Browns Returning To Deshaun Watson As Starter In Week 10

Although Deshaun Watson cleared concussion protocol in time for the Browns’ Week 9 game against the Saints, the team went with Shedeur Sanders after the older passer’s time in the protocol last week. Cleveland will pivot back to the veteran in Week 10.

Watson will start against the Texans, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler tweets. This had been the expected plan, even if Watson became the rare starting QB to be cleared from concussion protocol before a game and not start in that contest. The Saints edged the Browns in overtime, as the team’s game-winning two-point conversion attempt failed following a Harold Fannin touchdown.

This won’t be Watson’s first matchup with the Browns against his former team;…