‘The Cowboys ARE Super Bowl contenders’: Why Dallas can win it all in 2026
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Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was booed on several occasions during his team’s preseason Week 2 game at Huntington Bank Stadium.
That did not sit well with Shedeur Sanders, who chided the Cleveland faithful for jeering his counterpart in what remains the NFL’s most competitive quarterback competition.
“I don’t really like overall whenever the whole stadium is booing and stuff when Deshaun gets in ’cause he’s going out there, he’s trying to put in work, too, just how we all are,” Sanders told sideline reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala on the News 5 Cleveland broadcast. “Just being a person, I don’t really like that, and I don’t really respect that.”
Sanders acknowledged that the fans were entitled to their own opinions about Watson. However, he still didn’t like the boos being rained down upon Watson as the 30-year-old veteran tried to stake his claim to Cleveland’s starting quarterback job.
“However you all feel is how you all feel about an individual, about a person, but when somebody’s going out there trying to do their best, then it doesn’t really sit right with me overall,” Sanders said.
Watson has endured a trying tenure in Cleveland to date. He has appeared in just 19 games since being acquired via trade from the Houston Texans and signing to a five-year, $230 million fully guaranteed contract. He has posted a 9-10 record and 80.7 passer rating in that action, the last of which came in 2024.
Watson’s performance against the Buffalo Bills did little to quell fan dissatisfaction surrounding his play. He completed just 5 of 12 passes for 35 yards and an interception across four drives while failing to lead Cleveland to points.
By comparison, Sanders completed 9 of 11 passes for 74 yards, one touchdown and one interception while showing excellent poise in the pocket.
Even so, Watson seems unlikely to be bothered by the reaction he received after telling reporters he wasn’t worried about the type of reception he’d get in his first home game since tearing his Achilles on Oct. 20, 2024.
“I don’t care,” Watson said, when asked how he expected to be received by the Cleveland crowd. “I don’t care.”