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Browns QB Deshaun Watson on extra created runs: 'I'm not an operating back'

.Deshaun Watson as well as the Cleveland Browns are seeking responses on offense, but the quarterback doesn't assume added designed runs for him is actually a concept head instructor Kevin Stefanski should explore." I'm not entering there to inquire for more developed runs. ... if I do not must operate, I am actually not visiting run," Watson pointed out on Wednesday, depending on to ESPN. "I am actually not attempting to take any kind of smash hits. ... I'm not an operating quarterback, in a feeling. I can easily bring in things occur, however I am actually not trying to manage." I am actually certainly not an operating back. It's not my specialty. They signed me to throw the ball, make decisions and also be a quarterback, not a distance runner." Referencing the season-ending shoulder personal injury that he undertook in Nov 2023, Watson pointed out that enduring a trauma on an operate would be actually "a lose-lose scenario" for him as well as Stefanski, the reigning NFL Coach of the Year.All in every, Cleveland's offense has actually been among the worst in the NFL away from eviction, balancing only 152.3 passing gardens (30th in the NFL), 95.7 hurrying backyards (24th), 248.0 complete gardens (31st) and 16.7 aspects (25th) every video game. The Browns have actually failed to record twenty points in a singular game.Watson has actually amounted to simply 551 passing gardens, three passing goals, 2 interceptions as well as a 71.4 passer score, while accomplishing 57.8% of his passes. He has actually also been sacked greater than any sort of quarterback in the league (16 ), most lately being actually sacked eight attend Cleveland's Week 3 loss to the New york city Giants. To boot, right handle Port Conklin (hindering) and also guard Joel Bitonio (leg) are actually coping with traumas." It is actually everybody. It's from myself, the coaches, the offending line, cramping ends, jogging backs, pass receivers, quarterbacks. It is actually everybody," Browns move trainer Kevin Stefanski mentioned about the team's initiatives to protect Watson, depending on to The Associated Push. "And also everybody works to perform so as to maintain the quarterback tidy." On the hurrying face, Watson has actually hurried for 85 gardens as well as one touchdown this period and also was previously a respected hazard with his lower legs for the Houston Texans. Across his final 3 times wearing (he remained 2021) for the Texans (2018-20), Watson balanced 469 rushing yards as well as 5 rushing touchdowns every season.Watson, a three-time Pro Bowler, is in his 3rd period along with the Browns, a tenure snared uneasy. He showed up in merely the final 6 activities of the 2022 time after serving an 11-game suspension as a result of over 20 claims accusing Watson of sexual misdoing that were actually later settled out of court. Watson after that participated in merely 6 activities once more in 2023, as he went through the previously mentioned season-ending shoulder trauma. Cleveland took place to complete 11-6 and also reach the playoffs in Watson's absence responsible for 2023 NFL Return Player of the Year Joe Flacco, who consumed for Watson at quarterback.Next up for Watson and also the Browns (1-2) is actually a roadway match versus the Las Vegas Raiders (1-2) on Sunday. [Want wonderful stories supplied straight to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports profile, follow organizations, staffs as well as gamers to obtain an individualized e-newsletter daily.] Comply with Observe your favorites to tailor your FOX Athletics expertise National Football League Cleveland Browns Deshaun Watson Get a lot more coming from National Football League Observe your favorites to obtain info concerning video games, updates and additional.