OPINION: The moment Watson quarterbacks his first win for the Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium, whenever that might be, all will be forgiven … if not, perhaps, forgotten.
that ended on Thursday, we got our first look at Deshaun Watson in a Cleveland uniform.
That would be the fans, many of whom have vowed to vote with their feet and TV remotes in registering their revulsion at the team’s mortgaging its future on a guy with, shall we say, such a faulty moral compass.But my experience tells me that the dire predictions of doom many are making are overblown. The alleged wisdom I’ve absorbed over a journalism career that stretches back to my nascent sportswriting days in 1968 tells me that such threats are generally more sound and fury than substance.
“When,” of course, is the operable question, and I’ve got no more insight as to when and what the NFL officers will decree than anyone else does. I’m just saying, as a longtime observer of the mercurial nature of sports fans, that it all will take a back seat to what happens on the field when Watson takes over.
When I see things like that, I always think of the late Bill Veeck, the canny owner of the last Indians team to win a World Series , and his view of front office decisions that might enrage a portion of his customers.
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