One thing that was pretty much immediately obvious coming out from today’s game is the fact that the Pittsburgh Steelers were not playing a cupcake team. Even with the Houston Texans sitting at 0-2 following losses to the Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs, anybody paying attention should have known that they still have Deshaun Watson, one of the best young quarterbacks in the NFL.
And he was dealing throughout the afternoon against a Steelers secondary that garnered the reputation last season of being one of the best in the league. Watson put up three touchdown drives through the first half, including an explosive-play touchdown against Mike Hilton to Randall Cobb and then, to end the first half, a one-on-one win over Steven Nelson to Will Fuller to take back the lead.