Why Deshaun Watson of the Browns is said to have irritated teammates.
Deshaun Watson, the quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, may have annoyed some teammates by sitting out the team’s 28-3 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday due to a bruised throwing shoulder.
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In an article written about Watson that was published on Thursday, Jason Lloyd of The Athletic said, “He was adamant to everyone in the building he was going to play Sunday and the Browns took him at his word.”.
After the game, the players I spoke to expressed their annoyance that Watson didn’t play after having assured everyone all week long that he would.
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The 28-year-old quarterback “knows his body” and “just did not feel like he had his full faculties,” according to head coach Kevin Stefanski, who told reporters earlier this week after Watson struggled through his pregame warmup before being benched against Baltimore. Dorian Thompson-Robinson, a fifth-round draft pick, mostly resembled an inexperienced rookie while filling in for Watson.
He completed 19 of his 36 passes for 121 yards with no touchdowns and three interceptions in the loss, which dropped Cleveland to 2-2 going into the team’s bye week.
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Had Watson just stated, ‘This really hurts.
I’ll try my best, but I’m not sure,” Lloyd wrote.
“I think the practice week and the effects of Watson not playing would have been very, very different.
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According to Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk, Browns general manager Andrew Berry maintained on Wednesday that all parties involved were “optimistic” Watson would play against Baltimore until “it became obvious (during the pregame warmup) to all of us that he couldn’t throw or drive the ball well enough to perform in the game.”. Berry added at the time that Watson will “be ready to go” when the Browns play the San Francisco 49ers at Cleveland Browns Stadium on October. 15.
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This Sunday night, the 4-0 San Francisco Giants host the 3-1 Dallas Cowboys.
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“Just because players were upset after the game doesn’t mean the season is over or they’ve turned on their quarterback, it just means the messaging could have been better and should be in the future,” Lloyd continued.
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When the Browns play in Week 6 against what could be the NFL’s best team, they will need everyone to be on the same page because what’s done is done.