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Report: Browns asked Deshaun Watson to play in Senior Bowl

By Dan Parr
College Football 24/7 Editor
Published: Jan. 23, 2017 02:46 p.m.

A request from the Cleveland Browns to play in the Reese's Senior Bowl wasn't persuasive enough for Deshaun Watson to participate in the all-star event.

Watson, who declined an invitation to the game last week, turned the Senior Bowl down even after the Browns requested that he play, according to MMQB. The Browns are coaching the South team that Watson would have played for if he had accepted the invite, and Cleveland holds the Nos. 1 and 12 picks.

"The Browns talked to him and asked him to play this week; he declined," MMQB's Peter King wrote in his Monday column.

Watson's agent said last week that Watson would instead focusing on preparing for the NFL Scouting Combine (QBs report March 1). He's only a junior, but was eligible to be invited to the Senior Bowl because he has already graduated.

Browns coach Hue Jackson said on Sunday that he won't hold Watson's decision against the QB.

"There are going to be other guys that are not participating either, so I won't hold it against him," Jackson told cleveland.com. "I don't think that's the right thing to do. He's still a draftable player, there's still a process we have to go through to evaluate him and see if he can fit here with the Cleveland Browns."

The Senior Bowl gathers more than 100 prospects each year for a week of practices, followed by the all-star game, in Mobile, Ala. Evaluators from all 32 teams attend to watch and meet with prospects that participate in the event.

"Obviously we wish he were here," Jackson said. "It would've been a great chance to have an opportunity to evaluate him doing the things we do in meetings and on the practice field. But that's not going to happen, so we'll have to find a different way of evaluating him."

Watson completed a grueling a 15-game season on Jan. 9, when he led Clemson to a national title victory over Alabama.

NFL.com analyst Daniel Jeremiah said after Watson's decision was revealed that he didn't believe anyone in the NFL would have a problem with Watson's choice. However, he also said Watson could've helped himself by competing -- it would've been a unique setting for Watson to compete in, the likes of which won't be replicated at the combine or his pro day. Jeremiah has Watson going to the Texans at No. 25 in his first mock draft of 2017.

After winning the championship, maybe he is afraid a bad showing would do more harm than a good showing would help his case?

If he can't handle the workload now how is he going to handle it when it's the prolevel amount of work every single day of his life. It's fine with me since I am hoping we don't draft him early on anyways. He is probably hoping he slips in the draft anyways to land on a better team.

OSTED BY: ELI MOONEYHAM JANUARY 23, 2017
It’s officially NFL Draft season.

Why do I say that, you ask? Well, as usual, the Cleveland Browns have their eyes on a top draft prospect. One of those top prospects has decided to go to Twitter and post a harmless tweet, so it seemed. And as always, America is losing their minds over the social media post.

National champion and former Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson tweeted this mysterious tweet earlier today:

Follow
Deshaun Watson ✔ @DeshaunWatson4
God protect me from the evil
9:15 AM - 23 Jan 2017
1,665 1,665 Retweets 3,149 3,149 likes
So what does this exactly mean? Most of the “Twitterverse” seems to believe this is about the thought of the Browns drafting Watson.





This also comes after the report that the Browns had reached out to Watson about playing for Hue Jackson and his coaching staff in the Senior Bowl, an offer that Watson declined.

What do you think this Tweet means? Tweet us @NEOSportsInside and @Eli_Mooneyham to let us know what you think

http://www.neosportsinsiders.com/deshaun...-bashes-browns/

wow read the article...Browns fans started bashing him instantly...don't think he wants to come here after that...we running him out of town before he ever came here...do you think he was talking about playing for us? didn't sound like it to me.

these players want to go out on a high note. a lot of top guys in college don't play in the senior bowl, from what i'm reading.

besides, we have the combine, pro day, and private workouts (is that the same as pro day? not sure) to talk with him and evaluate him.

I understand that.

I am talking about him tweeting "protect me from evil"

and then a butt ton of us Browns fans starting bashing him on twitter...that is what I am talking about.

yea i dunno bro lol

it's like this....i got nothing lmao. my best guess is that there's probably a lot of people (read: everybody) telling him to stay away from cleveland if at all possible.

the reality is that every QB is most likely being told that same thing. and so now you have to wonder, is it Hue, or the browns organization as a whole that these QB's want to avoid, IF that's indeed what he meant by the tweet.

it's all speculation, we won't know for a while.

lol ya i know...or it could be something completely unfootball related.

and fans just jumped on him...idk be messed up if it was that and we ran him out before the draft even happened...saw the article and said "wow" had to post it up. lol

A team with the 1st pick personally asks you and you say no? Then the cryptic tweet?

He's making it easier and easier. I hope he pulls an Eli or Elway.

maybe, maybe not. hard to say. I don't like to read too much into something. that is haw things get twisted...I'm not a Watson guy anyway, so don't really care one way or another...just thought is was funny we jumped on him for a perceived slight in a random tweet.

lol Browns fans are so vain.

lol i don't want him either way so let him do as he wishes =) I think other teams will probably see it as an issue moreso that we will. Then again they might all chime in that they don't blame him ^^

Cris Carter to Watson, don't trust Browns with your career

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/cris-carter-rips-cleveland-browns-deshaun-watson-draft-012317

Add that article to the fuel with the "cryptic" Tweet haha. IMO, we shouldn't draft/trade for a Qb until we have a stable offensive line. We'll just crush their mental mindset along with their bodies. If I had a penny for every ice pack used on some Browns Qb last year, I probably would start crunching the numbers to see if I could retire lol.

