Back in my prime, all of the ladies were coming my way. Honestly, it was tough to choose. While I joke, the Cleveland Browns may be faced with this type of issue just in regards to quarterbacks later in the season.
To start the year, no one was jumping for joy at the idea of QB Jacoby Brissett starting at quarterback for the majority of the season after QB Deshaun Watson got suspended for 11 games and will only be able to play in the final six (and potentially playoffs).
Brissett started his career back in 2016 with the Patriots, moved on to Indianapolis for three seasons, played a year in Miami and finally is with the Browns. Before this year, he had 60 career games including 40 starts total.
For his three starts as the Browns quarterback so far, Brissett has 595 yards passing on 66.3%, four touchdown passes compared to one interception. Now, averaging 198.7 yards a game passing is not mind-blowing numbers.
However, when your team has running backs Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt, it certainly makes it easier to move the football in various ways.
The Browns have a 2-1 record to start the season and that could easily be 3-0 without a horrific meltdown against the Jets. That’s a very solid start to the season here in ’22.
Moving forward, it will be very interesting to see how the team continues to play with Brissett at quarterback. What if for the remainder of the 11 games Watson is out the Browns continue to thrive? Is the team just instantly going to turn to Watson to finish off the season?
Well, first things first Brissett has to continue to play well before this is even a decision to be made. However, say the Browns are 8-3 or a solid record like that after 11 games.
Could the team consider sticking with Brissett for the remainder of this year? It’ll certainly be something that should be discussed. Yes, the Browns have a lot invested in Watson with a huge contract and he is obviously an amazing quarterback. Even so, just tossing him in there to finish off the season could end up hurting the team more than helping.
Lastly, a squad can never have too many solid quarterbacks. In a worst-case scenario, if there were to be an injury or something of that nature, the Browns could once again turn to Brissett.
Cleveland is off this Sunday after the Thursday Night win against the Steelers. Their next game is the following Sunday (10/2) in Atlanta against the Falcons. We shall see how the team plays and if Brissett continues to be a solid option.
This will be talked about more and more if the team keeps winning.
You know what they say… Winning cures all.
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