For the Cleveland Browns, this is what they aimed for when trading for QB Deshaun Watson. Though his numbers weren’t incredibly gaudy, Watson was efficient and productive as he and the Browns easily put away the Arizona Cardinals 27-0 Sunday afternoon.
With the win, the Browns move to 5-3 on the season and remain in the AFC North race while being firmly in the mix for the AFC Wild Card race.
It helped the hapless Cardinals used this week as something of a buffer. They dealt starting QB Josh Dobbs to Minnesota for a late-round pick and with QB Kyler Murray a week away from returning off his 2022 torn ACL, the team turned to rookie Clayton Tune.