Houston Roughnecks quarterback P.J. Walker has picked up where he started in Week 1.
After throwing four TD passes against Los Angeles, Walker is putting on a show against the St. Louis Battlehawks in a Week 2 game Sunday.
Roughnecks QB P.J. Walker was recommended to XFL commish Oliver Luck by his son, Andrew. Walker spent 2 seasons on Colts practice squad. Andrew told his Pop, “Dad, you’ve got to sign him. He can play!” Threw 4 TD passes in opening victory over LA. Maybe Andrew should be a scout!
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Watch the electrifying former Temple star take off on an 11-yard run. Hate to say it again, but he is in Houston, home of the Texans’ Deshaun Watson, who has made some plays of this ilk.
Trying to tackle PJ Walker seems like an incredibly unfortunate thing to have to try to do
📺 @FS1
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Walker then broke contain and found Cam Phillips in the back of the end zone for a touchdown to make it 21-6 with less than two minutes to go in the first half in Houston.
Sheesh, @camphil5 got UP for this TD
📺 @FS1
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Phillips did make a mistake after the TD, taking off his helmet. In the XFL, that is an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty enforced on the PAT. So, the one-point extra point from the 17 failed.
Oh, and the league knows how dominant Walker has been through six quarters.
This seems good pic.twitter.com/s6i9ltYkrS
— XFL (@xfl2020) February 17, 2020
He also knows how to go sidearm, a la Patrick Mahomes. At the half, he’s completed 13-of-21 passes for 122 yards and two touchdowns.
We are HERE for sidearmed PJ pic.twitter.com/tmyH0zpRoZ
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