BrownsThursday, November 12
Deshaun Watson will start for the Browns against the Texans on Sunday
The 5AM Cleveland team
If you've been waiting on the Browns' quarterback answer, here it is: Deshaun Watson will start the 1 p.m. game against the Houston Texans on Sun., Nov. 15. Coach Todd Monken waited until Wednesday to say so, after a Monday non-answer left the door open for Shedeur Sanders.
Monken pointed to "the full body of work." Watson is 5-3 as a starter, and he's second in the NFL with five fourth-quarter game-winning drives.
The Browns lost in overtime in Sanders' first start
- Browns22Saints23 (won)
Sources: Salem News, Akron Beacon Journal, Cleveland.com
- Venue: Huntington Bank Field
- Watson: no TD pass in three games
- Offense: ranked 29th in scoring
- Next: bye week, then three straight home games
Sanders made his first start of the season in that 23-22 loss at New Orleans. Monken said there's "a lot of room for improvement with both of them," and on a longer commitment to Watson, he said, "we're week to week."
Watson's Browns are 5-4 heading into Sunday
- 5-4
- Browns' record after the Saints loss
- 297
- passing yards for Sanders against the Saints
- 5
- fourth-quarter game-winning drives for Watson
- $240 million
- guaranteed in Watson's contract, now in its final year
Sources: Salem News, Akron Beacon Journal, Cleveland.com