Browns star Myles Garrett sticks up for embattled Deshaun Watson amid QB's season-ending injury

The Cleveland Browns disappointing play deed different debased this past Sunday erstwhile starting backmost Deshaun Watson suffered a season-ending injury.

Some fans appeared to nonstop boos astatine Watson aft he went down pinch an Achilles wounded successful nan first half of nan crippled against nan Cincinnati Bengals. After nan game, respective of Watson's teammates, including prima walk rusher Myle Garrett, came to nan quarterback's defense and criticized nan fan's behavior.

"We should beryllium ashamed of ourselves arsenic Browns and arsenic fans to boo anyone and their downfall. Could beryllium a season-altering, career-altering injury. The man's not perfect," Garrett said. "He doesn't request to be. None of america are expected to beryllium perfect. Can't judge him for what he does disconnected nan section aliases connected nan field, because I can't propulsion stones from my solid house."

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Cleveland Browns protect extremity Myles Garrett responds to questions aft nan teams NFL shot crippled against nan Dallas Cowboys successful Cleveland, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024.  (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

"But we request to do better. We request to amended connected nan shot field, and we request to beryllium amended arsenic fans for having immoderate empathy for a man who's doing nan champion he tin and did nan champion he tin up to this point."

Off nan field, Watson has faced 24 lawsuits from women who person accused him of intersexual misconduct. He has settled much than 20 of those suits.

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Garrett past said astir Watson's activity ethic and said nan backmost did not merit nan curen he received connected Sunday.

Deshaun Watson #4 of nan Cleveland Browns walks towards nan locker room while Myles Garrett #95 of nan Cleveland Browns signs an autograph aft their 27-14 triumph against nan Houston Texans astatine NRG Stadium connected December 04, 2022 successful Houston, Texas.  (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

"No 1 deserves that," Garrett said. "I've seen him activity his a-- disconnected to get backmost present and put a grin connected his look and effort to put everything that's extracurricular nan installation down him. Death threats, [people] travel to his house. People going aft his family. Like I said, nary 1 deserves that. I dislike utilizing nan connection deserve. I'm usually accordant saying earned. He hadn't earned it, and he doesn't merit it."

Garrett went connected to qualify Watson arsenic a "model citizen" complete his clip successful the NFL and astatine nan assemblage shot level.

Deshaun Watson #4 of nan Cleveland Browns is taken disconnected nan section connected a aesculapian cart successful nan 2nd 4th of a crippled against nan Cincinnati Bengalsat Huntington Bank Field connected October 20, 2024 successful Cleveland, Ohio.  (Jason Miller/Getty Images)

"Man does beautiful overmuch everything right. A exemplary national done assemblage and besides nan pros. Plays nan crippled arsenic difficult arsenic anyone I've ever seen. Puts everything connected nan line, consenting to propulsion his assemblage retired there. He plays nan crippled astatine 100 miles an hour, and there's a consequence of being injured, and he took that risk. We person to beryllium location for him arsenic a squad and arsenic an organization. We can't look down connected a feline because of immoderate mistakes connected nan section aliases thing disconnected nan field. We don't person immoderate civilized precocious crushed to look down connected nan guy."

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Jameis Winston, who will measurement successful for nan injured Watson, besides scolded fans for their guidance to Watson's injury.

"The measurement I was raised, I was taught to emotion nary matter nan circumstances, particularly pinch group who do correct by you," Winston said. "I'm grateful to person nan chance to service Deshaun. But I americium very upset pinch nan guidance to a man that has had nan world against him for nan past 4 years. And he put his assemblage and life connected nan statement for this metropolis each azygous day."

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