Deshaun Watson Makes A Play
Deshaun Watson rightfully turned a few heads last year by going on a Pat Mahomes level tear for several games before he died. The Texans looked like they had the QB of the future. I loved watching him but I had some doubts he’d stay at that level this year. I don’t think that as a terribly hot take to have, but so far he’s been meh. His game against New England was forgettable and his play against the injured Titans was better.
Nobody’s gonna remember that though, because his last play was an atrocity of poor time management. This was JR Smith Game 1 levels of not understanding the situation. Andy Reid would have been proud.
To recap: The Texans are at midfield. They are down 3 points. They have no timeouts. They have 16 seconds left. So they need roughly 20 yards in 15 seconds to have a chance at a game-extending field goal. Completely doable. You got like 3 quick plays worth of chances there. I’ve seen plenty of teams manage that. Deshaun appears to forget that and takes a full 11 of those 16 seconds running around not throwing the ball when he clearly has time before he throws it over the middle where it is caught and promptly ends the game. (The WR should have batted it down, might have given them an extra 2 seconds).
That’s the kind of play you want back. He tried so hard to find the open man that he kind of forgot what a clock was. Deshaun might go on to be a stud but he’s not going to want this game remembered.
DAVE COMPUTER UPDATE:
Draw Play terror cell Spilly has graciously sent me a replacement video card for my computer, but it won’t get to me till like Monday, which means these checkdowns will continue into next week at least 1-2 days. We may get back to normal for a Thursday comic. But this week has been really nice in terms of not destroying my time and I think I may change the update schedule to be a little different to have two normal comics and one checkdown per week. Let me know what you guys would think if I changed updates to Checkdowns on Mondays (for quick Sunday reactions), then normal comics Wed and Fri.
I am all for checkdowns. They are great plus an extra comic saves me from real news. Idea; Hue Jackson speech about sitting Baker all year to Hue praying for Baker to save his job after he goes in
How about:
Sunday: Checkdown (prediction)
Tuesday: Normal (Reaction once the football week’s out the road)
Thursday: Normal (News/Opinion)
Enjoy your weekends, dude. That’s what football’s there for.
I know he used to do quick prediction drawings before. Shame on me for not keeping up with that. Those were great. They never made it here on TDP site though. Links maybe but not usually comics themselves.
I’m seconding this
Browns Won that needs a comic.
I like the Checkdown idea. As far as schedule, as someone who thoroughly enjoys your work, I will gladly go with whatever works best for you. A Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule would open enough of your weekends up to where you could feel a bit more free. Plus you could do Sunday, Monday, and Thursday game comics if you so choose.
I’ve been a loyal reader since day 1. Your Thursday comics have symbolized that my week is almost over and I am weekly pleasantly surprised with your Saturday comics. I really like that your schedule is Tuesday and Thursday but free time should definitely come first.
Change it up Dave! I’ve found these Checkdowns to be just as good as your regular comics. Its a good sign that we’re all here for the quality of your humor, not the quality of your drawing.
I like the idea of changing it up, but if you would, I’d like to have 2 regular comics and 2 checkdowns. If it is too much work, I’m fine with just one. I do love you drawn out comics, just because they’re longer and you go on a rant so I’m happy for like 5 minutes. But checkdowns are a great idea, and I think it’ll be nice to see some new content. Keep it up Dave!
Honestly, 2 real comics and 1 check down sounds fine to me, but, may I offer a suggestion. If there is something more noteworthy, maybe throw us a bone with an extra check down. Call it the Extra Point.
Yes
I’m surprised Alex Smith isn’t here since it is a Draw Play Checkdown.
Your humor holds up the Checkdowns nicely, and I think you’re able to pull off visual gags in the limited form as well as the full comic. In a perfect world, I think you’d have 4 comics during the season (2 checkdowns, 2 full or 3 checkdowns, 1 full) and then revert to less comics in the offseason.
But you know how much time you have, you need to adjust your load to make it work. What am I going to do, stop reading? That’s not an option.
Shit, I meant to reply to this comment what I replied to Zippy’s. Whoops. Internet win.
I’m with the Sad Chargers Fan up there. The checkdowns are great because there’s more of them. If you could pull off two checkdowns a week to go with the two real comics it would be a win, but I fully understand if you can’t wring that much funny out of the NFL on a consistent basis.
Also… do we get Baker on the Hydra now or does he have to start one first?
