Apair of quarterback-related moves may have come back to bite the Cleveland Browns. Deshaun Watson will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a fracture in his throwing shoulder, the team announced Wednesday. Watson has appeared in only 12 games since signing his unprecedented $230 million, fully guaranteed contract after being traded to Cleveland last year. And, in light of the 28-year-old’s latest injury, the Browns could sure use the QB it traded for nearly nothing ahead of the season
Joshua Dobbs spent the summer in Cleveland before being shipped to the Arizona Cardinals, along with a 2024 seventh-round draft pick, in exchange for a 2024 fifth-rounder. The Tennessee product started eight games for Arizona while franchise QB Kyler Murray continued to recover from a torn ACL he suffered last season.
In yet another trade, Minnesota acquired Dobbs after starting quarterback Kirk Cousins suffered a season-ending injury of his own. Some more bad-injury luck in Minnesota propelled Dobbs onto the field less than a week after the Vikings dealt for him at the NFL’s trade deadline.
The “Passtronaut” accounted for three touchdowns, including a game winner with 22 seconds remaining, in a Week 9 win over the Atlanta Falcons. Then, Dobbs followed that by throwing for 268 yards, running for 44 more and scoring two total touchdowns in Minnesota’s 27-19 win over the New Orleans Saints last weekend.
“I did pinch myself,” Dobbs said after leading Minnesota to its second win in less than two weeks after joining the franchise. “It’s just been really cool being able to take it all in.”
The NFL has since celebrated Dobbs’ breakout by changing the header of the league’s X (formerly Twitter) account to a photo of the QB. Cleveland would seemingly welcome the type of production Dobbs is providing for Minnesota. P.J. Walker and rookie Dorian Thompson-Robinson are the only other quarterbacks on Cleveland’s roster. And neither QB exactly lit up the stat sheet when they saw the field earlier this season as Watson was dealing with a different injury. Walker has completed 49 percent of his passes for 618 yards, one touchdown and five interceptions in five games this season, including two starts. Thompson-Robinson threw for 130 yards and three picks in a Week 4 start against the Baltimore Ravens. NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport said Wednesday that Cleveland
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