Through the first four weeks of the season, Deshaun Watson was not having the type of season everyone expected.

Ever since the conclusion of his gutty performance in beating archrival South Carolina last November, a game in which he threw for 269 yards and accounted for four touchdowns while playing on a torn ACL, fans and media alike have hyped the sophomore to the point where anything less than what was expected was going to be a disappointment.

He came into this 2015 season with the stigma “if he stays healthy” he and the Clemson offense can set just about any record they want. Before they even set foot on the field for the season opener against Wofford, some were predicting they would be the best offense Clemson has ever had.

The media who cover the ACC even voted Watson as the ACC Player of the Year back in July, while the sophomore was on just about everyone’s Heisman Trophy candidates preseason list.

But things don’t always work out the way everyone thinks or hopes it will. The sixth-ranked Tigers, who will travel to Miami this Saturday for a noon kick, got off to a slow start offensively.

“It has been a weird first part of the season,” Watson said.

That it has. Though Clemson rolled to easy victories over Wofford and App State to start the season, Watson and the rest of the starters barely played an entire half in both games. Then there was the injury to star wide receiver Mike Williams, Watson’s favorite target.

Clemson really had just two practices to prepare for Louisville on a Thursday night, which messed with the continuity, and then there were the torrential downpours in the Tigers’ victory over Notre Dame.

Clemson was 4-0, but it was hardly a juggernaut on offense. The Tigers were putting up good numbers—33.5 points and 405.5 yards per game—but it was nothing like the way everyone thought it was going to be when they averaged 42 points and 540 yards per game with Watson last year.

“To be completely honest, we have not thought about it all,” said co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Jeff Scott.

“I think Tony (Elliott) and I have been very out in front that ‘Hey, this is Clemson’s offense.’ This isn’t about me. This isn’t about Tony. This isn’t about one person calling the show that kind of has the puppets on the string. This is really about our guys and their execution and that’s really where our focus has been.”

Scott said he can understand why the offense’s early struggles, and the fact he and Elliott are first-year coordinators, would make for good storylines. But inside the program, behind the walls of Clemson Memorial Stadium, “our players and our staff feel very comfortable and confident with what we are doing.”

Their confidence in each other has shown in the last two games against Georgia Tech and Boston College. The Tigers have averaged 534.5 yards and 38.5 points in the blowout victories. The passing game is averaging 378.0 yards per game after averaging just 211.5 in the first four weeks of the season.

“I’m excited about this offense and what we can do,” Watson said.

After averaging just 181.3 yards through the air in the first four weeks, Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson averaged 342.5 yards against Georgia Tech and Boston College, while throwing five touchdown passes and completing 67.6 percent of his passes.

What Watson has done the last two weeks is put up the kinds of numbers everyone was expecting at the beginning of the season. After averaging just 181.3 yards through the air in the first four weeks, the sophomore averaged 342.5 yards against Georgia Tech and Boston College.

Against the Eagles, who had the nation’s top-ranked defense at the time, Watson completed 27 of 41 passes for 420 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran for one score. He was 11 of 14 for 229 yards with touchdown passes of 51 and 6 yards to Artavis Scott and Jordan Leggett in the second half. He also had a 67-yard completion to freshman Deon Cain.

“We knew Boston College was the number one defense in the country for a reason,” the Clemson quarterback said. “They have a great front seven. We knew they would press us and play man so the opportunity came to take shots so that is what we did.”

Watson says what the Tigers (6-0, 3-0 ACC) have been able to do the last two weeks is just a result of the coaches—Scott, Elliott and quarterbacks coach Brandon Streeter—and himself all getting on the same page when it comes to play calling and audibles.

“We all communicate and make sure I’m comfortable with the play calling, and they are comfortable, too,” Watson said. “There are a lot of people that have a lot of different ideas and we do a great job of making sure we are all on the same page and we go out there on the field every Saturday and have one focus – to score points.

“That’s what we have been doing so far.”

And it’s working, even if it isn’t getting done the way everyone else thinks it should.