The Cleveland Browns’ hopes of continuing where they left off last season with a solid all-around team and a postseason berth has fallen completely flat and mostly on the shoulders of Deshaun Watson.
Watson has run the Browns’ offense that has not scored more than 18 points in a game and has one win against the also 1-4 Jaguars.
The calls for Watson to be benched and the trajectory of Cleveland looking down are only getting louder.
ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky went in on Watson on Monday, calling him ‘done’ and the Browns the ‘worst in pro sports’ for the money they owe him and continuing to start him.
‘The Cleveland Browns are in the worst situation in pro sports.,’ Orlovsky said. ‘They’re done, and so is Deshaun Watson. If you want to see a situation where the head coach has absolutely no say who’s playing on the field, it’s happening in Cleveland.’
Watson has not led the Browns offense to score more than 18 points in a game this season
Dan Orlovsky has called out Cleveland and Watson for the position the franchise finds itself in
‘Kevin Stefanski is a two time Coach of the Year. He’s a brilliant offensive mind. And this offense looks nothing like the offense that he won two time Coach of the Year with. They’re in an awful situation.’
‘And by every measure, if you just watch the game and then you look at the stats, their offensive performance, and specifically, Deshaun Watson’s offensive performance, is the worst in the NFL. They’re done.’
‘I don’t think this is a head coach decision, and I don’t think this is a general manager decision. I truly believe this is from the owner, because there’s no way that you would watch this football tape over the last five weeks and say that’s our best opportunity.’
‘This is why it’s the worst situation across sports. They might have $150 million guaranteed to a quarterback and justify taking a first-round draft pick at quarterback next year.’
The Browns’ owner, Jimmy Haslam, handed Watson a five-year, $230million extension, with all of it guaranteed money, in 2022.
Now, Cleveland needs a major revamp to recreate the success it had last season.
