When the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns square off in Week 14, the Bengals will have the opportunity to criticize Deshaun Watson and the Cleveland Browns.
Watson will be eligible to return in time to play the Bengals at the conclusion of the 2022 season following learning of his revised 11-game suspension. This game is expected to be extremely competitive.
Watson will play against the Houston Texans in his first game back from suspension, which seems quite odd, but Cincinnati will in fact meet the contentious quarterback in the 2019 campaign.
Since the match will take place in Paycor Stadium, Bengals supporters should make some noise throughout the game.
So Watson’s first game back is … in Houston
— Jay Morrison (@JayMorrisonATH) August 18, 2022
And his second game is … in Cincinnati https://t.co/TgLqPNjPOS
Cincinnati Bengals prepare to face Deshaun Watson’s Browns in Week 14 of 2022
Even if Watson's 2020 season was nothing to laugh at, it will have been two years since he last touched a football when he returns to the field in 2022.
In 16 games with the Texans, Watson threw for 4,823 yards and 33 touchdowns, easily his greatest season in the NFL. He signed with the Browns earlier this summer and has since stirred up a storm of debate, especially considering how inconsistently he has expressed regret for his past decisions.
Watson's comeback, in any case, just gives the Bengals more motivation to trounce the Browns on their path to capturing the AFC North in 2022.
Cincinnati has all the ingredients to return to the Super Bowl this season with Joe Burrow coming off a successful second season and the young, talented nucleus of the Bengals' 2021 team still very much intact.
Nobody will stand in the way, not even Deshaun Watson's obnoxious antics, which make me cringe.
Watson has become Public Enemy No. 1 in the league, and the Bengals will relish the opportunity to take him down in 2022.
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