Why has Watson failed so bad in Cleveland?

[jwitten82]

Do you think his off the field issues affected his mental game that bad? He wasn't a bad Qb in Houston, I remember the thinking Houston was crazy for trading him.
He missed all of 2021 for suspension, but the numbers he put up, I thought he was a franchise qb
2018: 26 tds and 9 int, 5 rush tds
2019: 26 tds and 12 ints, 7 rush tds
2020: 33 tds 7 ints, 3 rush tds

Crazy how bad he fell off

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Hard to say. I’m wondering how much of his success should be accredited to D Hop. He was arguably the best receiver in the league….i think this year we figure out what Watson is. A lot of the reasons and excuses are gone. Sucks because he was looking at one point to battle it out with Josh and Pat for years to come.

 

[DoctorChicken]

I don't know but it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

I'm not going to say his fall off in play makes me happy and I think he deserves it.

But.

 

[big dog cowboy]

It's Cleveland.

 

[EST_1986]

It's Cleveland.

The football black hole

 

[John813]

I don't know but it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

I'm not going to say his fall off in play makes me happy and I think he deserves it.

But.

Well, his contract is fully guaranteed, so even if he never gets back on track he gets a quarter of a billion dollars from Cleveland alone.
Would of been nicer had this happened prior to a huge contract, but I doubt NFL cares as the news is old and buried.

Insertzombielandcryingintomoney.gif lol

That being said, his drop off is something. Had a two headed run game for a bit.
Team acquired Cooper for cheap. Njoku seems to finally gotten to make it click

 

[gtb1943]

The football black hole

I am wondering if Cleveland is going to be like the Red Sox and Cubs and wait almost a century to win it all again
I think it was 1964 when Cleveland last won the NFL championship

 

[joseephuss]

He wasn't as good as he was hyped to be while playing in Houston. That doesn't mean he was bad, but hype often is higher than reality. Defenses have adjusted to him. He hasn't as of yet, adjusted to those adjustments. It all seems worse because of what Cleveland gave up to get him and how much they are paying him.

 

[jwitten82]

It's Cleveland.

They actually have a pretty good team

 

[gtb1943]

They actually have a pretty good team

the last time they had a pretty good team was when Bernie Kosar was the QB. They were certainly in the hunt for a few years.

 

[big dog cowboy]

They actually have a pretty good team

Some people say the same thing about the Cowboys.

 

[McKDaddy]

Coming back from that kind of scandal was always a huge uphill battle regardless of the team.

Crazy that Cleveland did that deal.

 

[gtb1943]

Coming back from that kind of scandal was always a huge uphill battle regardless of the team.

Crazy that Cleveland did that deal.

One consistent thing over the last thirty years with the Browns:
they always screw up the big decisions

 

[viman96]

Cleveland where QB careers go to die