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Social media reacts to 11-game suspension against Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson

Deshaun Watson's first game in a Cleveland Browns uniform will come against Watson's former team, the Houston Texans.

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CLEVELAND — The decision is in.

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson learned his fate for the upcoming 2022-23 NFL season on Thursday -- and reaction from social media came in fast (see below).

RELATED: Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson and NFL reach settlement on 11-game suspension, $5 million fine

Watson will serve an 11-game suspension and pay a $5 million fine after violating the NFL's personal conduct policy. Ultimately, Watson and the NFL came to a settlement after the NFL appealed former US District Judge Sue Robinson's ruling of a six-game suspension.

RELATED: These are the 11 games Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson will miss during his suspension

Here's some reaction from social media...

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— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) August 18, 2022

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— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) August 18, 2022

Watson and his agent ultimately played the Browns. If they thought he'd be out 11 games, he wouldn't have got all that guaranteed money or cost that many picks.
— Gregg Rosenthal (@greggrosenthal) August 18, 2022

Yet 11 games isn't enough considering the scope of Watson's problem. Absolutely no one around him - from his employers to his agent to his media enablers - have been concerned about Watson fixing his problem. They just lied and passed along lies to get their money.
— Gregg Rosenthal (@greggrosenthal) August 18, 2022

This is what you will hear a lot of now from #Browns fans. If they can just go 5-6 or 6-5 while Watson is out, when he comes back they will go 6-0 and playoffs! #notsosimple
— Dave Chudowsky (@DaveChudowsky) August 18, 2022

$5m out of Watson's pocket to play 6 games.

Wonder how many games another $3m would have bought?
— Tony Grossi (@TonyGrossi) August 18, 2022

I cannot believe the NFL is letting Deshaun Watson's first game in a Browns uniform be against the Houston Texans. I'm truly stunned by that.
— Danny Cunningham (@RealDCunningham) August 18, 2022

11 games and $5 million, huh?
— Kierra Cotton (@KierraCotton) August 18, 2022

Browns QB Deshaun Watson has been suspended for 11 games and fined $5 million, per sources. The punishment was a result of settlement talks and is now final.

Watson will also undergo counseling.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) August 18, 2022

11 games is definitely more than enough games to still go out and get Jimmy G #Browns
— Jonathan Peterlin (@JPeterlin) August 18, 2022

Terrelle Pryor got five games.
For getting free tattoos.
And selling his own stuff.
In college.
What a joke the Watson suspension is. https://t.co/a3zNCe04Iz
— Colin Dunlap (@colin_dunlap) August 18, 2022

In their rush to trade for an elite player, the Browns failed their vetting process of Watson, believed his lies and not only trusted him, but gave him $230M. And if he wins, many there might say it was worth it. It's disgusting.
— Lindsay Jones (@bylindsayhjones) August 18, 2022

So Deshaun Watson’s first chance to play for the #Browns in a regular-season game is Week 12 against the #Texans franchise that drafted and traded him, and the game is in Houston, where most of the acts described by @nflcommish as predatory and egregious took place.
— Ed Werder (@WerderEdESPN) August 18, 2022

Watson's first game for the Cleveland Browns will be against his former team, the Houston Texans, on Dec. 4. The game will take place on the road at NRG Stadium.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: 3News reached out to the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center but they declined to comment on the decision at this time.

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