Forget off-the-field matters. The Cleveland Browns QB is simply a terrible passer right now, by every metric you can imagine.
As Bill Barnwell pointed out, Watson is:
- dead last in total QBR (21.5)
- being sacked on a league-high 12.4% of his dropbacks
- only 3 of 17 for 77 yards on deep passes, the second fewest deep completions in the league
But not only is he bad by 2024 standards. He’s historically bad.
Barnwell adds that, from the 566 passers through six weeks since 2007, Watson is:
- 558 in QBR
- 565 in yards per dropback (3.