After the Cleveland Browns entered their Week 10 bye at 2-7, basic supervisor Andrew Berry raised eyebrows when he curiously declined to verify that injured quarterback Deshaun Watson will ever once more take a significant snap for the franchise.
For an replace shared on Monday, Browns insider Tony Grossi of ESPN Cleveland/The Land on Demand recommended neither Berry nor head coach Kevin Stefanski will probably be concerned within the membership’s technique of discovering a long-term substitute for Watson.
“The vibes I acquired have been of the ‘useless males strolling’ variety,” Grossi famous about what he seen contained in the Browns’ facility. “One thing internally will need to have occurred over the bye or within the days previous it. Sure, there may be stress to win and switch issues round. However the truth is Berry and Stefanski acquired contract extensions previous to the season. That alone ought to have given each the boldness that they may journey out one horrendous season of their five-year partnership. I felt that confidence was there earlier, however not now.”
It is easy to know why Browns proprietor Jimmy Haslam might blow issues up lower than 12 full months after Stefanski acquired the second Related Press Coach of the Yr Award of his tenure. Briefly, Cleveland changing fan-favorite quarterback Baker Mayfield by buying Watson after which giving him a completely assured five-year, $230M contract in March 2022 now appears like an all-time NFL mistake.
Watson has to this point began simply 19 regular-season video games for the Browns, as he has missed time over the previous a number of years as a consequence of a suspension associated to allegations of sexual misconduct throughout therapeutic massage classes and due to a number of harm setbacks. Most lately, he was arguably the league’s worst beginning quarterback of the continued season earlier than he went down with a ruptured Achilles tendon on Oct. 20.
Cleveland’s resolution to interchange offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt with Ken Dorsey final offseason in an try to repair Watson backfired dramatically. Moreover, the cash left on Watson’s deal will probably forestall the Browns from successful a lot of word earlier than the 2026 season on the earliest.
Historical past exhibits regimes liable for these forms of blunders are nearly at all times despatched packing.
As of Tuesday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Browns as one-point underdogs for this coming Sunday’s sport on the 3-7 New Orleans Saints. Except Cleveland begins a successful streak earlier than Thanksgiving, rumors about Berry and Stefanski will probably hover over the group up till Haslam confirms calls about their futures in January.
