Watson's Early Edge in Browns QB Race

0:00On April 29th, a reporter named Mary K. Cavett just dropped word that Deshan Watson has grabbed an early edge over Shedder Sanders in the Cleveland. Brown's quarterback competition. This comes right after the teen's recent veteran minicamp, where Watson looked healthy and mobile during voluntary workouts. But hold up, we're talking glorified passing drills in shorts, no pads, no real pressure. Cavett's basing this on an unnamed source, even tweeting they should name Watson the starter now, to get the first team offense rolling. She's a long time Brown's beat rider, but this is still months from training camp when the new coaching staff under Todd Monkin starts real. Evaluations. Fans are buzzing, but many see this as straight rage bait. Nobody's winning jobs this early, especially with Watson entering his age 31 season and not throwing a full NFL pass since injuring his. Achilles midway through last year. The Browns were one in sixth in, and he's locked in for $46 million this year regardless.

1:01Truth is, Watson might snag initial first team reps thanks to his experience in that massive contract. But coach Monkin has said the depth chart stays fluid heading into camp, where guys like Miles Garrett will test them for real. Sanders still got to prove himself to the new staff. Bottom line. Nothing from those April 21st to 23rd sessions locks in a week one starter. Stay patient, Browns Nation, real football's coming soon enough.