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Deshaun Watson will be starting in the first preseason game of the year, on Friday against the Jaguars, the Browns announced Wednesday.
The move comes as Cleveland awaits the NFL’s appeal of a disciplinary officer’s recommendation that Watson should be suspended for six games.