Deshaun Watson was met with a barrage of boos from Browns followers on Saturday.
So he determined to dish it back to them.
“It has nothing to do about the performance. It’s a little bit more personal than that. So I think that’s a disrespectful thing,” Watson advised reporters after the recreation, according to The Athletic. “I’m going to keep whatever I feel with me and my family internally on how I feel about that. And yeah, just move on.”
Deshaun Watson walks off the subject after the Browns’ 31-7 loss to the Bills in a preseason recreation at Huntington Bank Field on Aug. 22, 2026, in Cleveland. Getty Images
Fans booed Watson when he entered recreation for the third quarter of Cleveland’s 31-7 preseason loss to the Bills.
They continued to jeer when Watson’s first go was incomplete, and again after the Browns went three-and-out during his second sequence.
“Last time I played on this field, I tore my Achilles. And that same fan base, they cheered when I got hurt,” Watson added.
Watson, who is presently competing with Shedeur Sanders to be the Browns’ QB1 this season, relieved the second-year quarterback on Saturday after he began last week’s recreation.
When requested earlier in the week about being booed, Watson advised reporters he doesn’t care and that “nobody says anything” to him in public.
Fans boo during the second half of the Browns preseason blowout loss to the Bills. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Watson completed 5-of-12 for 36 yards with an interception during Saturday’s recreation.
“I don’t regret anything in my life. I think the Lord put me through situations for a reason. I don’t regret anything at all,” Watson said. “I had completely different ideas on how it was going to be, but it is what it is.
“Sometimes the tables turn, and I’m patient enough because I’m a child of God to wait for that time to change. So I’m not tripping on it.”
Sanders, who completed Saturday’s recreation on 9-of-11 passing for 74 yards with a landing and interception, said that he doesn’t “respect” the followers booing Watson.
Cleveland quarterback Shedeur Sanders celebrates after throwing a landing go during the first quarter of the Browns’ preseason blowout loss to the Bills. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect
“I don’t really like overall whenever the whole stadium is booing and stuff when Deshaun gets in ’cause he’s going out there, he’s trying to put in work, too, just how we all are,” Sanders said to sideline reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala on the News 5 Cleveland broadcast.
“Just being a person, I don’t really like that, and I don’t really respect that,” he added.