Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken addressed his decision to name Deshaun Watson the team's starting quarterback during a Monday press conference. "We expect Deshaun Watson to play well, or we wouldn't be starting him," Monken said, per multiple outlets including Pro Football Talk and Yahoo Sports.
CBS Sports characterized the move as a "bizarre decision," though the outlets reporting on Monken's comments did not provide additional context around the reasoning or alternatives the team considered. Sportsnet's reporting indicates Watson was selected over Shedeur Sanders for the starting role, though most other outlets did not specify what other quarterbacks were in consideration.