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  • Watson will be fine.  And will be great.  Mayfield on the other hand..........

  • N Neo

    Seriously, I just have to throw my hands up?‍♂️ Never mind he's been away from the game for so long and forget the fact his first game back was against his old team in THEIR stadium. Forget that he had all of just one series on pre-season, forget his first game back is a meaningful game with playoff implications not a pre-season game where plays a series and is out. Forget that he got booed for obvious reasons. Fuck being rusty, maybe it was just the enormous pressure of the situation?

    He did a hell of alot better than I expected someone who was out as long as he was. 

    @neo said:

    Seriously, I just have to throw my hands up?‍♂️ Never mind he's been away from the game for so long and forget the fact his first game back was against his old team in THEIR stadium. Forget that he had all of just one series on pre-season, forget his first game back is a meaningful game with playoff implications not a pre-season game where plays a series and is out. Forget that he got booed for obvious reasons. Fuck being rusty, maybe it was just the enormous pressure of the situation?

    He did a hell of alot better than I expected someone who was out as long as he was. 

    I got to agree here. Not just because I went all in on support of the trade and backed him through the “legal” troubles and then the NFL commish issues he had. 
     

    But you laid it all out nicely.  
     

    I’m a numbers guy too.  700 days between starts. A limited sample set too- 21 attempts in his first start back.  All New WRs in a game setting.  
     

    He will look a look a little more comfortable next week and the week after and undoubtedly make a few mistakes too.  He had Chubb, Hunt, the surprising defense and special teams help him out game 1. 

    This was never about this season.  The 11 game suspension made it that way. 
     

    We gave Baker time, Joe Woods time, Kevin time…the list goes on 

  • He looked like shit just handing the ball off! In this case we didn't get what we payed for. With this offense we couldn't manage one TD! Wake up !

  • He looked like shit just handing the ball off! In this case we didn't get what we payed for. With this offense we couldn't manage one TD! Wake up !

    @darkside5 said:

    He looked like shit just handing the ball off! In this case we didn't get what we payed for. With this offense we couldn't manage one TD! Wake up !

    PANICPANICPANIC! 

  • @darkside5 said:

    He looked like shit just handing the ball off! In this case we didn't get what we payed for. With this offense we couldn't manage one TD! Wake up !

    PANICPANICPANIC! 

    @dutch-oven said:

    PANICPANICPANIC! 

    I've seen rookies come in cold off the bench and perform better than this turd...

  • He looked like shit just handing the ball off! In this case we didn't get what we payed for. With this offense we couldn't manage one TD! Wake up !

    @darkside5 said:

    He looked like shit just handing the ball off! In this case we didn't get what we payed for. With this offense we couldn't manage one TD! Wake up !

    Not at all.

  • @dutch-oven said:

    PANICPANICPANIC! 

    I've seen rookies come in cold off the bench and perform better than this turd...

    @nickers said:

    I've seen rookies come in cold off the bench and perform better than this turd...

    Fascinating. 

  • For fuck sake, it was one game, and he won. 

    ?" But but, he didn't score any touchdowns. He didn't help us win"

    But he didn't cause us to lose either.

    Just like I criticized York last week for missing a kick in a close game, but we won. So I let him off the hook.

  • Kind of makes you wonder what in the hell Watson has been doing these last few months?

    If he’s not physically ready for the season, that’s on him.

    If he’s not mentally ready, that’s on the coaching staff.

    He looked ill prepared and that’s not good considering what Haslam paid for him.

  • Kind of makes you wonder what in the hell Watson has been doing these last few months?

    If he’s not physically ready for the season, that’s on him.

    If he’s not mentally ready, that’s on the coaching staff.

    He looked ill prepared and that’s not good considering what Haslam paid for him.

    @canton-dawg said:

    Kind of makes you wonder what in the hell Watson has been doing these last few months?

    If he’s not physically ready for the season, that’s on him.

