Vikings 31, Texans 23
DESHAUN WATSON:
Q. Bill said that you guys didn't make many changes in the play calling other than he communicated with you. What was the difference today in how the play calling was orchestrated and how do you feel like the play calling went today?
DESHAUN WATSON: It was good. I mean, yeah, we could have started off faster, but we got in a rhythm and that's all we needed was for somebody to make a play, and we made a play and it got things going.
Q. What was your thought on the touchdown that was overturned? What did you see? They made the ruling that they made, but what did you see from the play?
DESHAUN WATSON: Yeah, we thought that Will had his hand underneath and of course the ball moved a little bit, but we didn't think that the whole ball was touching the ground. We knew if we had control, at least with one hand, the tip of the ball could hit the ground, but New York made their call and that's what they made.
Q. What was different in your mind about just the way it was orchestrated, the way you guys did the play calling in terms of communication with the sideline, with OB and Tim?
DESHAUN WATSON: Man, it was the same to me. I didn't see no different.
Q. J.J. was just saying that starting 0 and 4 for him is just brutal. What's your expectation, that you've been unable to win a game so far this season?
DESHAUN WATSON: Yeah, at the end of the day it is what it is. We're 0 and 4. We've just got to keep fighting, keep pushing forward, and that was it. But for me personally, I'm not going to let it take my joy. I'm going to continue to live life, continue to work my ass off, continue to come in here every day and play football. It is what it is. But at the end of the day my joy, my spirit, my smile, my energy, the love of the game is still going to continue to be there. That's how I see it.
Q. If worried is the wrong word, what's the right word? Are you worried about where this team is headed right now and your efforts to try to make something of the season to salvage a successful now?
DESHAUN WATSON: No, I ain't never worried, honestly.
Q. You've been running this offense with Bill for now this is your 45th game with him. Do you get a sense on some of these plays the other team has a beat on what you're doing, like they know what's coming?
DESHAUN WATSON: I don't know. I mean, I just try to figure out what the best option is, find the open guy. If it's a run play, make sure we're going the right direction, making the right point, and try to execute as best as I can.
Q. You guys had some success to start the third quarter. What is it you have to do to sustain that and to just be more consistent offensively?
DESHAUN WATSON: Just do it every drive. Get the first 1st down and then we can get in a rhythm. That's what we did starting off the second half, and kind of try to continue that.
Q. What made it tough to connect with Brandon today, just in terms of finding him and for him getting some completions today? He didn't have any catches.
DESHAUN WATSON: I mean, it was the scheme of Minnesota. They did their part. I did my job of whatever play call was called to execute the reads and find the open guy. Not saying he was open, but by the time I got back to him, either a defender was in his way or he was probably on the back side of the read. But yeah, I guess that's just how the day went. Definitely we want to get him the ball because he's a playmaker, him, Cobb and all the guys. But yeah, that's just kind of how the game flowed today.
Q. You always talk about being optimistic and keeping your joy, but is there any part of you that is frustrated just in the sense that you know that you guys should be better whether it's offensively or as a team, or you could execute better as a team at certain points during these games?
DESHAUN WATSON: I mean, of course. I mean, there's that. If we were sitting here at 4-0 I'd be saying the same thing, honestly. Just the ball hasn't been going our way. Like at the end of the game the ball just didn't go our way. We felt like Will made the catch, they overturned it, and that's just how the ball has been bouncing right now, so we've just got to keep pushing until the ball falls our way and just get ready for the next one, honestly.
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