans are in-line to watch a top-five pick suit up for another club while paying Laremy Tunsil $22 million. Thank you, Bill O'Brien and Jack Easterby. Just a stupendous job by both of you.
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Spencer Tillman says RE: Nick Caserio's offseason, "I don't think I've seen a better job by a GM in the last decade, or more."
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David Culley: "I've loved every minute of it ... I love this job, and again ... I don't consider this work. ... Feel sorry for me? Do you know what I do? I'm the head coach of the Houston Texans, you know, regardless of what the record is. And that's a beautiful thing."
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The magic of Bill O'Brien is that I had no belief the Texans would win this game and somehow am still disappointed.
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ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!?
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Lessons from the Andrew Luck situation? You better not futz around with your good young quarterback and take it for granted. Don’t waste time with Chuck Pagano. Don’t pretend everything is fine because you won 11 or 12 games anyway. Yes, Texans, this is a bit of a subtweet.
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J.J. Watt says promotion/relegation "really enthralls" him as a Premier League fan. "It's not like you get the first draft pick and you're back ... you're out of the league."
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3 years
What if Tyrod Taylor actually became Deshaun Watson
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4 years
$40 million a year for your quarterback and you're running five of eight downs in the third quarter down 24-7.
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DeAndre Hopkins got asked about hitting 8,000 receiving yards before everyone but Moss and Fitzgerald, gave an answer longer than most of his media hits: "To be able to do that with the carousel I've had over my career, I don't like patting myself on the back, but..."
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3 years
A touching tribute to Texans quarterbacks of the past by Kyler Murray
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4 years
Hang this press conference in the Louvre.
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Good morning, Phillip Lindsay
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2 years
More Kenyon Green on long Mack run.
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Deshaun Watson on the trick play: "I think it was Chicago that did it ... me and AJ McCarron were looking at it, watching film one day. And we were like actually we can probably run that ... and then Hop saw it and Hop, of course he's like 'let's do it let's do it!'"
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Deshaun Watson: a cheat code
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Air Watson
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I’ve been watching Houston Texans games since 2002 and they have never made me feel this level of excitement before. The confidence I have in them is weird and foreign to me. And it’s absurd that it turned this quickly. I watched Jeff Driskel and Davis Mills platoon last year!
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J.J. Watt on T.J. Watt's DPOY odds: "I shouldn't have to stump for him .. but I would've said the same thing last year. So, I will stump for him. He does everything unbelievably well ... I would be stunned if he did not come home with one, which does remain two less than I have"
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Dameon Pierce's first drive, preseason Week 3
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Texans safety Justin Reid kicks off to open the game, versatility!
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My reaction to all Deshaun Watson hypothetical trade posts
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Deshaun Watson on being 1-6: "Shit sucks, honestly."
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I think Deshaun Watson is pretty good.
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J.J. Watt: "Is there an element of risk? Yes. But is the upside 100 times better? Yes. Because there's nothing I want to do more than to win with these guys in the locker room for these fans here in Houston. Because I love them, and I love the game."
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Rivers McCown
3 years
For this quote alone, Easterby has to go.
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Deshaun Watson on what he's looking for in new leadership: "It just starts with the energy and the foundation of this program ... there's no real foundation, everyone see it, everyone know that ... it's kinda just up in the air right now, so that's what I'm looking forward to."
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J.J. Watt was asked on Fallon show about trade rumors/Deshaun rumors: "I process it by going to Hawaii for a week, and I probably should have stayed there ... we were enjoying Mai Tais by the pool so that was a good way for me to cope with it and I might just head back there."
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The look on Gruden's face on this miss killed me dead.
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Derek Stingley PBU
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Patrick Mahomes to Deshaun Watson per NFL Mic'd Up: "First of many, baby, we're gonna keep doing this."
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Watson on beating Brady: "That's the GOAT, so it's special to me before he hangs it up, I had to at least get one."
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Rest in Peace 32. Deshaun Watson bowls right over McCourty for the touchdown.
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WWE takedown from Mack Wilson
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Comes back to play hurt in a situation in which your team just blew a 24-0 lead in a playoff game, but we can't be rewarding that with a new contract.