    If he’s not mentally ready, that’s on the coaching staff.

    He looked ill prepared and that’s not good considering what Haslam paid for him.

    He hasn't played in nearly two full years.

    He hasn't practiced with his teammates since training camp. 

    I have no idea what some of you were expecting. Hell, I won't be surprised if he never plays this season as well as Jacoby did. 

    Now, if he's still looking mediocre next season, after being able to practice like normal, etc, then I will be worried.

    But I don't expect great things for the next five games. 

  • @canton-dawg said:

    Kind of makes you wonder what in the hell Watson has been doing these last few months?

    If he’s not physically ready for the season, that’s on him.

    If he’s not mentally ready, that’s on the coaching staff.

    He looked ill prepared and that’s not good considering what Haslam paid for him.

    He hasn't played in nearly two full years.

    He hasn't practiced with his teammates since training camp. 

    I have no idea what some of you were expecting. Hell, I won't be surprised if he never plays this season as well as Jacoby did. 

    Now, if he's still looking mediocre next season, after being able to practice like normal, etc, then I will be worried.

    But I don't expect great things for the next five games. 

    @dutch-oven said:

    He hasn't played in nearly two full years.

    He hasn't practiced with his teammates since training camp. 

    I have no idea what some of you were expecting. Hell, I won't be surprised if he never plays this season as well as Jacoby did. 

    Now, if he's still looking mediocre next season, after being able to practice like normal, etc, then I will be worried.

    But I don't expect great things for the next five games. 

    I’m hearing excuses.

    There should be no excuses from any of the highly paid players on this team.

    I heard excuses from the Baker Bros, now I’m hearing excuses from the Pervert Posse.

    No excuses.

  • @canton-dawg said:

    Kind of makes you wonder what in the hell Watson has been doing these last few months?

    If he’s not physically ready for the season, that’s on him.

    If he’s not mentally ready, that’s on the coaching staff.

    He looked ill prepared and that’s not good considering what Haslam paid for him.

    He hasn't played in nearly two full years.

    He hasn't practiced with his teammates since training camp. 

    I have no idea what some of you were expecting. Hell, I won't be surprised if he never plays this season as well as Jacoby did. 

    Now, if he's still looking mediocre next season, after being able to practice like normal, etc, then I will be worried.

    But I don't expect great things for the next five games. 

    @dutch-oven said:

    He hasn't played in nearly two full years.

    He hasn't practiced with his teammates since training camp. 

    I have no idea what some of you were expecting. Hell, I won't be surprised if he never plays this season as well as Jacoby did. 

    Now, if he's still looking mediocre next season, after being able to practice like normal, etc, then I will be worried.

    But I don't expect great things for the next five games. 

    So if I take this at face value and the Browns would agree with it, then why the hell is he starting? Jacoby should be under center if this truly is the case, while Watson runs the scout team to try and shake off the rust.

    Watson's the highest paid player in NFL history and if he is truly worth that contract, he'll play like it and do so sooner rather than later. I literally can't take another 4 quarters of what I watched last week, much less 20. 

  • @dutch-oven said:

    He hasn't played in nearly two full years.

    He hasn't practiced with his teammates since training camp. 

    I have no idea what some of you were expecting. Hell, I won't be surprised if he never plays this season as well as Jacoby did. 

    Now, if he's still looking mediocre next season, after being able to practice like normal, etc, then I will be worried.

    But I don't expect great things for the next five games. 

    I’m hearing excuses.

    There should be no excuses from any of the highly paid players on this team.

    I heard excuses from the Baker Bros, now I’m hearing excuses from the Pervert Posse.

    No excuses.

    @canton-dawg said:

    I’m hearing excuses.

    There should be no excuses from any of the highly paid players on this team.

    I heard excuses from the Baker Bros, now I’m hearing excuses from the Pervert Posse.

    No excuses.

    You were one of the Baker Bros. 

