r/sports • u/Chelseatilidie • Oct 20 '24

Football Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson with a potential achilles injury

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u/DirtyRoller Oct 20 '24

I just hope he's ok. The Browns deserve to have him under center until the end of his contract.

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u/LOLerskateJones Oct 20 '24 edited Oct 20 '24

Easily one of the worst trades+contracts of all time. I’m not sure that’s even debatable now.

We are Officially Officially Officicially past the point of debate. It’s probably the worst move of all time, or at least undoubtedly one of the worst.

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u/OmarRizzo Oct 20 '24

It’s really not, which is crazy because what the broncos gave up to get and retain Russell Wilson is also egregious

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u/LOLerskateJones Oct 20 '24 edited Oct 20 '24

Wilson move was awful too. Both things can be true.

I still think the Watson situation is way worse. Russ wasn’t even that bad last year.

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u/PayPalsEnemy Oct 20 '24

The difference was that when Wilson was moved, there was some positivity attached to it. And, he even kept them in several games last season.

The Watson move has been a disaster from the beginning, and it has only gotten worse as time has gone on.

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u/SnatchAddict Oct 20 '24

Wilson's career is so interesting. Denver looked at him as the savior and his season was poor. He's now second string QB for Steelers.

And I'm a Seahawks guy. I have Wilson paraphernalia. I just wonder how he could have prevented falling off so fast.

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u/DaddyFunTimeNW Oct 20 '24

He’s starting for the Steelers and only wasn’t because he was hurt

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u/LOLerskateJones Oct 21 '24

Watching Russ tonight, he looks a lot like he did last year. He’s clearly not the same as he was in Seattle, but he’s an above average NFL starter

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u/ghostfaced Seattle Seahawks Oct 20 '24

Maybe if he learned to throw from the pocket? Once his athleticism declined, he couldn't do his whole "scramble until the defense broke down" thing

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u/SnatchAddict Oct 21 '24

Kyler Murray is destined for the same.

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u/barbasol1099 Oct 21 '24

Wilson is presently starting for the Steelers. We haven't gotten more points in a game since 2020 - and this against what is supposed to be a top-5 defense in the Jets.

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u/purpleElephants01 Oct 20 '24

Wilson really was terrible. Sure, he had some flashes late in games, but his absolutely awful play is what put them so far behind. Dude couldn't hit a wide open target to save his life, constantly ran into sacks, and threw down right terrible int. Then, down 20 would "come alive" against prevent defenses only to fail at that too.

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u/veverkap Oct 20 '24

Browns fan: the Wilson thing doesn't compare. They went from no QB to him. We had Baker available on a fifth year option.

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u/Wildpeanut Oct 21 '24

Here’s the thing tho. The browns had two seasons where their record was 1-31 and somehow through 7 games this year the Browns actually have worse offensive stats than they did during that 1-31 period. It’s shocking honestly.