No, not entertaining in the typical star-player-doing-amazing-things kind of way.Entertaining in the cinema drama kind of way because what we have here is the NFL equivalent of a villain being given the opportunity to redeem himself and then deciding – by his actions – if he continues to be reviled based on what happens next.DESHAUN WATSON BOOED BY BROWNS FANS, FIRES BACK AFTER POOR OUTING OPENS DOOR FOR SHEDEUR SANDERSDeshaun Watson and Shedeur Sanders will each get preseason starts as the Browns try to settle one of the NFL's most intriguing quarterback battles.(Diamond Images/Getty Images)What happened Sunday evening is Browns coach Todd Monken and general manager Andrew Berry picked Watson to be their starter over Shedeur Sanders, to culminate a competition that spanned the entire offseason and into the first two preseason games.That decision was announced to the players on Monday morning.And now we see the next chapter of what has been the tremendously disappointing story of Watson in Cleveland.
It's a story that has compounded on-field failure, Personal Conduct Policy suspension, and one injury after another the last three years.It's a story that seemed to have a climax on Saturday when Watson was booed lustily by Browns fans – at home at Huntington Bank Field – from the moment he entered the game in the second half pretty much until the game was over.DESHAUN WATSON'S FIRST GAME SINCE 2024 A SUCCESS BECAUSE HE WASN'T AS BAD AS SHEDEUR SANDERS OR DILLON GABRIELDeshaun Watson #4 of the Cleveland Browns listens to questions during a press conference prior to a joint practice with the Philadelphia Eagles at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on August 18, 2022 in Berea, Ohio.(Nick Cammett/Getty Images)And then Watson conducted a viral press conference in which he called what Browns fans did "personal," and "disrespectful," making it seem possible that his time with the team was about to end because how does an NFL team keep a QB that gets booed at home?Watson,...