    Those aren't excuses, those are facts. It is also a fact that he is the reason he didn't get to play in the first eleven games this season. (Along with the fact that he chose to sit out last season instead of playing for the Texans in an attempt to get traded from them.)

    If you think a QB can literally miss 700 or whatever days and jump right in and play at a top-notch level on a team of virtual strangers, you have a very, very limited knowledge of football.

    LIke I said before, I am not expecting him to play that well for the next five games. I'll worry about how he plays next season. If he is playing poorly next season, after getting to train with the team, practice with the team, etc, then I'll be concerned.    

  • @dutch-oven said:

    He hasn't played in nearly two full years.

    He hasn't practiced with his teammates since training camp. 

    I have no idea what some of you were expecting. Hell, I won't be surprised if he never plays this season as well as Jacoby did. 

    Now, if he's still looking mediocre next season, after being able to practice like normal, etc, then I will be worried.

    But I don't expect great things for the next five games. 

    So if I take this at face value and the Browns would agree with it, then why the hell is he starting? Jacoby should be under center if this truly is the case, while Watson runs the scout team to try and shake off the rust.

    Watson's the highest paid player in NFL history and if he is truly worth that contract, he'll play like it and do so sooner rather than later. I literally can't take another 4 quarters of what I watched last week, much less 20. 

    @d-bone said:

    So if I take this at face value and the Browns would agree with it, then why the hell is he starting? Jacoby should be under center if this truly is the case, while Watson runs the scout team to try and shake off the rust.

    Watson's the highest paid player in NFL history and if he is truly worth that contract, he'll play like it and do so sooner rather than later. I literally can't take another 4 quarters of what I watched last week, much less 20. 

    1. Because he's the future of the Browns, not Brissett 

    2. You keep going on about how much money he makes like his paycheck comes out of your wallet. 

    3. Since when do you actually watch the Browns? Seems to me that after every game you come on here, tell everyone how you rode your bike instead of watching the Browns, how happy and delighted you are about this, etc. 

  • @d-bone said:

    So if I take this at face value and the Browns would agree with it, then why the hell is he starting? Jacoby should be under center if this truly is the case, while Watson runs the scout team to try and shake off the rust.

    Watson's the highest paid player in NFL history and if he is truly worth that contract, he'll play like it and do so sooner rather than later. I literally can't take another 4 quarters of what I watched last week, much less 20. 

    1. Because he's the future of the Browns, not Brissett 

    2. You keep going on about how much money he makes like his paycheck comes out of your wallet. 

    3. Since when do you actually watch the Browns? Seems to me that after every game you come on here, tell everyone how you rode your bike instead of watching the Browns, how happy and delighted you are about this, etc. 

    @dutch-oven said:

    1. Because he's the future of the Browns, not Brissett 

    2. You keep going on about how much money he makes like his paycheck comes out of your wallet. 

    3. Since when do you actually watch the Browns? Seems to me that after every game you come on here, tell everyone how you rode your bike instead of watching the Browns, how happy and delighted you are about this, etc. 

    1) A 1st round QB is also the future of a team, yet if he's not ready, he doesn't play.

    2) If it came out of my wallet, he would not be here. A player's pay check is part of his legacy whether they like it or not. He will always be tied to the most ridiculous contract in sports history and if he doesn't live up to it on the field, it will only be highlighted even more.

    3) I thought you understood humor? I watch all the games on delay so I don't log on here to have you spoil it for me while I'm behind. Guess I'll have to use the pink font more as to not lose you. 

  • @canton-dawg said:

    I’m hearing excuses.

    There should be no excuses from any of the highly paid players on this team.

    I heard excuses from the Baker Bros, now I’m hearing excuses from the Pervert Posse.

    No excuses.

    You were one of the Baker Bros. 

    Those aren't excuses, those are facts. It is also a fact that he is the reason he didn't get to play in the first eleven games this season. (Along with the fact that he chose to sit out last season instead of playing for the Texans in an attempt to get traded from them.)

