{"id":852975,"date":"2026-09-19T06:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T06:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/852975\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T06:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T06:52:15","slug":"deshaun-watson-could-lose-seventh-straight-start-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/852975\/","title":{"rendered":"Deshaun Watson could lose seventh straight start on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a long week for Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson. And it\u2019s still not over.<\/p>\n<p>Against the Buccaneers on Sunday, Watson could post his seventh straight loss as a starter. That would be the longest streak for any Browns quarterback since DeShone Kizer in 2017, when a 15-game losing streak cemented an 0-16 season. Which opened the door to drafting Baker Mayfield the following April.<\/p>\n<p>Watson drew fresh criticism after the Week 1 34-10 loss to the Jaguars by claiming that the \u201cmedia has this expectation that I\u2019m supposed to throw [for] <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/deshaun-watson-the-media-thinks-im-supposed-to-throw-for-400-yards-5-tds-each-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">400 yards and five touchdowns every week<\/a>,\u201d even though he hasn\u2019t done that once since Week 5 of the 2019 season.<\/p>\n<p>There are even more depressing statistics than that. As Anthony Lima of 92.3 The Fan observed on Friday morning, Bills quarterback Josh Allen has nine total touchdowns in five days. Watson has <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SportsBoyTony\/status\/2100900987565171005?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">eight total touchdowns in 1,041 days<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, yes, the Browns could have drafted Allen instead of Mayfield. But don\u2019t feel too bad about that, Browns fans; the organization likely would have ruined and\/or moved on from Allen by now, too.<\/p>\n<p>After Sunday \u2014 barring a win and, perhaps, 400 yards and five touchdowns \u2014 the Browns will have to move on from Watson or risk a full-blown riot for the Week 3 home opener against Carolina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been a long week for Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson. And it\u2019s still not over. Against the Buccaneers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-852975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}