The Browns announced Monday that QB Deshaun Watson, who left with an injury in the second quarter of Sunday’s game against the Bengals, would miss the remainder of the season with a torn right Achilles tendon.

“Obviously we’re disappointed to lose anyone to injury,” head coach Kevin Stefanski said Monday. “That’s a very, very, very unfortunate part of our game. So it’s tough. So we feel bad for Deshaun and, in this case, we also feel bad about losing him for the season.”

After Watson’s injury, QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson stepped in for most of the game before injuring a finger on his throwing hand. Emergency quarterback Jameis Winston stepped in for the remainder of the game.

Here are the top news and notes from Stefanski’s time with the media on Monday.

Update on Thompson-Robinson’s injury

Stefanski said the team would get more information about Thompson-Robinson’s injury on Monday before making any decisions about his status for Wednesday’s practice and moving forward. He added that he felt good about Thompson-Robinson’s availability for the remainder of the season, but needed more information about this week’s game against the Ravens.

Sunday marked the first time Thompson-Robinson entered a game this season as a backup quarterback instead of a stopgap quarterback. Winston had previously served in a short-haul package through the first six games of the season, but Stefanski said the team did not install a package with Winston for their game against the Bengals.

“I felt like both guys were worthy of being the backup quarterback,” Stefanski said Monday. “I told those guys that early in the season. I had the feeling that Dorian, because he didn’t have that short distance package with Jameis in the last game, had acquitted himself well in training and in his preparation to have him as a back to make up.”

In about two and a half quarters of play, Thompson-Robinson completed 11 of 24 pass attempts for 82 yards and threw two interceptions. After the game, he recalled his first NFL start, which came in Week 4 against the Ravens in the 2023 season.

“It kind of gave me flashbacks of coming back to the Ravens game last year and a feeling that I don’t want,” Thompson-Robinson said. “A feeling that leaves a bad taste in my mouth and something that I need to look at myself in the mirror and make sure I come out prepared next week.”

Against the Ravens, Thompson-Robinson threw three interceptions in the Browns’ 28-3 loss. In his second start six weeks later, Thompson-Robinson led the Browns to a 13–10 victory over the Steelers, providing the Browns’ final attempt at a game-winning field goal.

“Dorian is a competitor,” said WR Cedric Tillman, who played with Thompson-Robinson in high school. “We all know I’ve been playing with Dorian for a long time. So how I took the last game, it was his first real match. We’re all going to keep getting better.”