    If you think a QB can literally miss 700 or whatever days and jump right in and play at a top-notch level on a team of virtual strangers, you have a very, very limited knowledge of football.

    LIke I said before, I am not expecting him to play that well for the next five games. I'll worry about how he plays next season. If he is playing poorly next season, after getting to train with the team, practice with the team, etc, then I'll be concerned.    

    @dutch-oven said:

    You were one of the Baker Bros. 

    Those aren't excuses, those are facts. It is also a fact that he is the reason he didn't get to play in the first eleven games this season. (Along with the fact that he chose to sit out last season instead of playing for the Texans in an attempt to get traded from them.)

    If you think a QB can literally miss 700 or whatever days and jump right in and play at a top-notch level, you have a very, very limited knowledge of football.

    LIke I said before, I am not expecting him to play that well for the next five seasons. I'll worry about how he plays next season.   

    I was a fan of Baker, until he was no longer a Brown.

    Same as Couch, Anderson, Brady, McCoy, Kiser, you get the idea.

    I wouldn’t call throwing a pass at the feet of my receivers a top notch level accomplishment. 

    BTW, I played college ball so I would like to think I know a little bit about the game.

    I stated before, I can hold my nose and root for DW….but I’m not sure I can root for another shit show like I saw on Sunday.

  • @dutch-oven said:

    You were one of the Baker Bros. 

    Those aren't excuses, those are facts. It is also a fact that he is the reason he didn't get to play in the first eleven games this season. (Along with the fact that he chose to sit out last season instead of playing for the Texans in an attempt to get traded from them.)

    If you think a QB can literally miss 700 or whatever days and jump right in and play at a top-notch level, you have a very, very limited knowledge of football.

    LIke I said before, I am not expecting him to play that well for the next five seasons. I'll worry about how he plays next season.   

    I was a fan of Baker, until he was no longer a Brown.

    Same as Couch, Anderson, Brady, McCoy, Kiser, you get the idea.

    I wouldn’t call throwing a pass at the feet of my receivers a top notch level accomplishment. 

    BTW, I played college ball so I would like to think I know a little bit about the game.

    I stated before, I can hold my nose and root for DW….but I’m not sure I can root for another shit show like I saw on Sunday.

    @canton-dawg said:

    I was a fan of Baker, until he was no longer a Brown.

    Same as Couch, Anderson, Brady, McCoy, Kiser, you get the idea.

    I wouldn’t call throwing a pass at the feet of my receivers a top notch level accomplishment. 

    BTW, I played college ball so I would like to think I know a little bit about the game.

    I stated before, I can hold my nose and root for DW….but I’m not sure I can root for another shit show like I saw on Sunday.

    So there is no confusion, since anything Deshaun Watson usually devolves into IF YOU DON'T HATE HIM WITH EVERY BREATH YOU BREATHE YOU MUST LOVE HIM! RABBLE RABBLE, allow me to retort with:

    1. Watson looked really, really bad Sunday.

    2. I, for perhaps the 320th time, have zero problem with someone being morally bothered by the presence of Watson on the Browns. I get it. 

    3. I expect Watson to look rusty and to have chemistry problems with teammates he's had very little time to work with, after not playing football for almost 2 full years. Call me crazy, but I don't expect him to play at the All-Pro level he did in 2020 and before in these last six games of the season. I look at this, for him, as extended preseason. It is what it is. 

  • @canton-dawg said:

    I was a fan of Baker, until he was no longer a Brown.

    Same as Couch, Anderson, Brady, McCoy, Kiser, you get the idea.

    I wouldn’t call throwing a pass at the feet of my receivers a top notch level accomplishment. 

    BTW, I played college ball so I would like to think I know a little bit about the game.

    I stated before, I can hold my nose and root for DW….but I’m not sure I can root for another shit show like I saw on Sunday.

