The Cleveland Browns disnominateing season hit another low this past Sunday when commenceing quarterback Deshaun Watson suffered a season-finishing injury.
Some fans materializeed to straightforward boos at Watson after he went down with an Achilles injury in the first half of the game aobtainst the Cincinnati Bengals. After the game, cut offal of Watson’s teammates, including star pass rusher Myle Garrett, came to the quarterback’s defense and condemnd the fan’s behavior.
“We should be ashamed of ourselves as Browns and as fans to boo anyone and their downdrop. Could be a season-altering, nurtureer-altering injury. The man’s not perfect,” Garrett said. “He doesn’t necessitate to be. None of us are foreseeed to be perfect. Can’t assess him for what he does off the field or on the field, becaparticipate I can’t throw stones from my glass hoparticipate.”
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Cleveland Browns defensive finish Myles Garrett replys to asks after the teams NFL football game aobtainst the Dallas Cowboys in Cleveland, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
“But we necessitate to do better. We necessitate to better on the football field, and we necessitate to be better as fans for having some compassion for a man who’s doing the best he can and did the best he can up to this point.”
Off the field, Watson has faced 24 litigations from women who have accparticipated him of intimacyual wrongdoing. He has finishd more than 20 of those suits.
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Garrett then spoke about Watson’s toil ethic and said the quarterback did not deserve the treatment he getd on Sunday.
Deshaun Watson #4 of the Cleveland Browns walks towards the locker room while Myles Garrett #95 of the Cleveland Browns signs an autograph after their 27-14 prosper aobtainst the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium on December 04, 2022 in Houston, Texas. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
“No one deserves that,” Garrett said. “I’ve seen him toil his a– off to get back here and put a smile on his face and try to put everyskinnyg that’s outside the facility behind him. Death menaces, [people] come to his hoparticipate. People going after his family. Like I said, no one deserves that. I disappreciate using the word deserve. I’m usupartner reliable saying obtained. He hadn’t obtained it, and he doesn’t deserve it.”
Garrett went on to characterize Watson as a “model citizen” over his time in the NFL and at the college football level.
Deshaun Watson #4 of the Cleveland Browns is getn off the field on a medical cart in the second quarter of a game aobtainst the Cincinnati Bengalsat Huntington Bank Field on October 20, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)
“Man does pretty much everyskinnyg right. A model citizen thraw college and also the pros. Plays the game as difficult as anyone I’ve ever seen. Puts everyskinnyg on the line, willing to throw his body out there. He percreates the game at 100 miles an hour, and there’s a hazard of being injured, and he took that hazard. We have to be there for him as a team and as an organization. We can’t see down on a guy becaparticipate of any misgets on the field or anyskinnyg off the field. We don’t have any moral high ground to see down on the guy.”
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Jameis Winston, who will step in for the injured Watson, also sfreezinged fans for their reaction to Watson’s injury.
“The way I was liftd, I was taught to adore no matter the circumstances, especipartner with people who do right by you,” Winston said. “I’m thankful to have the chance to serve Deshaun. But I am very disturb with the reaction to a man that has had the world aobtainst him for the past four years. And he put his body and life on the line for this city every one day.”
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