The first round could fairly be called a decision in favor of Deshaun Watson. Shedeur Sanders, though, has a chance to deliver the equalizer with the second round this week.
No one believed that the Browns' quarterback competition was going to be settled in their preseason opener at the Chicago Bears. It was just the latest piece of a much bigger puzzle that will eventually provide enough evodence for coach Todd Monken to make a final decision.
"Well, again, I did feel going in the last game that it was relatively close in terms of both having an opportunity at the starting position," Monken said on a Zoom call Aug. 16. "So it would be unfair to not go into the next game and allow Shedeur that opportunity, albeit a different team, certainly at home. There's no guarantee that the same players will be playing this game, but it's the closest you have. And we owe it to both players who have really handled it well and have competed at a high level."
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To that end, Watson did well, completing 10 of his first 11 passes, with the one incompletion being a drop. He finished 11-of-15 for 126 yards with a fumble on a sack and a 98.2 passer rating.

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