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- Browns QB competition decision between Deshaun Watson, Sheduer Sanders (Jared Mueller) – “With everyone assuming that Deshaun Watson’s performance on the field and in the press conference closed the door on him and would lead to Shedeur Sanders getting the starting job, Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken wasn’t ready to name the starter on Sunday but promised an answer on Monday. And, boy, did he deliver.”
- Deshaun Watson as QB1. How did we get here? (Thomas Moore) – “The ill-fated decision to trade for quarterback Deshaun Watson in 2022 kicked off a chain of events that have left the franchise as far from solving its quarterback situation as it has been since 1999, as the team is poised to enter the 2026 season with the worst quarterback room in the NFL.”
- Searching for reasons the Browns chose Deshaun Watson over Shedeur Sanders (Jared Mueller) – “After a weekend full of questions about QB Deshaun Watson having any future in the NFL at all, including a look at the salary cap issues if the Cleveland Browns released him, HC Todd Monken will reportedly name Watson the starting quarterback for 2026 over QB Shedeur Sanders. But why?”
- Does Todd Monken making Deshaun Watson the starter make you think negatively of the head coach already? Reacts Survey (Chris Pokorny) – “The news broke this morning that the Cleveland Browns are naming Deshaun Watson as their starting quarterback. Fans are not pleased, to say the least.”
- Where are your former Browns now? QB Milt Plum (Barry Shuck) – “The Cleveland Browns have had a ton of starting quarterbacks. But the majority of those are from when the franchise came back in 1999. That number is 42 different starting quarterbacks. But it wasn’t always like that.”
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- Browns fans react angrily to Deshaun Watson starting at QB: ‘It’s a slap in the face’ (cleveland.com) – “Browns coach Todd Monken said he gave “zero” consideration to potential fan backlash when he named Deshaun Watson the Browns’ starting quarterback. But based on the initial reaction from Browns fans, there will be plenty of that backlash nonetheless.”
- Will starting Deshaun Watson work out for the Browns? I have doubts (Terry Pluto) – “Deshaun Watson may never have a better friend as a coach than Todd Monken. That’s what I was thinking while listening to the Browns coach explaining why he has decided to start Watson this season. Monken is making a tough, unpopular move by naming Watson the starter.”
- Deshaun Watson and Browns fans are in a mutually abusive relationship (Beacon Journal) – “The announcement by Cleveland Browns coach Todd Monken that Deshaun Watson will be the team’s opening day quarterback definitely isn’t about business in the near term, because the team’s fans are certainly being ignored in the here and now.”
- Deshaun Watson says ’emotions got the best” of him in comments criticizing fans, he understands their frustration (Browns Zone) – “Before he could celebrate the personal victory, Deshaun Watson wanted to clear the air. After being named the starting quarterback for Week 1, he explained the critical comments he made about the fans Saturday after the preseason loss to the Bills. The opening statement lasted 2½ minutes.”
- Deshaun Watson wasn’t Todd Monken’s mistake, but he’s the coach’s responsibility now (The Athletic) – “Todd Monken didn’t trade three first-round picks for Deshaun Watson. He didn’t give him $230 million guaranteed. He didn’t spend four years waiting for the quarterback who thrived in Houston to finally arrive in Cleveland. Monken didn’t cause this mess. Nevertheless, it’s his responsibility now.”
- Deshaun Watson is the Browns starting QB, for worse and for worse (SB Nation) – “Nobody is more gifted at making Browns fans unhappy than the Cleveland Browns. The team announced Deshaun Watson as their starting quarterback on Monday, less than 48 hours after he was booed off the field in preseason and subsequently went on a “poor me” rant to the media about how the fans are unfair to him. In any normal organization an adult would step in and say “we can’t start Deshaun,” but we know the Browns aren’t normal.”
- Browns fans, keep booing: Todd Monken picking Deshaun Watson over Shedeur Sanders is wrong, even if it’s right (CBS Sports) – “Maybe Deshaun Watson was always bound to win the job. The signs could have told us as much.”
- Deshaun Watson’s Week 1 start is NFL’s latest black eye (andscape.com) – “Deshaun Watson will start at quarterback for the Cleveland Browns to begin the 2026 season. It is an indefensible, inexcusable act of incompetence and cruelty.”
- Browns turn to QB Watson with Sanders (and 2027 draft class) lurking (ESPN) – “The Cleveland Browns are taking another chance on Deshaun Watson. Sixteen months after Browns owner Jimmy Haslam called his team’s March 2022 trade for Watson — which included three first-round picks and a fully guaranteed $230 million contract after more than two dozen women accused him of sexual assault and inappropriate conduct during massage sessions — a “big swing-and-miss,” first-year coach Todd Monken named him Cleveland’s Week 1 starting quarterback for the 2026 NFL season.
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