Maybe CC is still mad about the contract he didn't get with us.

This is music to my ears. Let the dude bust with the 49ers instead.

Watson declines Senior Bowl invite, along with Jonathan Allen and Reuben Foster, all whom played a long grueling season and have to prepare for the combine and pro-day stuff.

AFTER Watson already declined there is a report that the Browns asked him to attend the Senior Bowl AFTER he already declined. And quelle surprise he didn't reverse his previously made decision to attend.

Now because the media is telling us, Watson doesn't want to play for the Browns and that is why he declined the Senior Bowl invite.

Ummm....okay....

Honestly,

If the coaching staff and FO feel that Watson is the guy, and they draft him #1 overall, then fine.

At some point, we need to stop making excuses and just draft the guy and roll with him for 3 straight years. These one and done crap we keep doing with Therese QB's is annoying. We never let a player grow into that position.

Lol if they take him 1st overall them being done is just inevitable lol. It would be fun to put watson, rg3, and TP out there together for some wicked plays

Let's face it, we know what's gonna happen, don't we? Big Ben retires and the Steelers get Watson late in the first round, who goes on to win 3 superbowls.

I have the opposite opinion on this one.

I don't think there is a QB worthy of being drafted high in this draft. I could be wrong about that. It's hard to evaluate collegiate QBs these days, so I am not saying I am right.

We did that crap w/Timid. We did it to some extent w/BQ. We did it w/freaking Weeden. I told y'all he was trash about a 1/4 of the way through season one.

So, if we are married to the guy, that means we ignore the QB prospects in the following two drafts, and by all accounts, next year's crop of QBs is way better than this year's.



However, from what I have seen.........this year's crop of QBs have huge holes in their games are very, very risky.

My problem [and here is where I disagree w/you] is that if we draft Watson or Trub that high, we are married to him for 3 years. We're going to hear over and over and over that you can't evaluate a qb until three years have gone by.

I understand that is not a given and things can change. I am not ignorant.

However, choosing a QB just because you need one is pretty stupid. And it's backfired for us in the past.

I still think the SAFEST and SMARTEST route for the Browns to go is to trade for either Jimmy G or Cousins. I don't think Cousins will be available, but you never know.

No offense, but that is absurd.

Watson stock is as high as it will get, and correct me if I am wrong but none of the other top QB's are participating. So he gets to go out and possibly put bad film out while all the others train for the combine.

HACK

We haven't drafted a QB #1 overall since Couch, though.

At some point the trigger has to get pulled on somebody with high boom/bust potential, and that's literally every first round QB in history.

If they feel it's Trubisky then ok. If it's Watson, ok. If they feel they can pick either one at 12, that would be ideal.

But I'm tired of waiting. I'm tired of every year finding reasons to put off taking THE guy, and then come the end of the season, always going "damn, we should've taken so and so".

And Timid was a huge failure who alientated the fan base.

Not arguing w/you, bro............I just don't like any of these QBs. Not saying I am right..............just voicing my opinion.

I agree with tour evaluations of these qb's. If we drafted one at #33 I could live with it but not at #1 or even #12. We have too many holes and there is too much talent in the 1st 12 picks to pass on it.

Dabo just said passing on Watson is like passing on Michael Jordan.


.....I'm done.

I agree.

Watson could be great. He has all the talent, all the skills.

And of course your hating ass won't stop lol. Come on bro.

What did you say? I'll wait til he plays Ohio state and see what I think about him.

He crushed us, and then he went out there and beat Alabama.

At this point, you're hating just to hate.

I don't need to, Twitter does it for me lol

When Watson leads us to the playoffs in year two, if we draft him, make sure you remember this.

And when's he's out of the league in 3-4 years, I probably won't remember this because he will be JAG in my mind.

They must be selling hater lattes buy one get one free a Starbucks this morning.

Crazy right? Why would a coach have a high opinion of a kid that led your team to back to back title games culminating in a National Championship against the best defense in college football?

Crazy

This is helpful. Not often you can identify a GOAT before he is drafted.

I found this on Kizer:

http://notredame.247sports.com/Article/N...es-to--47475089

Just heard them talking about this on WKNR...

Dabo Swinney 3 years ago on drafting Tajh Boyd:

"Whoever gets him," Swinney said. "He is going to change their franchise just like he changed Clemson. That young man changed Clemson. We have won more games in the last three years than anytime in the history of the school - back to back eleven win seasons. That's the first time that has ever happened. Tajh Boyd has been our leader. Not just the quarterback. He's been the leader of this team."

"I describe him as a bigger Russell Wilson. Everyone knocked Russell coming out. 'Well you better go play baseball. You are not this and not that.' He's a third round draft pick, and now he is a Super Bowl champion. It is the same thing with Tajh Boyd. I think Tajh Boyd is going to be a great NFL quarterback. His skill plus his intangibles that he brings are special. And he is still developing. It's all still out in front of Tajh Boyd."

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