Daily Dawg Tags: Deshaun Watson top-10 QB even after missing a full season
By Randy Gurzi
The Daily Dawg Tags bring you all the Cleveland Browns news you need to know, including Deshaun Watson still making the top 10 despite missing all of 2021
Deshaun Watson has become a hot topic as of late. The new Cleveland Browns quarterback comes to northeast Ohio with a whole lot of baggage.
He was accused of 24 separate cases of sexual misconduct, and while he settled 20 of those, there are still four cases lingering — as well as an NFL disciplinary hearing. Even so, the Browns felt they were getting an elite quarterback, which made him worth the hit they were undoubtedly going to take.
And apparently, ESPN agrees. In a recent ranking, they had Watson at No. 9 overall, despite the fact that he missed all of the 2021 season.
That story and more can be found in today’s Daily Dawg Tags.
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Despite missed season, Watson makes ESPN’s ‘Top 10 QB’ list — Jared Mueller, Browns Wire
"“Despite missing an entire season and possibly missing a chunk of the upcoming one, ESPN’s top 10 list of quarterbacks in the league(subscriber, $) includes Watson at #9”"
As Mueller pointed out, ESPN isn’t taking Watson’s absence in 2021 and potential missed games in 2022 as a reason to remove him from the top 10 list. They still see him as a major difference-maker and pointed out that he had the third-best completion percentage in the league since 2018 — and praised his 2020 campaign when he had 4,823 yards and 33 touchdowns.
"“The current make-up of the Browns’ roster indicates wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones is primed for a breakout season in 2022.”"
Melo points out that the addition of Deshaun Watson will help DPJ — as well as the rest of the receivers. He adds that the addition of Amari Cooper will also be a huge benefit to the young man. Cooper is much more of a deep threat than outgoing No. 1 wideout, Jarvis Landry, which could help Peoples-Jones since safeties will cheat toward Cooper.
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