Deshaun Watson was filmed posing for selfies and smiling with Cleveland Browns fans – just days after accusing them of being ‘disrespectful’ towards him. Watson was heavily booed by his own fans in their second preseason game, a 31-7 loss to the Buffalo Bills last week. ‘It has nothing to do about the performance,’ Watson said of the boos after the game. ‘It’s a little bit personal. I think that’s a disrespectful thing. I’m going to keep whatever I feel with me and my family internally on how I feel about that. Just move on.’Last time I played on this field, I tore my Achilles and that same fan base, they cheered when I got hurt.’So what does that have to do with anything about performance? When a person gets hurt, especially for your own city and they cheer.’ Deshaun Watson smiled for selfies with Browns fans days after calling them out Watson signed autographs and posed for pictures before the Browns played the PatriotsJust days after those comments fueled the vitriol directed towards him, Watson was named Browns starter ahead of Shedeur Sanders.And he appeared to be trying to make amends as he was filmed greeting fans at the side of the field and smiling for selfies before the Browns’ final preseason game against the New England Patriots.News that Watson is QB1 was met with a massive backlash by Browns fans, who have seen him serve an 11-game NFL suspension and start just 19 games with lackluster results since joining on a massive $230 million contract in a blockbuster trade from Houston four years ago.The Browns signed Watson to a fully guaranteed contract after giving up three first-round draft picks to sign him, and have seen minimal return. He tore his Achilles tendon in October 2024 but has now beaten out Sanders to reclaim the starting job despite ending the Bills game just 5 of 12 passing for 36 yards and an interception. Former Browns quarterback Robert Griffin III theorized online that new head coach Todd Monken did not make the call. ‘I can tell you whose decision it wasn’t. It wasn’t Todd Monken’s,’ Griffin III said. ‘There’s no way in heck that it was Todd Monken’s decision, the head coach of the Cleveland Browns, to make Deshaun Watson the starting quarterback. ‘I’ve already said that I believe they could’ve saved us a whole lot of time if it was going to be Deshaun Watson or nothing.’The man literally took a bazooka to the fans’ face, basically said ‘eff you,’ to all of them, and they still named him the starter the next day.’ Watson called Browns fans ‘disrespectful’ after they booed him on his return from injury Watson did not play in the Browns’ final preseason game as they beat the New England PatriotsMonken insisted he gave ‘zero’ consideration to Watson hitting out at Browns fans when he decided to name him the starter.’Absolutely not. Zero,’ Monken said Monday. ‘There was nothing to do with that.’Ultimately the fans want us to win and put a good product on the field. That’s our job as coaches. And when we don’t, I understand their frustration. But ultimately they don’t decide who plays. I mean, who would I be if I let someone outside of the building decide who plays?’ Neither Watson nor Sanders played in the final preseason game, but there was one final quarterback twist in preseason as Dillon Gabriel lit up the game in a 37-13 win, throwing three touchdown passes in the first half.During the game, former NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick predicted Watson will fail and all three quarterbacks will see playing time.Fitzpatrick said on Prime Video: ‘Once [Deshaun Watson] fails, Shedeur (Sanders) is going to jump into this thing, and he’s going to be the guy. And this city is going to be behind him.’Analyst Kirk Herbstreit asked: ‘You think he’ll fail?’, and Fitzpatrick replied: ‘Yeah. It’s gonna happen. I mean, Shedeur’s playing this year. I think all three of these guys, I think Gabriel’s gonna have a chance to play as well.’But this is such a young roster with a lot of changing parts and a lot of new guys, so they’re going to struggle on offense this year.’