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Originally Posted by The Franchise
I'm not even sure why Watson would want Atlanta over New Orleans.
Atlanta has Kyle Pitts annnnnnnnnnd?
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Maybe this?
Deshaun Watson recalls being Falcons ball boy, receiving $1K tip from Asante Samuel
Watson will get to face the team that started it all for his football career
Shanna McCarriston
By Shanna McCarriston
Oct 3, 2019 at 1:37 pm ET
2 min read
Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson will play his original NFL team for the first time in his career. No, he never played with the Atlanta Falcons, but in high school he had a job as the ball boy with his hometown team. Watson will now face players that he watched years ago on the sidelines in Atlanta.
Being a ball boy quite literally paid off for Watson, who recalled the story of cornerback Asante Samuel giving him a $1,000 tip. The pro-bowler forgot his mouthpiece in the locker room and asked the then-high schooler to get it for him, and was rather generous when Watson came back with it.
"So I went to his locker after practice, and he pulled out his Louis [Vuitton] bag and pulled out a whole stack of money, and he gave me like $1,000, just to go get his mouthpiece," Watson told ESPN.
The 24-year-old got to do much more than retrieve mouthpieces with the Falcons. He would frequently play catch with wide receiver Julio Jones and toss the pigskin around with quarterback Matt Ryan. Not bad people to practice with when you're in high school.
Watson will no doubt be feeling nostalgic when he sees some of his old "co-workers" run onto the field. He said it will be somewhat of a reunion and that he is excited to see players who have known him since before he got a starting quarterback gig.