Is Deshaun Watson no longer an NFL-caliber quarterback?
Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Caroline Fenton and Jason Fitz are joined by NBC Sports' John Fanta to discuss why he believes quarterback Deshaun Watson is no longer an NFL-caliber quarterback. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV .
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The fact of the matter is this, Deshaun Watson is nine and 10 as the Browns starter.
When the Browns give up at least 20 points, you think they're gonna do that against Jacksonville or, or Tampa?
And the Browns have a good defense, but I still think those teams can score at home on their home field.
When, when the Browns give up at least 20 points, a normal number in the National Football League, Watson has one win as the Browns starter.
There is nothing that suggests, nothing that suggests that he's a different quarterback than he was two years ago, which was a bad quarterback.
And you go up against Bills backups, you are going up against backup players in a preseason game at home, should be comfortable in the second half of that game, and he looked like he had never played the position before.
He could not start on any of the other 31 teams.
So you combine performance with you go into a press conference room and you break.
You do what, what, what does not happen very often in 2026.
You break every PR rule.
You go at fans.
You say that they're in the wrong, and yet you are still the starter of this football team.
So now you're te- they're gonna be O and two.
I'll be stunned.
I'll come back on your show and apologize if they're one and one.
They're going to be O and two.
The writing's on the wall with this guy.
He's not a, he's no longer an NFL caliber quarterback.
The only reason why he is starting game one is because it's on the road and the Browns spent $230 million and are trying to have one last attempt at getting any dollars' worth.
He has been nothing but a disappointment.
Deshaun, it's not personal from the fans of Cleveland.
Fans evaluate performance.
The NFL is a league of third, fourth, fifth chances.
Trust me, if you were any good, the one fan base that would cheer you for being even average is Cleveland fans, and you haven't even been close to that
