Ahead of the 2022 NFL season, the Cleveland Browns decided to trade away several first-round picks for former Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson and give him an absolutely massive fully guaranteed contract even despite the sexual misconduct allegations he was facing. After two seasons, it’s safe to say that things have not worked out the way they hoped.
Deshaun Watson has yet to play anywhere close to a full season for the Browns as a result of both injuries and a lengthy suspension, and when he has played, statistics indicate that he has been among the least accurate quarterbacks in the entire league.
This week, NFL analyst Warren Sharp put together a list that ranked quarterbacks based on their rate of incompletions due to inaccurate passes – meaning, incompletions that are the fault of the quarterback, not the wide receiver. And Watson had the worst rate in the entire league.
Here’s the full list:
43.9% – Deshaun Watson
40.6% – Tyrod Taylor
38.8% – Trevor Siemian
37.7% – Bryce Young
36.7% – Lamar Jackson
36.2% – Jordan Love
36.1% – Trevor Lawrence
35.6% – C.J. Stroud
35.4% – Aidan O’Connell
35.0% – Kenny Pickett
34.9% – Easton Stick
34.9% – Matthew Stafford
34.8% – Joshua Dobbs
34.6% – Daniel Jones
34.3% – Tua Tagovailoa
33.1% – Mac Jones
33.0% – Sam Howell
32.9% – Bailey Zappe
32.2% – Jimmy Garoppolo
32.1% – Ryan Tannehill
30.9% – Joe Flacco
30.8% – Gardner Minshew
30.8% – Justin Fields
30.1% – Derek Carr
29.5% – Desmond Ridder
29.2% – Baker Mayfield
29.0% – Jalen Hurts
28.9% – Joe Burrow
28.7% – Brock Purdy
28.6% – Zach Wilson
28.3% – Kyler Murray
27.8% – Josh Allen
27.4% – Will Levis
27.2% – Dak Prescott
26.4% – Justin Herbert
26.3% – Jared Goff
25.3% – Russell Wilson
24.5% – Patrick Mahomes
23.2% – Kirk Cousins
22.2% – Jake Browning
21.6% – Geno Smith
Needless to say, this is some pretty terrible news for Watson that highlights just how bad he’s been even when he’s been on the field, and it led to a lot of reactions on social media.
3 first round picks, 6 picks total, $230M guaranteed https://t.co/ZH5CxpLxyh
— B1G_Ryan (@B1G_Ryan) June 30, 2024
My hope of Watson returning back elite just went from 25% to 15% after seeing this chart https://t.co/vdFPtYjApr
— Farooq (@Jamrock_216) July 1, 2024
Not a good list to be number 1 on https://t.co/kNhIsBrzJj
— T (@WHUDEY) June 30, 2024
The Nasty Man is washed for real https://t.co/mHega5LVT8
— 🤨 (@JamesF84) July 1, 2024
Yikes. https://t.co/zkXmSKpVy2
— Roberto Shenanigans (@Rob_Shenanigans) June 30, 2024
the fall of deshaun watson is so awesome https://t.co/XrhW1t3DGj
— Chris Moxley (@ChrisMoxley19) June 30, 2024
We’ll have to see how Watson performs this upcoming season because things have not gone well for him so far.
