Ex-Browns player rips team for sticking with Deshaun Watson

Aug 5, 2024; Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) during practice at the Browns training facility in Berea, Ohio. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports

A former Cleveland Brown thinks the franchise is failing to do right by its players by sticking with Deshaun Watson after another ugly performance.

Mitchell Schwartz, who played for the Browns from 2012 to 2015, had some harsh words for the organization after coach Kevin Stefanski made clear Watson will remain the team’s quarterback going into Week 7. Schwartz suggested it was “sh–ty” for the Browns to not give the team the best chance to win by benching Watson when several veterans are performing well while playing through painful injuries.

“It’s incredibly sh–ty to do this to the rest of the team,” Schwartz wrote on X . “Joel Bitonio is out there every week playing through who knows what and has to wreck his body when they have no chance of being good (because) of the QB. Myles Garrett is playing in pain every week. Feel for everyone else there.”

Watson was ineffective again on Sunday in a 20-16 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. He threw for just 168 yards, and the team’s only touchdown came on a blocked field goal return. There was a whole host of stats that came out of the game to indicate just how ineffective Watson and the offense have been , and how they are not getting any better.

The Browns have been consistently adamant that Watson will not be benched . At this point, it feels like nobody is willing to accept or own up to the reality that the quarterback and his contract have been a disaster for the organization.

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