The struggles continued for the Cleveland Browns in their Week 6 matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles. And as usual, their starting quarterback Deshaun Watson was the catalyst of the disfunction.
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Browns Fans Call For Deshaun Watson to Be Benched
Watson put up another dismal first half against the Eagles. He was just 5/11 passing for 46 yards and had a passer rating of 57.4. He also was 0/5 on third-down attempts. Watson and the Browns have now failed to convert on their last 26 third downs. After another all-time bad performance Browns fans were calling for Watson to be benched for backup quarterback Jameis Winston.
"Stefanski must have some crazy a** faith...... I would have put Jameis Winston in this winnable game and not chanced it with this guy," one fan said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
"If the Browns bring Jameis Winston in they have a decent chance of winning this game," another fan added.
Former NFL Stars Sound Off on Browns QB's Decline
During his tenure with the Houston Texans, Watson was viewed as one of the top quarterbacks in the league and perhaps the future face of the league. But since being traded to the Browns, Watson has been historically bad. It has left a lot of people scratching their heads about the reason for Watson's career taking such a deep dive in such a relatively short amount of time. Former NFL wide receiver Chad Ochocinco says seeing Watson's decline in real time has left him feeling "confused."
"I'm confused. I've been watching football for a very long time. The nosedive I've seen ... from maybe a top-3 quarterback when he was with the Texans to the version of Deshaun Watson I'm seeing now, how? In such a short amount of time, how?" Ochocinco said during a recent episode of Nightcap with Shannon Sharpe.
Ochocinco's co-host Shannon Sharpe echoed those sentiments calling Watson a "bottom-five quarterback."
"He doesn't even move the same...I think [injuries] weigh a lot on his mind. He hasn't been the same," Sharpe said. "His last year starting in Houston, he led the NFL in passing yards. Deshaun, he's a bottom-five quarterback."
