Deshaun Watson on his legal situation with Browns decide Bears trade link with the intention of making his case….
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson took questions from reporters on Wednesday at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus regarding his legal situation, Week 2 at Jacksonville, and more.
Below is the transcript as provided by the Browns media relations department:
“Before we roll, everyone in this room got Deshaun’s (Watson) legal representative’s statement. So, this press conference is really just going to be about football. I’ll open it up.”
Deshaun, I know it’s all going to be about football but can you just comment on the statement that Rusty (Hardin) put out so we hear just your thoughts about what he said?
“Yeah, I mean, the statement is the response that we talked about and, you know, everything that he put in that statement is exactly how I’m feeling and what we’re going through this process with.”
How do you not let this become a distraction as you prepare for Jacksonville?
“I focus on football. I focus on keeping the main thing the main thing. And that’s when I walk into this building focusing on being the best quarterback I can be, on the game plan and trying to be better than we were last week so we can get a W.”
Deshaun, how much impact…with everything that’s going on in your life that you talked about after the game. Did that affect you Sunday? Just how much is all this affecting you off the field?
“Yeah, like I mentioned Sunday, I don’t like to make excuses or anything like that. Those three hours, four hours we’re on the field, I got to lock in and do my craft and execute my plan as a quarterback. So, you know, again, I’m not going to sit up here and make any excuses for anything that’s off the field is what’s causing on the field. So, you know, I just got to be better this week, and I will be better. And we’re going to continue to grow each and every week to get to where we want to ultimately be at the end of the year.”
“I haven’t had any thought, honestly. My focus is again is figuring out Jacksonville’s plan on defense and focusing on my craft to be the best quarterback I can be on Sunday for this team. You know, that’s something that, you know, the NFL has to do on their time and I have to focus on what’s in front of me right now.”
“You fix the mistakes. You have to overall—it’s all of us—it’s not just me. It’s not just another player. We all got to be on the same page. A lot of self-inflicted penalties and mistakes that we had. Just miscommunication within the route concept. So we just getting on the same page, you know, and keep working. And that’s all we can do is keep our, you know, head and eyes focused on the plan that Kevin (Stefanski) and Ken (Dorsey) is trying to, you know, present to us. And we got to execute that throughout the week so we know it. We can execute that on Sunday.
