There was a point during the Browns’ upset of the 49ers on Sunday when the help Deshaun Watson was giving PJ Walker was about to pay off. Or so Walker thought, after he’d missed a throw to Elijah Moore and retreated to the Cleveland sideline.
“I missed the throw to Elijah, and we were talking about how they, as a defense, play with your eyes,” Walker said postgame, as he was readying to leave Cleveland Browns Stadium. “And he was like, ‘If you just hold your eyes right, you will be able to go back to Dave [Njoku] instead of Elijah.’ That was big. We didn’t get back to it. But I knew what he meant and I knew what he was referring to when he made the point.”
So, no, this story doesn’t end with a big throw for a touchdown, or a key first down late in the game or a piece of growth for Walker as a quarterback.
