Clutch: A
The mark that often separates good quarterbacks from common ones is how they perform when the pressure is the highest. His team is trailing. Seconds remain on the clock. They need perfect execution on the play to keep the game and the season alive. Can he make it happen? Great ones like Brady and Wilson live for those moment. Based on his 2016 run, it’s obvious that Watson does as well.
This was a primetime matchup against the red hot Louisville Cardinals. By late in the fourth quarter his team was trailing 36-34. Watson had already thrown three interceptions and was under duress a lot. Still he was able to keep his poise in the this situation with under four minutes left. Realizing he has a free play he waits for his man to come open and hits him in stride. The tight end then becomes the athlete he is and rumbles the remaining distance for game-winning touchdown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doyUcovwy5M
It may not have been a magnificent throw down the field but the mark of a good quarterback is recognizing his team is in the right play and then executing it flawlessly. Don’t forget there were six seconds left on the clock. If Watson hesitated even a little and misfired there is a chance Clemson doesn’t even get a chance to tie the game with a field goal. True to form he deliver the throw right on target with one second left to clinch a national championship.
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