Maybe I'm silly for even acknowledging this because I'm really just responding to Warren Moon's use the word "bittersweet" on television. However, I have seen far too many people referencing the Deshaun Watson injury as it pertained to the Houston Astros' World Series victory, and - quite frankly - I find the affiliation deeply offensive to the team responsible for the latter. Don't get me wrong, it's objectively awful news that one of the best young quarterbacks in football is done for the year. Deshaun Watson was already - no more than halfway through what was sure to be an award winning rookie season - one of a handful of exciting players at an all-too-important position. His absence on the field will cost his team a chance to remain relevant in a league that's become exceedingly mediocre, and that seems super unfair to someone who seems like a real good dude off of it. So yeah, this sucks for Deshaun Watson, it sucks for the Texans, it sucks for their fans, and it sucks for anyone that has even the the most passing interest in professional football. What it doesn't do, however, is suck enough to take away from the celebration of a championship that has been 55 years in the making. It's unfortunate that the soulless sport of football keeps shooting its own stars onto season-ending IR, but every NFL team - whether they've realized it yet or not - rosters a disastrous injury (in Houston's case, 3 and counting) that's just patiently waiting to happen at the worst possible time. What most teams don't have is a fan base that can fall back on the unadulterated joy that's been granted to them by their city's first professional title in over two decades. Deshaun Watson will be back under center by the start of next season, and do you know what will remain unquestionably true between now and then? The absolute fact that Houston is the home of the reigning World Series champions. If I were a diehard Houston sports' loyalist I would have looked at what would otherwise be an insanely depressing notification, put my phone down, took a deep breath, poured the contents of my 22nd beer of the day on the ground on behalf of Deshaun Watson's ACL, and immediately cracked open my 23rd celebratory cold one. If there is a single Astros/Texans/Rockets fan that is walking around with his shoulders slumped and a 'woe is me' expression plastered across his face he should be publicly shamed for not realizing that the phrase "can't win 'em all" exists for this very reason. Fortunately for this hypothetical "him", his teams were able to collectively win one, and - since that's more than can be said for a lot of people - he should continue to remind himself that this Astros team will walk together forever while Tom Savage remains the Texans' most handicapped quarterback on Sundays. Ultimately, the point I am trying to get across is that - while you never want to see a guy suffer a serious injury - any Houston fan worth his salt would have signed up for this exchange...
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