Let's dispel some myths yesterday currently being made by fans media

[McCarthyMustGo]

Watson never was good at reading defenses. The Texans flat out robbed the Browns in that trade.

They dumped him for his sexual misconduct. Never get a fair trade in this scenario.

 

[jrumann59]

Time to throw and time in the pocket are not the same. You saw the game. Did you see the Philly game? Hurts had a real pocket most of the time. Watson didn't. We did a great job disrupting Watson, but I personally don't think Watson is nothing more than an average QB overall.

Any player that has missed as much time as he has will take a long time to recover if they do at all.

 

[StarOfGlory]

They dumped him for his sexual misconduct. Never get a fair trade in this scenario.

The Texans didn’t think he was worthy of a massive contract. They were right. The sexual misconduct was a factor but money was the deciding factor. Using the sexual misconduct as the primary excuse doesn’t send the signal that your organization is cheap—the Texans aren’t cheap, but perception counts.

 

[darthseinfeld]

So doing some research this morning found out a few things about yesterdays game.....


Deshaun Watson Time to Throw was 4.16 seconds

Which was 8th Best in the NFL this week

Which means he had the 8th most time to throw in all of the NFL this week.

On his sacks that he took he had 4.87 seconds to throw in week 1.

Since arriving to Cleveland in 2022 he's holding on to the ball for 5.36 seconds on his sacks which is the highest in the NFL in that same span. So technically he improved on that yesterday lol.


Also the narrative that their line was bad because they were missing TWO OFFENSIVE LINEMEN is also not true.

The offensive line they had out there yesterday was the same exact offensive line they had most of the year except Willis. Conklin got hurt week 2 of last year and they're using that as an excuse for why they played poor.

Dawan Jones played most of the year and started for the Browns. He is not a "rookie" or a typical backup like they tried to make it out to be.



So no it isn't lack of offensive line because Watson had time to throw. Either Watson isn't reading the defense well or Cowboys coverage was too goo but what excuse isn't valid is their "lack of offensive line because they started 2 backups". That offensive line gave him time to throw.

Jones had a pretty strong rookie year too. I wouldn't be surprised if they try and trade Conklin in the offseason

@Risen Star werent you high on Jones last year?

 

[Creeper]

My first thought is not to put too much into 1 game. I was worried the Cowboys pass rush would not be great this year but Zimmer came up with some schemes to flush Watson out of the pocket and make him throw on the run.

I said before this game that the win or loss would be dependent on how Watson played. He was awful and the Browns lost. But the Browns defense is legit. The Cowboys hung 33 on a very good defense.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Jones had a pretty strong rookie year too. I wouldn't be surprised if they try and trade Conklin in the offseason

@Risen Star werent you high on Jones last year?

Me either. Serving them no purpose on the bench.