Best Of - Most OVERRATED NFL teams, Watson named Browns starter, RANKING best NFL games of 2026

**Nick Wright** (0:00)
Welcome to the best of the week for What's Wright? with Nick Wright. The best takes and moments from this week on the show. Enjoy.

**Damon Bruce** (0:07)
I don't know what you feel about the Cleveland Brown quarterback situation, but I do know that when given the chance to screw something up, Cleveland pretty much always does. You know, I sort of feel bad for Shador Sanders, who's a little bit of a lightning rod guy himself.
But he has been put in a situation that I don't think there's any level of play that he could have elevated himself to QB1, because the Browns are committed to making the wrong choice in a way that very few franchises commit themselves to any direction. Deshaun Watson being booed by his own fans with a clear off-ramp finally being presented to the Cleveland Browns. Of course, they get on the Deshaun Watson highway and said, we're going to ride this guy to week one as our starter. Now, maybe they're just setting them up to fail on the road, by week three, everything has changed. But another year feeling like it's dead on arrival, and the quarterback situation that never ends in Cleveland is what defines this franchise now.

**Ty Butler** (1:08)
So look, before Watson's press conference this weekend, and I think I said it on this show, I thought Shador should be the starter this year, because at least you're investing in someone who could be your backup next year, worst-case scenario. And of the guys on the team, with Dylan Gabriel and Deshaun, Shador is most likely the guy that is going forward, going to be part of your future. So I obviously felt stronger about that, as we heard what Watson had to say.
And you could make the case, Damon, that there is no player on any roster in any sport more hated by their fan base than Deshaun Watson, between the trade itself, the ensuing contract. This is the worst transaction of all time. And in his latest audition for QB1, he was awful.
And so you would think him having what I thought was a disqualifying press conference, it would all but settle the quarterback competition. But here we are, here we are. And I got to listen to folks tell me, well, it could make sense because for the Browns, their first two games are on the road. And it means that if he struggles, you come. Guys, if you're benching your starting quarterback after the first two games, it means he should have never been the starter to begin with.

**Damon Bruce** (2:36)
You're naming the wrong guy, you're starting quarterback.

**Ty Butler** (2:38)
It means he never should have been the starter. And secondly, I just don't believe that he's worth the headache. And if you're trying to at this point, still talk yourself into Deshaun Watson, becoming the guy he was one, two, three, four, six years ago, then I think you're performing this exercise wrong. And so obviously, it is a comically bad decision by Cleveland.
Two things, Damon, that I'll hit you with. One, it was so mind-boggling, like how tone deaf Deshaun was, it felt like he was trying to tank himself off the team, the Browns were never going to release him because of the cap ramifications, but it felt like he was just trying to NBA style, request a trade, like get me out of here. Second thing is, I can't believe this is Todd Monken's decision. I would have to believe that this is coming from above him.

**Damon Bruce** (3:30)
I would agree with both of those because it is, who is Brown's PR? How is Brown's PR not in his ear just saying, look, I know you didn't play particularly great, you're going to go out there and face some rough questions, whatever you do. Just don't say anything negative about the fans, man. That you can't win. That is it. You can't win that. Had you been reasonably paid, if you were liked by everyone and you crap on the fans, they're going to turn on you. So just don't do that, whatever you go up there and say.
Like they set him up to fail ridiculously often. It started with the trade for him. There's no one who can really live up to that trade. The Cleveland Browns and one Deshaun Watson have executed the worst trade in NFL history and then compounded it with the worst contract in NFL history and are now getting one of the worst returns on investment in football history. The best time to get out of a bad investment is today.
That is true no matter what the business is, no matter what the hit might be. And you know what?