Deshaun Watson has a brand, and Alabama head coach Nick Saban respects it.
Saban should. Clemson’s quarterback almost single-handedly beat Saban and Alabama in the College Football Playoff Championship Game last January. Watson had a championship game record 405 passing yards and 478 total yards to go along with four touchdown passes against the Crimson Tide.
Saban said Watson is the most dominate football player they have faced since Cam Newton in 2010, when Newton won the Heisman Trophy and led the those Tigers to a national championship. Saban says Watson’s accuracy is what makes him so special.