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Browns quarterback Watson suffers season-ending Achilles tendon rupture

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Clock IconOct 21, 2024American Football

Deshaun Watson won't take another snap for the Cleveland Browns this season.

An MRI on Monday confirmed that Watson suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon rupture in Sunday's 21-14 home loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.

The results of the tests were expected after the embattled quarterback was injured on a non-contact play with 1:26 remaining in the first half.

Watson took a snap and dropped back to pass, but when he tried to plant his right foot, his leg buckled underneath him. He immediately dropped to the ground and was carted off the field after he was tended to by trainers.

With Sunday's loss, the Browns fell to 1-6 this season.

Watson is in the third year of a five-year, $230million fully guaranteed contract he signed with the Browns in March 2022 after being traded from the Houston Texans.

He has not lived up to the mega-contract, however, playing in just six games in each of his first two seasons in Cleveland before making it to seven this year.

In his first season in 2022, he served an 11-game suspension and in 2023, he was limited to just six starts because of a shoulder injury that required surgery.

In seven games this season, Watson had five touchdowns and three interceptions, ranking 27th in passer rating (79.0) and 31st in pass yards per attempt (5.31).

He was replaced Sunday by Dorian Thompson-Robinson, but he later left with a finger injury and was replaced by Jameis Winston.

The Browns have been a mess offensively and just traded away their top receiver Amari Cooper last week, though they did manage to top 300 yards of total offence on Sunday for the first time this season (336).

They still failed to reach 20 points, and their 109 total points are the franchise's fewest through seven games since the 2017 team scored 103.