At the start of the week, all the questions around the Cleveland Browns were whether they could bounce back from the shellacking they took in Week 8 against the Pittsburgh Steelers. By Wednesday, with QB Deshaun Watson all of a sudden in concussion protocol, the conversation now had a few added elements. QB Shedeur Sanders took over the starter’s practice reps throughout the week and was named the starter versus the New Orleans Saints
.Except the final injury report had Watson questionable, along
with DT Maliek Collins out for the game (another big story), leaving open a lot of options for Week 9 once Watson was cleared.
According to multiple reports, despite being cleared from the protocol, Watson will be inactive today against the Saints, with Dillon Gabriel serving as the team’s backup:
The only thing left to find out is whether Watson is the Browns’ emergency quarterback or not this week. Given the wording here, it seems likely that rookie Taylen Green gets that designation:
Cleveland’s official QB plan will be known, at least from a roster perspective, when the inactive reports are released at 11:30 AM today.
How much do you read into these reports? Just being cautious or something more?
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