On Dec. 21, the Houston Texans and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will kick off the NFL’s 2019 slate of Saturday games.
Though the two don’t share many commonalities and one is a playoff team (Texans) while the other isn’t (Buccaneers) it’s an intriguing matchup between two of the NFL’s most exciting quarterbacks, Deshaun Watson and Jameis Winston.
The match is an opportunity for the Texans to clinch the AFC South. It’s also one for Watson to break one of Winston’s records.
If Watson were to pass for 244 yards, he would pass Winston’s record of the sixth-most passing yards (9,775) through a player’s first 38 career NFL games.
Watson averages 257.6 yards per game and a career-high 262 per in 2019.
While not a statistic that will draw viewers in, it’s an interesting touch to a game that features little storylines between the two teams. Perhaps Watson breaking one of Winston’s record could warrant a jersey swap postgame between the two young quarterbacks.