Not the purpose of the article, but I think it's pretty clear that Jameis Winston is a better QB than Deshaun Watson. Jameis has never had a negative CPOE in an NFL season. Deshaun has done it over the last 2+. If I were a Browns fan I would be clamouring for Jameis too if the team was trying to win. Since they're starting Deshaun, it's pretty clear this is a tank season, and boy that must be fun for the Cleveland faithful to be tanking and looking out onto the field at that guy.
We all know what happened to Deshaun the human, but what on Earth happened to Deshaun the football player? Like you said, he got uniformly worse at everything, seemingly without anything physical happening to cause it. I don't feel especially bad for him or for the Browns, but I do feel bad for the Cleveland fans who have to live through all this.
I 1000% think Jameis would be better on the field for the Browns rn and I don't think its particularly close. As to what happened, the best answer I have is that maybe his shoulder injuries were worse than we realized, and perhaps not playing football for 2 years straight makes you a lot worse at it!
The layoff didn't impact Joe Montana (yes, I understand I just compared Deshaun Watson to Joe Montana, but it's the only counterpoint I could think of). He sat out for three years and was mostly fine when he came back. I therefore believe the culprit has to be either between the ears, or something else. Maybe you're right that the shoulder is worse than we were told. Regardless, what a disaster this is for Cleveland. Deshaun is really not even workable at this point, and I'm not sure what's taking so long to give Jameis his chance.
Not the purpose of the article, but I think it's pretty clear that Jameis Winston is a better QB than Deshaun Watson. Jameis has never had a negative CPOE in an NFL season. Deshaun has done it over the last 2+. If I were a Browns fan I would be clamouring for Jameis too if the team was trying to win. Since they're starting Deshaun, it's pretty clear this is a tank season, and boy that must be fun for the Cleveland faithful to be tanking and looking out onto the field at that guy.
We all know what happened to Deshaun the human, but what on Earth happened to Deshaun the football player? Like you said, he got uniformly worse at everything, seemingly without anything physical happening to cause it. I don't feel especially bad for him or for the Browns, but I do feel bad for the Cleveland fans who have to live through all this.
I 1000% think Jameis would be better on the field for the Browns rn and I don't think its particularly close. As to what happened, the best answer I have is that maybe his shoulder injuries were worse than we realized, and perhaps not playing football for 2 years straight makes you a lot worse at it!
The layoff didn't impact Joe Montana (yes, I understand I just compared Deshaun Watson to Joe Montana, but it's the only counterpoint I could think of). He sat out for three years and was mostly fine when he came back. I therefore believe the culprit has to be either between the ears, or something else. Maybe you're right that the shoulder is worse than we were told. Regardless, what a disaster this is for Cleveland. Deshaun is really not even workable at this point, and I'm not sure what's taking so long to give Jameis his chance.