HOUSTON -- Houston Texans quarterbacks Deshaun Watson and AJ McCarron were watching film of the Chicago Bears a month ago when they saw them run a trick play, and it got them thinking.
“We were watching film one day and were like, ‘Actually, we probably can run that,’” Watson said. “We threw it out to [offensive coordinator] Tim Kelly and OB [coach Bill O’Brien]. And then Hop [DeAndre Hopkins] saw it, and Hop of course is like, ‘Let's do it! Let’s do it!’”
The Texans used that play in the fourth quarter of their 28-22 victory over the New England Patriots on Sunday night, when running back Duke Johnson took the handoff from Watson and then handed it off to wide receiver Hopkins, who was hit right as he passed to Watson.