Deshaun Watson returned to Browns facility to train this week

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Deshaun Watson is looking to get a leg up in the Browns' quarterback competition. According to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com, Watson has returned to the team facility this week to train with his private physical therapist and private QBs coach. Watson is competing with second-year signal-caller Shedeur Sanders to be the Browns' starting quarterback to start the season. New head coach Todd Monken had said that he wanted a starter in place by the end of the offseason program. But Monken noted earlier this month that he was not ready to name a starter, in part because both Watson and Sanders had shown the ability to play winning football for the club. Watson, who missed all of the 2025 season with a torn Achilles, is entering the final season of his five-year, fully guaranteed contract with Cleveland. He has started 19 games since the infamous trade that brought him to the Browns, completing 61.2 percent of his passes for 3,365 yards with 19 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Cleveland was 1-6 in games Watson started during the 2024 season. Cabot also notes that Watson is planning to host a passing camp for some of his offensive teammates in South Florida in mid-July. Sanders said that he would join that session instead of hosting a different one on his own, citing the fact that they’re all teammates. We’ll see if any of it makes a difference for either QB once the Browns put on pads during training camp and get on the field for preseason games.