Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski reveals why Deshaun Watson walked off in the middle of NFL game

Cleveland Browns caput coach Kevin Stefanski has lifted the lid connected the chaos that led to Deshaun Watson walking disconnected the tract midway done Sunday's nonaccomplishment to the Commanders.  

The Browns' dismal commencement to the season continued erstwhile they were taken isolated by a Washington broadside inspired by Jayden Daniels. 

Stefanski was near successful disbelief astatine his ain quarterback, erstwhile Watson near the huddle and made his mode to the sidelines during the 3rd quarter.

Down 21 connected 4th-and-goal, the caput manager made the telephone to support the discourtesy connected the tract successful a hopeless effort for Cleveland to claw its mode backmost into the contest. 

Moments later, however, Watson was disconnected the tract and the Browns had resorted to kicking a tract goal.

Watson had appeared to defy his coach, who removed his headset successful vexation earlier covering his rima and speaking to his quarterback.

Many NFL fans connected societal media accused the 29-year-old of efficaciously quitting connected his team. 

Later, Stefanski explained that it was a blunder by the Browns that led to Watson leaving the field.

'We had the incorrect magnitude of radical successful the huddle, and past astatine that point, we were conscionable going to footwear the tract goal.' 

Watson has regularly made headlines for the incorrect reasons successful caller years. 

The 29-year-old was traded to the Browns for six draught picks, including 3 archetypal rounders, successful 2022 - contempt being sued by much than 2 twelve pistillate massage therapists for intersexual harassment and intersexual battle the twelvemonth before. 

Since the trade, helium has signed a five-year, $230 cardinal deal, each of which is guaranteed. 

Watson has been embroiled successful assorted tribunal cases implicit the past 3 seasons, antecedently reaching confidential settlements with 20 women implicit intersexual misconduct lawsuits that saw him suspended for 11 NFL games during the 2022 season.

Last month, it was revealed that helium is being sued for much than $1million by a caller woman, who has accused him of sexually assaulting her successful Texas 4 years ago. Watson 'strongly denies' the allegations.

On the field, meanwhile, the Browns are present 1-4 aft a woeful commencement to the season. Cleveland volition look the Philadelphia Eagles connected the roadworthy adjacent week. 

After Watson near the tract connected Sunday, the Browns were forced to take a hold punishment and to settee for a tract goal, making the people 24-6.

If they had converted the touchdown effort - arsenic Stefanski wanted - the Browns could person made it a two-score game.

Tempers reportedly flared betwixt Stefanski and Watson during Sunday's game, with backmost and manager seen yelling astatine each different respective times during the 34-13 loss.

According to ESPN's ratings, Watson is the worst-performing backmost successful the NFL. And aft different dismal day for Cleveland, Stefanski addressed his aboriginal arsenic the starter.

'We're not changing quarterbacks, helium said. 'We request to play better. I request to manager better. That's truly what it is.'

A three-yard touchdown tally from Jeremy McNichols, followed by a Austin Seibert tract extremity saw Washington found a ascendant 34-6 pb astatine the extremity of the third. 

Cleveland did yet managed to find the extremity portion successful the 4th fourth erstwhile Watson recovered Jordan Akins with a ten-yard walk but it came a small excessively precocious arsenic the Commanders walked distant with the 34-13 win. 

Last month, immoderate Browns fans called for Watson to beryllium benched aft the intersexual battle allegations emerged.

'Every week for the past 3 years Deshaun Watson has looked similar the worst QB successful the NFL and determination are inactive radical that assertion he's conscionable a small rusty,' 1 instrumentality wrote .

'Legitimately not definite determination are 5 starting QBs successful the league worse than Deshaun Watson,' different added . 

'The Browns and Deshaun Watson woody is the worst woody successful past and I’m affirmative it volition ne'er beryllium topped,' said a third.

Former backmost Warren Moon, meanwhile, claimed Watson's on-field struggles are linked to his off-field drama. 

'He's inactive dealing with a batch of that c**p that helium dealt with a mates of years agone with the lawsuits and each that,' Moon told TMZ. 'And now, each of the sudden, different suit comes up. 

'It seems similar conscionable erstwhile he's starting to possibly get his vocation backmost connected way from getting implicit the lawsuits - and past the injuries that he's had the past mates years -here comes different one.'

Moon added: 'It seems similar each clip helium goes retired connected the tract he's playing with a dense caput and he's not capable to absorption connected the game.'