Todd Monken naming Deshaun Watson the Browns starting quarterback over Shedeur Sanders

The Cleveland Browns have decided on their starting quarterback for the season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sept. Deshaun Watson has won the competition over Shedeur Sanders to be the Cleveland Browns starting quarterback, a person familiar with the move tells The Associated Press. BEREA, Ohio -- Todd Monken meant it on Sunday when he said he wouldn’t factor Deshaun Watson’s emotional outpouring in his postgame press conference Saturday over getting booed at home factor into his quarterback decision.