    So there is no confusion, since anything Deshaun Watson usually devolves into IF YOU DON'T HATE HIM WITH EVERY BREATH YOU BREATHE YOU MUST LOVE HIM! RABBLE RABBLE, allow me to retort with:

    1. Watson looked really, really bad Sunday.

    2. I, for perhaps the 320th time, have zero problem with someone being morally bothered by the presence of Watson on the Browns. I get it. 

    3. I expect Watson to look rusty and to have chemistry problems with teammates he's had very little time to work with, after not playing football for almost 2 full years. Call me crazy, but I don't expect him to play at the All-Pro level he did in 2020 and before in these last six games of the season. I look at this, for him, as extended preseason. It is what it is. 

    @dutch-oven said:

    So there is no confusion, since anything Deshaun Watson usually devolves into IF YOU DON'T HATE HIM WITH EVERY BREATH YOU BREATHE YOU MUST LOVE HIM! RABBLE RABBLE, allow me to retort with:

    1. Watson looked really, really bad Sunday.

    That we can agree on.

    2. I, for perhaps the 320th time, have zero problem with someone being morally bothered by the presence of Watson on the Browns. I get it. 
     

    The NFL isn’t filled with choirboys, and DW isn’t one of them and I’m fine with that. My problem is the FO overpaid for him, and if this deal turns out to be a bust it’s going to set us back years.

    3. I expect Watson to look rusty and to have chemistry problems with teammates he's had very little time to work with, after not playing football for almost 2 full years. Call me crazy, but I don't expect him to play at the All-Pro level he did in 2020 and before in these last six games of the season. I look at this, for him, as extended preseason. It is what it is. 
    If DW looks like hot garbage the next couple of games, I would expect Stefanski to put in Brisset. I think Stefanski is sitting in the hot seat at this point.

  •  honestly I believe the browns thought...

    1) Watson would only miss 6-8 game weeks

    2) Agreed..Watson looked 700 days rusty.. but remember.. His contract number for this season is 1 million dollars..

    3. The balls thrown in the dirt... I'll wait for a all 22 view.. Watson has done this before at Clemson, when his reads were not open preventing taking hits on himself or his target.. K. Hunt had a outstanding clutch catch on a low ball, that saved us on a 3rd down..

    Watson's feet looked all over the place at his release.. Passes did come out of his hand nose diving.. I'd need a better tape look for a reason why

  • @dutch-oven said:

    So there is no confusion, since anything Deshaun Watson usually devolves into IF YOU DON'T HATE HIM WITH EVERY BREATH YOU BREATHE YOU MUST LOVE HIM! RABBLE RABBLE, allow me to retort with:

    1. Watson looked really, really bad Sunday.

    That we can agree on.

    2. I, for perhaps the 320th time, have zero problem with someone being morally bothered by the presence of Watson on the Browns. I get it. 
     

    The NFL isn’t filled with choirboys, and DW isn’t one of them and I’m fine with that. My problem is the FO overpaid for him, and if this deal turns out to be a bust it’s going to set us back years.

    3. I expect Watson to look rusty and to have chemistry problems with teammates he's had very little time to work with, after not playing football for almost 2 full years. Call me crazy, but I don't expect him to play at the All-Pro level he did in 2020 and before in these last six games of the season. I look at this, for him, as extended preseason. It is what it is. 
    If DW looks like hot garbage the next couple of games, I would expect Stefanski to put in Brisset. I think Stefanski is sitting in the hot seat at this point.

    @canton-dawg said:

    The NFL isn’t filled with choirboys, and DW isn’t one of them and I’m fine with that. My problem is the FO overpaid for him, and if this deal turns out to be a bust it’s going to set us back years.

    The options were going all-in on Watson, sticking with a guy who is hurtling towards obscurity in Baker (and was a free agent after this season) or drafting a QB and rolling with a rookie on a team allegedly built to win now. 

    All three options have/had huge issues.