Does anyone else think it's kinda bogus to claim that Watson put his numbers up in garbage time when his team made the playoffs in consecutive years? I get that the 2020 team was horrible and he probably did put up big numbers in some garbage games, but the Texans made the playoffs in 2018 and 2019. That's hardly "garbage time." Sounds like yet another fairy tale from a Baker fan.
Kinda? The whole "garbage time" argument is usually
complete b.s. Unless you saw it with your own eyes, in a specific game, it's nothing more than a weak narrative. People see a team with a crappy record and go straight to "garbage time" when describing the QB's season performance.
Sooo... I went back and took a quick peek at his 2020 season (4-12). Most of the losses were actually close games or complete beatdowns. Only two games even qualify IMO. So, even in a season that it seems fairly safe to assume there was plenty of garbage time -- there wasn't.
I've calculated all of Watson's GT stats for 2020...
185yds / 2TD
Subtract that from his total (4823 / 33 / 7) and call it a day.
