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Hit rates by week, QB
Over 2019–2025, 50 games played. Bars show this player's rate against the QB rate over the same games.
Usage, QB
34 attempts / game
16 games
[2020,2021] season, 16 games played. Share of team pass attempts against the QB median.
Houston spent the twelfth pick of the first round on him out of Clemson, and for a while it looked like the conservative move. He arrives now in Cleveland, at an age when the position pays either its last dividends or its first excuses, and the interesting question is not whether the arm still works but whether the schedule gives him time to prove it. He has always been at his best when a play breaks, which is either a recommendation or a warning depending on how much you enjoy holding your breath.
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Deshaun Watson's week centred on Cleveland's home opener against Carolina. At his September 23 press conference, streamed by the Browns alongside Denzel Ward, Denzel Boston and Harold Fannin, Watson said he "never tries to go at war with the fans" — a line relayed by The Athletic NFL — and, per Yahoo Sports NFL and NBC ProFootballTalk, described himself as "ready for support" from the home crowd in Week 3. Dawgs By Nature ran a predictions piece asking how fans will actually treat him at home, plus a Thomas Moore column questioning whether Watson can be the quarterback the team needs; he also featured in NFL Trade Rumors' AFC notes alongside Derrick Henry, the Ravens and Steelers. For fantasy purposes, RotoBaller's Bruno Mulé argues Watson makes more sense in superflex leagues than standard formats. No injury specifics or return timelines appeared in this week's reporting.
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