Projecting Deshaun Watson’s potential has become a cottage industry of sorts, crunching the numbers and wondering what might have been had injuries not cost him half his freshman season.
After re-watching Watson throw a school-record six touchdown passes against North Carolina in his first start, and later beat South Carolina on a torn ACL, the more wistful wonder whether things might have been better for Clemson if Watson began the 2014 season at Georgia as the starter.
Dabo Swinney insisted he hasn’t heard any second-guessing, even on the spring IPTAY circuit when a booster, after a shot of courage, might ask.