Jordan Leggett just chuckled when he heard all the talk about Clemson’s lack of a passing game though the first four weeks of the season.

“We just don’t listen to it,” Clemson’s tight end said. “We just go out there and prove them wrong whenever we get the opportunity to.”

The sixth-ranked Tigers got that opportunity on Saturday when they threw for 336 yards in a 43-24 victory in Death Valley on Saturday. Quarterback Deshaun Watson, who some have wondered why he has not put up the big numbers they thought he would, threw for 265 of those yards, including  two touchdown passes to Leggett.

The junior tight end hauled in passes of 29 and 8 yards in the second quarter from Watson. One touchdown came down the far sideline on a wheel route, and then the second one was a perfectly thrown ball in the back of the end zone where Leggett was running wide open.

“I don’t know why they (doubt Watson),” Leggett said. “We have a great offense. We have been putting up over 400 yards of offense. But it is whatever. It is motivation and it feels good.”

Watson finished the day 21 of 30, though he did throw his fifth interception and was sacked once.

“I was out for about ten months so I am just now getting started. The whole offense is just now getting started,” Watson said.

The Clemson offense amassed a season-high 537 yards. Eight different receivers caught a pass, while the running game went over 200 yards for the fourth time in five games this year.

“A lot of guys made plays. There were receivers all over the place, tight ends. That is what we have seen in practice,” Clemson co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Jeff Scott said. “It just comes down to seeing it on the field.”

Scott, like head coach Dabo Swinney, says he hasn’t worried about the passing game.

“Nobody inside the locker room has been concerned about our passing game because they see what we do at practice,” he said. “We go against a very good secondary, every day in practice, and guys have been making plays all year long.

“We just kind of had to wait for the right time. I think it kind of really helps with the way we have been running the ball. We have been getting a lot of good matchups.”

Clemson running back Wayne Gallman rushed for 115 yards on 13 carries and scored two touchdowns, while the Tigers rushed for 201 as a team. Gallman had a 66-yard touchdown, while backup Zac Brooks took it to the house from 35 yards out.

Gallman is the first player to have three straight games with 100 or more rushing yards in the same season since Reggie Merriweather in 2005.

“The focus in the off-season and in August was focusing on running the football. With four 200-yard rushing games in five games, I think it is just going to make our offense that much better,” Scott said.

And it’s going to make Mr. Watson dangerous.

“When they think we are going to run the ball, we just pull it up and pass it. Every time they think we can’t do something, we are going to do it. We are going to prove to them that they are wrong,” Leggett said.