Jim Rome Questions Browns’ Resolution Not To Bench Deshaun Watson Earlier In Season
Jim Rome Questions Browns’ Resolution Not To Bench Deshaun Watson Earlier In Season
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The Cleveland Browns have gone 2-2 with Jameis Winston on the helm.

That’s extra wins in 4 weeks than the group had with Deshaun Watson.

Watson struggled from the beginning of the season, and given his historical past with the group and his controversies off the sphere, it didn’t take lengthy earlier than the followers urged the group to show to Winston as a substitute.

Sadly, it took a season-ending harm for them to lastly achieve this.

With that in thoughts, NFL analyst Jim Rome took to X to query the group’s determination to not transfer on from Watson, questioning the place they might be at this level within the season if that they had completed it earlier within the yr.

A number of reviews acknowledged that the Browns didn’t re-sign Joe Flacco as a result of they didn’t need him to be a distraction or the individuals to name for him to start out if Watson struggled.

Others imagine that the choice to not bench Watson got here straight from the Haslams, not the teaching workers.

Regardless of the case, the offense struggled mightily to start out the season, and a few had been apprehensive that the shortage of accountability might destroy the group’s tradition.

The Browns nonetheless want to determine what to do with Watson.

His mammoth contract makes it nearly not possible to commerce, and Andrew Berry didn’t shut the door on him enjoying in 2025.

Even when that’s the case, Jameis Winston has already confirmed to be a greater quarterback choice for this group, no less than for now.

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