The Cleveland Browns’ season opener was a big blow to the fans.
Kevin Stefanski and Ken Dorsey were expected to be a brilliant offensive duo, but execution was subpar, to say the least.
Deshaun Watson had one of the worst outings of his career, and the fact that this is his third year with the organization makes people think it might be time to pull the plug on him already.
In fact, former NFL QB Dan Orlovsky believes the Browns should consider doing that as early as in Week 2.
Talking on ESPN’s Get Up, he argued that Coach Stefanski should give some serious thought to starting Jamies Winston.
"Quarterback is a problem is in Cleveland. … I would be thinking long and hard about Jameis Winston and moving him to be my starting quarterback."
—@danorlovsky7 on QB play in Cleveland ? pic.twitter.com/Rcj7yQLXg8
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) September 9, 2024
He argued that they just can’t run anything in Cleveland with Watson there.
Orlovsky believes that the beauty of Stefanski’s offense relies on play-action, but you can’t do that with Watson playing this way.
Per Orlovsky, Watson isn’t ready to operate in play-action because he’s not seeing the field well, he’s not throwing with rhythm and timing, and he’s missing receivers by six or seven feet.
Watson missed wide-open receivers over and over in the season opener.
He took too many hits for holding onto the ball for too long, and he was just erratic overall.
The fans and the team continue to hold onto the hope that he looks anything like the player he was when he played with the Houston Texans.
But their team is just too good to continue being held back by subpar quarterback play, and they might as well give Winston an opportunity.
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