LANDOVER, Md. — The Cleveland Browns plan to stay with Deshaun Watson as beginning quarterback regardless of beginning 1-4 and fielding the one offense within the NFL that has did not complete 300 yards in a sport this season.
“We’re not altering quarterbacks,” coach Kevin Stefanski mentioned Sunday after the Browns’ 34-13 loss to the Washington Commanders. “We have to play higher. I would like to educate higher.”
The Browns gained simply 212 complete yards and had been 1-of-13 on third down as they misplaced their third straight sport Sunday. Watson accomplished 15 of 28 passes for 125 yards and one landing earlier than being changed by backup Jameis Winston for the ultimate drive of the sport. Watson was additionally sacked seven instances — he has been sacked a league-high 26 instances — and misplaced a fumble.
This season, Watson has accomplished 60.2% of his passes for 852 yards, 5 touchdowns and three interceptions. He has posted a 23.9 complete QBR, the bottom of any certified passer this season.
“The offense goes to go so far as I’m going,” Watson mentioned. “So, on the finish of the day, we’re not doing sufficient offensively. As a quarterback, you’re taking all of the stress. You’re taking all the warmth. You’re taking all of the blame. I’ve received to seek out methods to convey all people else together with one another, [find out] how we are able to exit right here on Sundays and remove all of the errors which are going to trigger us to get behind the eight ball and put ourselves in conditions that we do not wish to be in.”
The Browns have scored below 20 factors in all 5 video games this season, their longest streak to start out a season since 1999, based on ESPN Analysis.
The 1-4 begin is the worst since Stefanski grew to become head coach in 2020, however Stefanski has given no indication that sweeping modifications are imminent. Within the leadup to Sunday’s sport, he mentioned there haven’t been discussions about relinquishing his playcalling duties.
“This isn’t a one-person difficulty on offense,” Stefanski mentioned. “We’ve the fellows. We’ve the coaches. We are going to get it fastened.”
