In the first half of the Browns-Bengals game, quarterback Deshaun Watson took a few steps back and then tried to take off running when he suddenly collapsed due to a non-contact injury. When Watson was carted off the field, he left with the sound of cheers.
Watson appearing to have suffered a season-ending injury, and fans cheering it on enraged superstar defensive end Myles Garrett.
The reigning Defensive Player of the Year expressed his displeasure with the sequence to reporters after the loss, saying no player deserves that treatment before calling Watson a “model citizen” for “most” of his pro career.
“No one deserves that,” Garrett said. “I’ve seen him work his ass off to get back in here and put a smile on his face. Try to put everything that’s outside the facility behind him. Death threats, people coming to his house, going after his family. No one deserves that… Man does pretty much everything right. He’s been a model citizen through college and most of the pros. He plays the game as hard as anyone I’ve ever seen.”
“We can’t look down on a guy because of any mistakes on the field or anything off the field,” Garrett continued. “We don’t have any moral high ground to look down on a guy.”
Myles Garrett clearly upset with fans booing Deshaun Watson’s injury. Said Watson “does pretty much everything right. He’s been a model citizen through college and most of the pros.” pic.twitter.com/gElBYyI2Ym
— Ben Axelrod (@BenAxelrod) October 20, 2024
fuck myles garrett button 👇
— jUSTIN (@metsventpage) October 20, 2024
— College Sports Only (@CollegeSportsO) October 20, 2024
Myles Garrett clearly upset with fans booing Deshaun Watson’s injury. Said Watson “does pretty much everything right. He’s been a model citizen through college and most of the pros.” pic.twitter.com/gElBYyI2Ym
— Ben Axelrod (@BenAxelrod) October 20, 2024
Myles Garrett clearly upset with fans booing Deshaun Watson’s injury. Said Watson “does pretty much everything right. He’s been a model citizen through college and most of the pros.” pic.twitter.com/gElBYyI2Ym
— Ben Axelrod (@BenAxelrod) October 20, 2024
I am concerned about what behavior clears the “model citizen” bar for Myles
— Spencer (@sbp_21) October 20, 2024
When a player in any sport suffers an injury, the crowd in attendance typically goes silent, and once they get helped up, fans begin to applaud as they show signs of being somewhat okay.
That wasn’t the case when Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson suffered what the team fears to be a season-ending Achilles injury as boos broke out and then cheered for him to be gone from the team.
He was even booed during pregame introductions.
Deshaun Watson Possibly Being Out For The Year Will Continue To Show How Much The Browns Wasted By Trading And Signing The QB
Cleveland Browns fans had no clue that they were much better off with Baker Mayfield under center until it was too late.
The franchise threw away a bunch of draft picks for the Houston Texans to trade for Deshaun Watson in 2022, and it has yet to work out in their favor.
He has played in 17 games and has shown zero signs of being the quarterback he was in Houston.
Now that he may be out for the year for the second-straight season, it will continue to show how much the front office screwed up on this deal.
