ESPN’s Benjamin Solak reports Deshaun Watson is doing “a lot of short-yardage option running” when he watched training camp.

11 August 2026

Solak believes he is “not sure he’s the same athlete he was before,” but running quarterback is a way that Watson could find some fantasy usefulness in deeper leagues while he’s starting. We’ll believe it when we see it and there’s not a locked in job here for Watson, but perhaps this is a way to make him a bye week starter in superflex leagues.