(08-23-2018, 06:38 PM)imtheblkranger Wrote: Not saying this will continue, but it has to ve a concern. 

"It's virtually impossible for a quarterback to be good while throwing interceptions as frequently as Watson did last season. He threw eight picks on those 204 attempts, which was good for an interception rate of 3.9 percent. Only Siemian and [font=Georgia,]DeShone Kizer threw interceptions more frequently with that 200-pass minimum. The Clemson star was on pace for a 486-pass season, which would have resulted in 19 interceptions over a full campaign."[/font]

Well two of those picks were also on hail Mary passes, but that happens and pick opportunities are also dropped over the course of a season so let's keep the.. "19 interception rate" projection..

Do you know what else he was on pace to do over a full season? He was on pace to throw for over 46 TDs and  4,182 yards as a rookie. So color me "not worried/couldn't care less" about a 19 INT rate his first year.

He was a rookie, he's only going to improve in that department. Peyton Manning did play his entire rookie season and threw 28 (threw 23 his 4th year) by comparison. Deshaun will be fine..especially if he keeps tossing a plus 2:1 TD/INT ratio.

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