Kelly Stafford blasts Cleveland Browns fans who cheered Deshaun Watson's season-ending injury

Kelly Stafford has called for the Cleveland Browns fans who cheered erstwhile Deshaun Watson suffered a season-ending wounded to beryllium banned for life. 

The 29-year-old divisive backmost ruptured his close Achilles tendon successful the archetypal fractional of Sunday's nonaccomplishment to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Watson collapsed arsenic helium began to run, starring immoderate Browns fans to cheer portion helium laid connected the crushed writhing successful pain.

The squad feared Watson's play was implicit and an MRI connected Monday confirmed the rupture. He volition person country this week and miss the remainder of the play but 'a afloat betterment is expected.'

However Stafford, the woman of Los Angeles Rams backmost Matthew, has deed retired astatine the Browns fans who celebrated Watson's injury.

She posted connected Instagram: 'Should effort and find each instrumentality that cheered and prohibition them for life. Makes my humor boil.' 

Cleveland fans person been unhappy astir Watson, who has been accused of being sexually inappropriate with women.

Their absorption connected Sunday didn't beryllium good with respective of Watson's teammates either, including prima extremity Myles Garrett, the NFL's reigning Defensive Player of the Year.

'We should beryllium ashamed of ourselves arsenic Browns and arsenic fans to boo anyone and their downfall,' Garrett said.

Jameis Winston besides admonished the uncomfortable celebration, adding: 'I americium precise upset with the absorption to a antheral that has had the satellite against him for the past 4 years, and helium enactment his assemblage and beingness connected the enactment for this metropolis each azygous day.

'The mode I was raised, I volition ne'er propulsion connected a antheral erstwhile he´s down, but I volition beryllium the idiosyncratic to assistance him up.'

On Monday, Pro Bowl cornerback Denzel Ward, who is from Cleveland, said the misplaced passionateness was disappointing.

'Everyone has to beryllium amended than that,' helium said. 'Regardless of what you whitethorn deliberation of a idiosyncratic oregon what someone's been done oregon immoderate the concern whitethorn be, that doesn't marque it close oregon marque it immoderate amended for you to footwear a antheral erstwhile he's down.'

The wounded is yet different twist successful Watson's tumultuous clip with the Browns, who gave him a $230million declaration 2 years ago.

Cleveland traded 3 first-round draught picks and 5 wide to the Houston Texans to get him, with owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam approving the squad giving Watson a afloat guaranteed contract.

But Watson has not played up to expectations, and Cleveland's determination to get him has been labeled an abject nonaccomplishment with the squad inactive connected the hook to wage him $46m successful each of the adjacent 2 seasons.

Watson finished his 3rd play passing for 1,148 yards with 5 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. He was sacked a league-high 33 times.

His accomplishment successful Cleveland besides came amid accusations by much than 2 twelve women of intersexual battle and harassment during massage therapy sessions successful Texas.

Two expansive juries declined to indict him and helium has settled civilian lawsuits successful each but 1 of the cases.

Watson was suspended by the NFL for his archetypal 11 games and fined $5m for violating the league's idiosyncratic behaviour argumentation earlier helium took his archetypal drawback with the Browns.

The agelong layoff - helium sat retired the 2021 play successful a declaration quality - led to subpar play, and Watson made conscionable six starts past play earlier hurting his shoulder.

It was announced connected Tuesday greeting that the Browns are signing Bailey Zappe from the Kansas City Chiefs signifier squad. He volition vie with Dorian Thompson-Robinson and Winston to go the starter.