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True, being on sidelines isn't helping your team. Watson has higher career rating than Mayfield. He's younger. Stafford is 38 starting another season. IF Watson plays well- he could be QB for next 7 years or so. I hope his marriage has straighten him out and hope he lights up the NFL with our new receiver weapons. Go Browns!!!!
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According to NFL On Prime as of August of 2025 only 8 starting QB's were 30 or older. https://www.facebook.com/nflonprime/posts/only-8-starting-qbs-are-30-or-older-/1340354738098135/watson is 30 years old. watson has been with the Browns since March of 2022. That's four full seasons. In those four seasons he has played in 19 games. Stats alone can't predict the future but what they can do is establish the likelihood of how things will play out moving forward.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
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Could DW be a QB for another 7 years? Well, that's possible but how many of those over 30 QB's have had 2 Achilles injuries? He's had other injuries besides that also. I wouldn't bet DW will be a QB into his late 30's.
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The speculation out there now about DW is something.
I am glad that he is healthy. If Monken starts him. I trust that DW has beaten out Shedeur and earned the role.
That is where it ends for me.
DW has done next to nothing for over five years. Even when healthy with the Browns he played poorly.
Let's talk about injuries. He broke a bone in his shoulder. Tore an Achilles and then tore the same Achilles again.
His playing style is to use his mobility. Create more options and deliver the ball accurately. When he played I did not see that.
He looked confused. He was late and inaccurate. He took hits extending plays and suffered for it.
He is not the guy he was when he played for Houston. He is older and damaged and does not have the game time experience in the bank.
He is like an old fighter trying to make a comeback.
I have seen that "story line" before and the ending has not been good.
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I think the speculation about Watson is total stupidity. He will be gone after the end of this year no matter if he is a bench warmer or starter.
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I have seen that "story line" before and the ending has not been good.
Spot on. An end to the very worst trade in the history of the NFL. Firstly I do not see him suddenly metamorphosizing into an elite QB - he's had maybe 3 good games out of 19 for the Browns. Talk of him suddenly becoming very good/elite during the offseason is a bit like Browns fans thinking they are going to the SB after free agency and the draft ... it's based on emotion and fandom, not anything to do with reality. Maybe Monken's offense will suit him more? Chuck it up and be aggressive? But that would onlyu highlight the stupidity of trading for Watson with our offense being Stefanski's.
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DW was a first round talent.
It was in him. He could play. He was a star in college as well. He took over games.
Since those days he has been through a lot both physically and mentally.
It is not that he is thirty and done for. It is not his age.
Playing at an elite level is a groove. You play ball and stay in that groove. Repetitions against high level competition keep you sharp.
You gather dust when you are inactive. I do not see him all of a sudden on the field after practicing and the fog goes away and he is once again an elite player.
Monken is an experienced coach. I have to trust him. But if DW starts a home game and it does not go well. It will be brutal.
We shall see where this all leads to.
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I think the majority of NFL teams will pass on Sorsby. His future does not look great at this time. Being labelled with a gambling addiction and betting on his team in the past. Every time he fumbles. Every time he throws a pick fans will say it was on purpose due to gambling or paying off debt. He needs to be picked up by someone like Green Bay that stash young QBs on their roster for multiple years let them learn and in Sorsby's case get his life straight while he learns to have a chance to be successful. In the sports world gambling on his own team is a major red flag that entire leagues do not want to be associated with. See Pete Rose.
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Times are changing.
Gambling is everywhere and it is in your face. People like to gamble.
He is a young guy and if he has the talent. He will get drafted.
Teams will vet him. Hell look at the whole DW deal.
Quarterbacks are like gem stones. Teams believe they can polish them up and away we go.
I have no opinion on him. Never seen a snap he has taken. But the Browns know him. If they think he has what it takes.
They will do a deep dive on him. They will be exhaustive in the process of evaluating him.
Because of the way the supplemental draft works. If they see him as a true first round talent and can get him with a third round offer.
They will do it. It all depends on how their evaluation of him pans out. There is no way they offer a first rounder.
After that who knows?
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I'd actually be more likely to bid on Sorsby in the supplemental draft if I knew he was going to be suspended for a year and wouldn't take up a roster spot this season. Hopefully the league clarifies his status beforehand.
A gamble makes more sense after we're rid of Watson and figure out what Shedeur is. Adding another body to an already crowded and question filled room seems almost more like an extra problem than an opportunity at this juncture. Especially if there is an unknown length suspension looming (Pryor's 5 game suspension for the memorabilia for cash scandal at Ohio State being a similar-ish precedent.) I don't know if advancing to a full 3 ring circus is something I'd want on the first year HC's plate, Monken's got his work cut out for him as is.
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I would bid a 7th on Sorsby. No more.
The talent is there, and the way the NFL rules are written, he may not be suspended for his college ...... indiscretions ..... but he could be if it continues into the NFL.
I don't see investing more than that.
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I really do not know what the NFL's stance will be.
There is fine print but I don't know it. I have not heard anything conclusive about what he actually did or did not do.
This much is true. We all know what the Browns situation is at quarterback. Unless something unforeseen happens the Browns will draft a quarterback in 2027.
Sorsby if he enters the supplemental draft is an early pick in the draft.
So he will be evaluated. Gabriel is out. Green will be stashed and developed. Shedeur could be the backup this year. He could be the starter in 27. DW will be a free agent.
So Sorsby could well be in the mix.
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