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The Cleveland Browns entered final week’s contest towards the Cincinnati Bengals with a change within the quarterback rating.

Following beginning quarterback Deshaun Watson was Dorian Thompson-Robinson, marking the primary time in 2024 that the second-year quarterback was put in because the No. 2 choice behind Watson.

Beforehand, that spot was held by veteran quarterback Jameis Winston as Thompson-Robinson was the emergency backup for earlier contests.

NFL insider Mike Florio believes there was a selected purpose for Winston being faraway from the No. 2 place in Cleveland’s first dwelling sport in almost a month.

In a “Professional Soccer Speak” YouTube video, Florio shared his ideas on the state of affairs as he believes eradicating Winston from the energetic lineup would forestall Cleveland followers from asking for a change on the quarterback place.

“(The followers) wished to see what Jameis Winston may do regardless that he was curiously demoted to quantity 3 (quarterback) final week,” Florio stated, including, “First dwelling sport in 4 weeks, all people desires Jameis Winston, let’s simply make him quantity 3 so all these chants of ‘We would like Jameis’ will probably be meaningless.”

Florio complemented Winston, saying that the veteran “at his best is a good NFL starter.”

The insider stated Winston’s drawback is that his moments when he’s not at his finest are extra prevalent than these instances when he’s on high of his sport.

Florio lumped Winston right into a class with a number of mid-tier NFL quarterbacks like Tennessee’s Will Levis and Kansas Metropolis’s backup Carson Wentz, gamers who the insider stated can present good moments every week in addition to poor moments, too.

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