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lol thats what we figured

I had no idea that "I'll talk to you tomorrow" means the Browns had made the decision P.J. walker would be the starter. I mean, who knew?

I don't know if he is playing on Sunday or not, but QBs not starting normally don't address the media on Fridays. If he knows he is to address media, that seems noteworthy.

I suppose he could have said that just so he can dodge talking to them.

I believe that sounds like the most likely scenario here but who knows?

Why get our hopes up just to smash them.

Watson won't play, at minimum, until next week IMO. And probably not until our game vs Arizona

Agreed.

I’ll be much more surprised than not, if he plays next week against the Colts.

the issue is that we'll be 2-4 or 2-5 when he returns and basically done

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I’m told the #Browns QB Deshaun Watson will not play Sunday vs the 5-0 #49ers, per source.

so he's ruled out more than 2.5 days before last game, which was 2 weeks ago

Maybe DW feels he made a mistake and isn't too enthused about playing here anymore. Hey just a thought!!!

I wonder what kind of influence this Quincey Avery dude is having behind the scenes.

This aged well.

I guess I missed something...explain???

Maybe there's nothing, but I would bet there is more to this

Well, PJ knew.

PJ Walker Career stats...5 TD, 11 INTs and a QBR of 64 in 3 years.

Oh boy.

Glad we got rid of Dobbs.

Maybe Watson realized that this club punishes quarterbacks who try to play through injuries.

And the loyal fans who had to watch

we should be looking for more help.. you can't tell me a 3400 year old matt ryan isn't a better option than PJ walker or DTR

Dan Marino just got contact lenses...

Maybe I have it wrong but I think Dshaun has a personal QB coach,.Avery, that I think is with him all the time. I think he was in the video clip floating around where Watson tells Stefanski he can't go against the Ravens.

If I have that wrong, someone tell me.

yes, he is Weston's personal coach ... he's often chiming in on twitter defending Watson's throws/reads/etc

So you think he's telling Deshaun not to play?

Quincy Avery is his personal QB coach and also does a weekly podcast with Watson. He comes across as a clown.

Avery was not on the field when Watson told Stefanski and Berry he could not go against the Ravens.

Browns have officially ruled out Watson about 20 mins ago

We wasted a lot of money and draft picks on this guy. Should have stuck with Mayfield.

I truthfully wonder if we could trade for Brissett

this goes back to my poor opinion of this FO with regards to personnel management. You tell everyone the goal is a deep playoff run it should be a fun year, but none of your moves suggest that. Putting a rookie against a defense that has the propensity to destroy rookie QBs, then your plan is to sign a guy that has thrown twice as many interceptions as touchdowns.. I mean the two most important pieces on the offense to have viable depth imo is QB and RB, our moves don't align with having good depth at skill positions. So what you have instead, two games where there is literally less than a zero percent chance of winning given the situation and all that is at stake is potential injuries to other players . You have to give your team a chance to win on any given sunday and Berry has failed miserably at that on the offensive side, add in a HC that shouldn't be calling plays and what you're going to get is a game that is going to be over with by Q2

So, by my calculation, Watson has been with the Browns for 17 games last season, and including the SF game in 2 days, 5 this season. 22 games total.

He's played a total of 9 - maybe 10 games. Is that right?

I know, suspended, no injured.

not a very good return on investment thus far

At this moment... the investment is a bust.

Not saying it will stay that way, just sayin'.

I'm saying I don't know what kind of influence he has on Watson and am wondering if it's an issue.

It aged the way it should have aged. "I'll talk to you tomorrow" didn't mean watson wouldn't start. It turns out watson isn't starting but those two things don't mean the same thing. No matter how much you attempt to make that so.

I didn't particularly like the trade at the time and like it even less now. We gave up way too much in value. IMO, we could have won it all with Brissette and the draft choices....

j/c...

So now the reports are Watson has not been cleared to play. Stefanski had said Watson had been medically cleared to play. Over the bye week, both he and Berry doubled down saying they expected Watson to play in the SF game and now this...

The messaging by the Browns on this has been disastrous.