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Browns Getting Absolutely Cooked Over Bizarre Deshaun Watson-Shedeur Sanders Move

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This article was originally published on Total Pro Sports.

Shedeur Sanders and Deshaun Watson in practice
Shedeur Sanders and Deshaun Watson (Photo via Imagn Images)

Training camp has been underway for weeks. The preseason opener is almost here. However, it doesn’t appear that the Cleveland Browns are under any urgency to pick a starting quarterback between Deshaun Watson and Shedeur Sanders.

The Browns released their first unofficial depth chart on Tuesday. Watson and Sanders appeared together at the top, separated by an “or.”

So, basically, nobody knows.

That decision didn’t exactly thrill Browns fans, most of whom became aware after Mary Kay Cabot pointed it out. 

“God I’m tired of this s**t,” one fan wrote. “We are the only team that constantly look like clowns doing crap like this.”

Another added, “I don’t know anything about this team… just that we don’t have a QB still.”

“This the type of s**t head coaches who get fired after/during year 1 be doing,” someone claimed.

“This is stupid, just pick one,” someone else urged. “They both blow!”

Todd Monken Frustrated With Cleveland’s Offense

Todd Monken.
Todd Monken. Credit: Lisa Scalfaro / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Sanders has a legitimate opportunity to seize the job, but his rookie season wasn’t pretty.

He completed 56.6% of his passes for 1,400 yards, seven touchdowns and 10 interceptions in seven starts. NFL coaches and executives recently ranked him the worst quarterback in the league.

Watson, meanwhile, hasn’t played for Cleveland since suffering his second Achilles injury in 2024.

He’s appeared in 19 games during his first three seasons with Cleveland, throwing for 3,365 yards, 19 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.

Neither quarterback has exactly grabbed the job by the throat.

That explains why Todd Monken isn’t rushing the decision.

The Browns head coach has already admitted that his offense’s training-camp performance has frustrated him.

“That was awful. That was [expletive] football,” Monken said, per ProFootballTalk, referring to the offense’s struggles in camp.

He also accepted responsibility for some of those problems.

“And I have to own some of that. Obviously, we haven’t coached it well enough. There were other aspects about the two-minute that got me fired up that obviously [were] a reflection of coaching.”

The Browns will open preseason Saturday against the Chicago Browns. Monken plans to use the preseason to evaluate his quarterbacks before settling on a starter.

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