{"id":42787,"date":"2025-05-11T23:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T23:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/42787\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T23:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T23:11:13","slug":"browns-break-silence-on-deshaun-watson-amid-ongoing-qb-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/42787\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns Break Silence on Deshaun Watson Amid Ongoing QB Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deshaun Watson\u2019s future with the Cleveland Browns remains murky, but his presence continues to loom large as the team evaluates its crowded quarterback room.<\/p>\n

Watson first suffered a torn Achilles in October against the Cincinnati Bengals. A reinjury during his recovery in January required a second surgery, sidelining him indefinitely. While the Browns haven\u2019t provided a firm timetable, they\u2019ve indicated he\u2019ll miss a significant portion of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

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Still, Watson has stayed active around the team facility, finding ways to contribute despite his injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s working really hard. Doing a nice job in his rehab,\u201d head coach Kevin Stefanski said on Saturday<\/a>. \u201cDoing a great job in the meeting room as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stefanski added that Watson is now out of his walking boot \u2014 an encouraging milestone in his recovery.<\/p>\n

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Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson talks with coach Kevin Stefanski.\u00a9 Phil Masturzo &sol; USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The bad news for Watson is even if he does return, he’s unlikely to play into the starting quarterback equation in Cleveland, despite his $230 million contract that runs through 2026.<\/p>\n

Browns owner Jimmy Haslam dubbed the 2022 trade<\/a> for Watson a “swing and miss,” indicating the franchise is ready to find his replacement.<\/p>\n

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Over three seasons, Watson has started 19 games, compiling a 9\u201310 record. He’s passed for 3,365 passing yards, 19 touchdowns, 12 interceptions with a passer rating of 80.7.<\/p>\n

Veterans Kenny Pickett and Joe Flacco are competing alongside rookies Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel for the Browns\u2019 starting quarterback job.<\/p>\n

Related: Browns QB Dillon Gabriel Calls Out Reporter for Shedeur Sanders Question<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deshaun Watson\u2019s future with the Cleveland Browns remains murky, but his presence continues to loom large as the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,256,85,54,2337,563,1033,7,562,570,8591,6,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-42787","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","10":"tag-cleveland","11":"tag-cleveland-browns","12":"tag-clevelandbrowns","13":"tag-deshaun-watson","14":"tag-dillon-gabriel","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-joe-flacco","17":"tag-kenny-pickett","18":"tag-kevin-stefanski","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-shedeur-sanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114491731721678413","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}