Chad Johnson Predicts $230 Million Watson Will Lose Browns Job by Week 4
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Updated · Yahoo Sports · Aug 25
Chad Johnson Predicts $230 Million Watson Will Lose Browns Job by Week 4
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · Aug 25
Summary
Week 4 is Chad Johnson’s cutoff: he said Shedeur Sanders will replace Deshaun Watson if Cleveland’s first three games do not "go the way it should."
Johnson argued Watson won the starting job because of the fully guaranteed five-year, $230 million contract, not because he gives the Browns their best chance to win.
Watson enters the season after going 9-10 as Cleveland’s starter, battling injuries and drawing boos in the preseason, while Sanders opens the year as the backup.
Cleveland starts on the road at Jacksonville and Tampa Bay before a Week 3 home opener against Carolina, which Johnson framed as the point where pressure for a quarterback change could peak.