Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ turnover-filled game in London against the Vikings set the low bar for quarterbacks on Sunday, but several comfortably limboed past the four-time MVP’s performance.
Here’s our round-up of the five worst quarterback outings from Week 5.
Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson
Cleveland has 230 million problems, and Deshaun Watson is all of them. We don’t think anyone — in Cleveland or elsewhere — would be sad if the Browns never played Watson again.
Since returning from an 11-game suspension in 2022 for violating the league’s personal-conduct policy, he’s been a disaster.
Week 5 was no different.
In a 34-13 loss to the Commanders, Watson was 15-of-28 for 125 yards and one touchdown. When accounting for sacks and rushing attempts, Watson’s 38 dropbacks gained 106 yards, a ghastly 2.8 yards per dropback.
It was hardly defensible for the Browns to sell its future (first-round picks in the 2022, 2023 and 2024 NFL Drafts) to acquire a player with multiple credible sexual assault allegations, and his horrific play gives the front office no on-the-field justification for its wayward moral compass.
It’s time the Browns acknowledge what everyone outside of Cleveland has known for years. Watson has no business being a starting NFL quarterback.
Bills quarterback Josh Allen
Late last week, it was reported that several music superstars, including country singer Zach Bryan and rapper Drake, wouldn’t submit their music for consideration for the 2025 Grammys.
Why do we bring this up? Based on Bills quarterback Josh Allen’s unsightly performance against the Texans, he may as well have told NFL awards voters he’s not interested in being named this year’s MVP.
Allen was 9-of-30 (no, that isn’t a typo) for 131 yards and one touchdown. As The 33rd team noted, his 30% completion percentage was the lowest for a quarterback with at least 28 pass attempts this century.
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