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Browns coach Kevin Stefanski remains confident Deshaun Watson will bounce back from a season-ending shoulder injury that limited him in 2023 and be the elite quarterback Cleveland mortgaged its future to get. ....
With a wild-card blowout win secured, Houston's rowdy crowd let loose, serenading rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud with “M-V-P!” chants after his stirring playoff debut. Over on Cleveland's sideline, the QB the Texans traded watched in street clothes. This wasn't what Deshaun Watson or the Browns envisioned. ....
Browns coach Kevin Stefanski remains confident Deshaun Watson will bounce back from a season-ending shoulder injury that limited him in 2023 and be the elite quarterback Cleveland mortgaged its future to get. Watson made just six starts this season before undergoing shoulder surgery in November. Although the 28-year-old QB hasn't consistently played at an elite level — and in just 12 of 34 possible games in two seasons — since joining the Browns, Stefanski feels Watson's best is yet to come. ....
Browns Pro Bowl cornerback Denzel Ward injured his knee in practice on Thursday and is questionable for Cleveland's wild-card game on Saturday against the Houston Texans and rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud. The extent of Ward's injury is not immediately known, but if he's less than 100% it will further stress a Browns secondary already missing its starting safeties. Browns coach Kevin Stefanski didn't offer many details about Ward's injury, which occurred after the period open to reporters was over. ....
Two seasons ago, the playoff-bound Cincinnati Bengals rested most of their starters in a meaningless regular-season finale at Cleveland against the also-ran Browns, who were wrapping up a disappointing season. Cleveland (11-5), looking ahead to a playoff game next weekend, will finish the regular season in Cincinnati against the Bengals (8-8), who've got no place to go but home. The Browns will hold out many of their core players against Cincinnati, including soon-to-be 39-year-old quarterback Joe Flacco, who came off his couch to win four games in December and push the Browns into the playoffs for just the third time since 1999. ....