I’ve been thinking about this for a while, before checkdowns. 4 comics in the reg season/ playoffs when the content is just flowing, then 2 in the offseason, when the ideas are harder to scrape up. Of course as an amateur artist I understand how demanding 4 full comics would be in a week, maybe 2 full comics, and 2 checkdowns a week , or 1 and 3 checkdowns if you happen to be busy or just want to take it easy. Or if there is so much stuff and jokes u want to get to, just pump out a week of checkdowns or something. My point is, the jokes are good enough for the checkdowns and the checkdowns can be more consistent when there is so much stuff happening in the reg season. Don’t completely neglect the full ones, cuz as an art guy, I do enjoy not only your work, but watching your style evolve as the comic goes on. And as far as off season, you should take it easier, I would be satisfied with 2 (full or checkdown) a week.
To join the Browns Hydra, one must start a game. And Hue may not be quite ready to save his job just yet.
Checkdown or no, I read a fair amount of web comics that already update on a M-W-F schedule. It’s nice to have yours filling in the Tuesday/Thursday gaps. No matter what you choose to do in terms of checkdowns/regular comics, I’d really like it if you could keep up with updates on Tuesday & Thursday.
Also I often send links of your funniest comics to my friends, especially if their team is involved. So you should do your best jokes in color, to give non-readers a better impression of your work if people send them links.
Love the comics – checkdowns are a great way to get topical bite-sized responses to hot takes. I’m definitely in the “whatever’s easiest” camp. If it ever becomes a chore they might stop altogether and noone wants that.
Totally in favor of “checkdowns”. Great for reacting quickly to something that happened – could just be your format for “irregular” updates (something crazy happens on the TNF game, you could do a Friday “checkdown”, or something on Monday you don’t want to devote a full comic to, etc.).
I love the checkdowns, they’re great. I come for the comedy, not the art
dude, I’m not here to tell you how to run your comic; you make me laugh, I’ll read about anything you decide to post
Yup
I’ve always come here more for the humor than the art, and these Checkdowns have been really good. I would like 3 Checkdowns and 1 real comic more than 2 real comics and 1 Checkdown, but the latter wouldn’t be a big step down from what you’ve done in the past.
Maybe do a prediction Checkdown Saturday/Sunday, another quick reactionary Checkdown on Monday, a real comic on Wednesday, then another Checkdown for whatever you feel like on Friday?
I would absolutely love that, though I understand if that’s not actually lightening the load on you. If you get rid of the prediction Checkdown and change the Friday comic to a full one, that would also be perfectly fine with me. Honestly, if you just did 3 Checkdowns a week and that was it, I’d still come back every day because I really click with your sense of humor.
I wonder if the next comic will be related to the last night’s game.
For what it’s worth, it’s been like a whole day and I’m still hung up on a Thursday night football game between the Jets and Browns. I’ve seen reports where it was one of the highest rated Thursday night games in years. A lot of people loved the Browns on Hard Knocks. I’ve seen a few media outlets ask the question if maybe the Browns are slowly becoming America’s Team. How crazy is all of that? They won ONE game. And so many people, even fans of other NFC North teams, are happy for them. I’m happy for them. I hope they enjoy the moment. Then do it again maybe. Who knows, maybe Hue Jackson is a better coach than we all thought…
Dood, I was with you right up until that last sentence….
Hue doesn’t want to start Baker. The guy brings a different energy to the team and a completely new feel and you don’t want him on the field…….If Hue insisted on not starting Baker next game, especially if Tuh-rod isn’t available, I’d fire Hue before kickoff. I think he is a very good OC. Not a very good HC. He’s the new Norv Turner basically. Norv Lite maybe..
I cheer for Tyrod b/c I like a good underdog story and think through Bills did him dirty, but this insistence on this pronounciation is unacceptable. It sounds like the way someone in the old southern aristocracy would say turd.
I don’t mean it that way. I hate the idea of saying his name wrong. And the fact that so many people said it wrong for so long and the guy just rolled with it shows he’s a cool guy. I actually want him to do really well. I think the Bills are morons for getting rid of him. They should have kept him for at least one more year. They knew what they had in him at least. And I really want him to do well in Cleveland. It’s just hard to deny the difference in the way the game felt when Baker came in. Honestly, Taylor is one of those guys who was never really given a chance to succeed when looked at going through the draft process and he has just worked so hard to get to where he is. He is a true underdog success story. To me, that is awesome. You can’t help but root for him.
Lol my comment was more for him than you :-). Hope Mayfield does well too.
The Checkdowns are great. Just know that the Sex Dragon disapproves.
Dave, you keep doing you! I love your comics, and share them regularly. Do whatever works best for you. To get great content from a football fan who recognizes good play and doesn’t show any bias (Yes, I know you hate the eagles, but you give them props when due) is really refreshing. I kind of can’t believe that no one has hired you to do this full time. RIP KSK.