Week 1 couldn’t have been much worse for the Cleveland Browns and quarterback Deshaun Watson.
The visiting Dallas Cowboys pummeled them 33-17 in a game that was much more lopsided than the score indicated. Browns running back Jerome Ford scored a 2-yard rushing touchdown against Cowboys backups with 29 seconds left to put lipstick on the pig that was their Sunday afternoon performance.
Watson was at the center of the struggle bus, throwing for 169 yards, one touchdown (a 6-yarder to wide receiver Jerry Jeudy) and two interceptions — both coming off of deflections — while being sacked six times. It’s worth noting that both left tackle Jedrick Wills (knee) and right tackle Jack Conklin (knee) both did not play on Sunday, which certainly made Watson’s efforts against Micah Parsons, who racked an NFL-most nine quarterback pressures to go along with a sack, and the Cowboys pass rush an uphill climb.
When digging into some of the next-level numbers on Watson’s afternoon, the picture they paint is nauseating. Per CBS Sports Zach Pereles, Watson is the only quarterback out of 1,752 occurrences of a quarterback throwing at least 10 passes 15 or more yards downfield in a game to not complete a single one of those throws.
Watson Advanced Passing Numbers from Week 1 vs. Cowboys
0-for-10 on passes 15 or more air yards downfield 0-for-4 on passes 20 or more yards downfield 3-for-12 when throwing under pressure for 10 yards2-for-9 passing for 13 yards in addition to three sacks when blitzed
That is an abysmal performance for a quarterback who held the record for the most guaranteed money in a contract ($230 million) in league history until Sunday morning when the Cowboys re-signed three-time Pro Bowler Dak Prescott to a four-year, $240 million contract with $231 million guaranteed. In fact, Watson has been one of the league’s worst quarterbacks since the Browns traded for him and…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-09-09 04:10:16
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