When the Houston Texans gathered for training camp this past summer at The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia, it was clear that they were a team with possibilities. But they also were a team with significant question marks.
Deshaun Watson, their prized second-year quarterback, was returning from the knee injury that cut short his brilliant rookie season. J.J. Watt was coming back from his latest major injury and, after pushing his body so hard for so long, there were legitimate reasons to wonder if he ever would regain the dominant form that once made him an annual NFL defensive player of the year pick.