{"id":844492,"date":"2026-03-31T07:39:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/844492\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T07:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:39:41","slug":"nfl-hiring-replacement-refs-could-deshaun-watson-be-browns-qb1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/844492\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL hiring replacement refs + Could Deshaun Watson be Browns’ QB1?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Subscribe to Inside Coverage<\/p>\n

Will the Cleveland Browns start Deshaun Watson at quarterback in 2026? Yahoo Sports\u2019 Andrew Siciliano, Jori Epstein and Charles Robinson discuss the possibility, after diving into the fallout from stalled NFL referee negotiations. The crew also react to the Los Angeles Rams vocalizing interest in Kirk Cousins and addressing Puka Nacua\u2019s latest controversy. Finally, Andrew and Charles react to Matt LaFleur\u2019s low player survey grades before giving their \u201cOne More Thing\u201d to close out the show.<\/p>\n

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(4:40) – NFL referee drama escalates<\/p>\n

(14:10) – Browns news: Myles Garrett & Deshaun Watson<\/p>\n

(22:30) – Will George Pickens attend Cowboys offseason program?<\/p>\n

(32:40) – Rams make headlines: Kirk Cousins reunion & Puka Nacua\u2019s maturity<\/p>\n

(41:05) – Kyle Shanahan comments on international games<\/p>\n

(50:20) – More news out of NFL owners meetings<\/p>\n

(1:02:40) – One More Thing<\/p>\n

\"Could<\/p>\n

Could Deshaun Watson start for the Cleveland Browns this season? (Photo by Nick Cammett\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

(Photo by Nick Cammett\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https:\/\/apple.co\/3zEuTQj or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Subscribe to Inside Coverage Will the Cleveland Browns start Deshaun Watson at quarterback in 2026? Yahoo Sports\u2019 Andrew…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":844493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[9429,86,2501,85,54,2337,563,7,467,6992,294,58,1304,6,1074],"class_list":["post-844492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cleveland-browns","tag-andrew-siciliano","tag-browns","tag-charles-robinson","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-clevelandbrowns","tag-deshaun-watson","tag-football","tag-george-pickens","tag-jori-epstein","tag-kirk-cousins","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-myles-garrett","tag-nfl","tag-puka"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116322658982399946","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844492","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=844492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}