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This is the best of the Ben Mallor show on Fox Sports Radio.

Here we are back at it again, and we are in full, in-depth team coverage mode.

There is a hype fest going on right now, and have you paid attention to this?

Have you been keeping an eye on this?

It's unraveled over the last handful of hours.

Because the conductor has announced that that hype train has left the station.

The hype train is now out of the station.

Now, what the hell are we talking about?

Deshaun Watson made his debut.

Oh, my God. He's the greatest quarterback ever. Oh Oh my God, he's the greatest quarterback ever!

Oh, my God, he's the greatest!

That's what much of the conversation has been.

Houston played Carolina in a classic Wednesday night practice football game. We ain't talking about a real game.

We're talking about practice.

And so the storyline is rather simply.

The storyline is that Deshaun Watson played his first plausible NFL game because it

looked like an NFL game.

So he was out there running around doing his thing and everyone's been buzzing.

Oh, my God, this is so exciting.

They're going crazy.

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