Deshaun Watson made his preseason debut for the Cleveland Browns on Saturday, playing the entire first half against the Chicago Bears in the teams' opening exhibition game. Watson led Cleveland on two early scoring drives, per ESPN and the Associated Press.
The Browns lost decisively, 34-10. Watson threw for 126 yards in the first half, though the reporting does not specify his completion percentage or touchdown-to-interception ratio. Yahoo Sports characterized Watson as a "winner" in the first week of what it described as a quarterback competition with Shedeur Sanders, the Colorado product also on the roster. Sanders appeared in the second half and threw an interception in the fourth quarter, per the Associated Press.
The game marked the start of the Todd Monken era in Cleveland, per Yahoo Sports. Chicago's quarterbacks threw for 348 yards in the Bears' win, according to one report.