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Hopkins jogging back on with injured ribs.
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Tyron Johnson return in the fourth. That'll play on specials.
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Bill Belichick on DeAndre Hopkins: "If you open NFL receiver in the dictionary, his picture is next to it. Gets open and catches the ball. Doesn't matter what the route is, doesn't matter what the coverage is, doesn't matter where the ball's thrown, or what the situation [is]."
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Josh Allen: "Every loss is personal ... there's some things we should have hit on, put that on my shoulders, especially with how well our defense played today. Teams go how their quarterbacks usually go and I've got to get better for this team."
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Deshaun Watson is just ridiculous.
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@ProFootballHOF
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WR @johnson80 has been selected as a Finalist for the HOF Class of 2022. #PFHOF22 | @HoustonTexans
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Deshaun Watson defended Bill O'Brien: "You might have doubt, but there's no doubt. I love that man, I'm gonna play hard for that man. Y'all can say whatever y'all wanna say through all the media and all the writing, but as long as I'm at quarterback he's cool with me."
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Hannah McNair is all of us
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Deshaun Watson on what he's looking for in new leadership: "It just starts with the energy and the foundation of this program ... there's no real foundation, everyone see it, everyone know that ... it's kinda just up in the air right now, so that's what I'm looking forward to."
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J.J. Watt on Amy Palcic: "You can tell from the universal response from prominent people in the business what type of person Amy is ... extremely professional, just really good at her job ... was a massive helping hand with me during the hurricane ... it's a big loss for us."
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Jalen Pitre TFL
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J.J. Watt: "It wasn't working. I appreciate and respect what we had, we won four division titles in six years with Bill and I appreciate that ... But this year, we're 0-4. Stuff wasn't working. When you have the talent we have, specifically at the QB position, you can't be 0-4."
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Rivers McCown
3 years
This team has a disease and the only cure is more running backs who were good five years ago.
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Former Ravens' RB Mark Ingram reached agreement on a one-year deal worth up to $3 million with the Houston Texans, per source.
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I'll always have the memories of writing the blurb even if it didn't survive.
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I don't know how many "the Texans should trade Deshaun Watson" columns are going to be written this offseason -- I'm already beginning to see the thought trickle in some circles -- but I'd like to let you know in advance that these columns are stupid and you should ignore them.
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@CNN Whoever decided this should be run needs to resign, thanks.
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David Johnson revenge game
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Jalen Ramsey is not happy.
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Our weekly lmao @NFLOfficiating
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🔥 DESHAUN WATSON 🔥
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J.J. Watt has four sacks and two head coaches sacked this year.
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Detroit Lions
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The Detroit Lions announced today that Bob Quinn and Matt Patricia have been relieved of their duties.
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Houston's offense, in its first game without Bill O'Brien, scored on 6-of-9 drives and on every drive after the first one that didn't end with a turnover.
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Deshaun Watson on flea flicker: "When I called the play, Duke looked at me and he was like hey if we got pressure, I'm going to keep it ... so that's why he kinda carried the ball a little bit longer ... I was yelling his name ... I called his name and he trusted me."
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The fire alarm goes off as Nick Caserio begins talking about Brian Flores...
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Feed Dameon Pierce
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Bye has opened as a 15.5-point favorite over the Texans in Week 10.
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4 years
NFL Mic'd Up had a new camera view of Deshaun Watson's escape-and-throw to Taiwan Jones.
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That's an excellent throw.
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The Texans have not turned the ball over in two weeks. Deshaun Watson has thrown 19 total incompletions on 76 attempts over the last two weeks, both 300 yard passing days, six total touchdowns. This team is stupid as hell.
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Rivers McCown
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Deshaun Watson has now been completely removed from the intro to the in-house show
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The 2020 Houston Texans
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Caserio: "You can't change what's happened ... sorry my friends, nobody's going to bitch and moan about your situation and your circumstances ... there's a lot of good things that I would say have taken place in this organization ... lot of good players here for a long time."
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J.J. Watt's pre-game speech before the Bills playoff game per NFL Mic'd Up will get you ready to run through a wall.
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Deshaun Watson hasn't turned the ball over since Week 5.
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