The Cleveland Browns snapped their five-game losing streak by defeating the Baltimore Ravens 29-24 on Sunday in their first game since quarterback Deshaun Watson. tore his achilles tendonThey’re paying him $46 million per season to beat the division’s best team immediately after losing a quarterback — that’s a mega-contract with two more years to go, which is what the Browns have signed Watson to since he was 22. Massage therapists had already filed sexual harassment lawsuits against him – a ridiculous outcome for a rotten organization, although, as it was for the Browns, even the victory was awkward and humiliating. He got the Jameis Winston experience in full force, as the vet nearly bailed his team out of a big win.
A week ago, it looked like Winston would not see the field this season. the Browns Demoted him to emergency QB And before their Week 7 game against the Cincinnati Bengals he was listed as inactive, only for emergency. Not only did Watson rupture his Achilles in that game, but backup Dorian Thompson-Robinson hurt a finger on his throwing hand after playing two terrible quarters in Watson’s place. So the Browns activated Winston and became the first team in 16 years to have three different players attempt double-digit passes in the same game. Winston debuted this week and immediately released a strange promo before the game, looking directly into the broadcast camera As he spoke of his “unwavering faith, ultimate faith, dependence on the Lord”. He echoed similar sentiments Signature Lacrimal Pregame Hype Speech To his team.
In his five-ish seasons as a starting QB with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New Orleans Saints, Winston showed that his rocket-arm strength was matched by his inability to figure out which team to throw to. When the creator of the only 30-interception season of the century (so far) It says something like this, “I’m sure I’m a great NFL quarterback when I’m making great decisions one game at a time,” he’s mostly right, but the word “when” in that sentence sounds like a single two-by-four. Which supports the weight of a rhinoceros.
In Sunday’s game against the Ravens, Winston got the win, much to his credit. He really went for it and set a franchise debut record with 334 yards passing in his first start in 25 months and the first as a Cleveland Brown. He completed eight passes that covered at least 15 yards in the air – one more than Watson completed in total in his seven previous games – including two for scores.
His best throw was his last, 38 yard bomb to Cedric Tillman What turned out to be the game-winning touchdown. Naturally his worst throws occurred before that, as he threw a straight pass Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton should have finished the game had Hamilton not inexplicably missed it. He wasn’t the only Ravens defensive back to let Winston off the hook.
Winston’s first drive was a great microcosm of his day: He completed four passes of more than 10 yards, but on the Browns’ first play inside the red zone, he used all five seconds and gained 15 yards of open field on one play. Won by. -The play of standing completely still and attacking Ravens safety Eddie Jackson – who dropped it – inspired broadcast commentary team members To say, “I really have no idea where James was throwing.” You know something offensive happened if story after the game There are plenty of quotes from defensive backs on a team’s official website about how they need to get better at catching the ball.
Winston was characteristically rehearsed and corny After the win, quoting Eminem and introducing a new way of pronouncing the word “probably” in performance style. described correctly Described by David Ubben of The Athletic as “rehearsing 100 times for shooting a scene for a movie that’s not getting made.”
The Browns’ win so soon after Watson’s injury could be like the opening chapter of a happy story — if Winston, with his own History of sexual misconduct allegationsHe was not an extremely poor libertarian, and the Brown organization was not so woefully incompetent. The best you can hope for is comedy, and with reason for optimism: after all, not every opposing DB is going to give up those easy picks.