Matt Weston:
There are few things to pull from this game and to extend to others. The only aspect that can be extended out into the future is Houston manufacturing Deshaun Watson as a runner, something clamored about to start the season and something that died when Watson got hurt but has now been resurrected. It worked. The zone reads and power plays jolted an impotent rushing offense like blue pills.
Other than that, there isn’t much to see here about the future. Instead of big things, there were neat little things to help us deal with the three hours we wasted waiting for the inevitable.