Of course Deshaun Watson blamed the fans.Who else would he blame?Certainly not himself. Accountability has never been Watson’s strength, so there is no reason to expect him to discover it now. Not after more than 20 women accused him of sexual misconduct, not after an independent arbitrator ruled he committed sexual assault under the NFL’s definition and noted in her decision Watson’s “lack of expressed remorse.” Not at his introductory news conference when he said he had no regrets and didn’t need counseling, not two years ago when he tried to play the role of victim in all of this.And we haven’t even gotten to how awful he has been on the field, which is the inspiration for most of the vitriol from Browns fans.He has never accepted responsibility for becoming one of the worst quarterbacks in the league after the Browns took a franchise-altering gamble by trading for him and giving him the largest guaranteed contract in NFL history. Why would anyone expect him to start now, after another lousy performance? It’s easier to blame a few fans who unjustly cheered when he tore his Achilles at home two years ago.“I think the whole world knows it has nothing to do with performance,” Watson said after he was lustily booed Saturday in the Browns’ preseason loss. “It’s a little more personal than that.”Were those fans wrong for cheering an injury two years ago? Yes. Was it the entire stadium celebrating his misfortune? Absolutely not. But it’s been at least six years since an entire stadium cheered for Watson, so I understand his confusion.I don’t believe either of these quarterbacks is the answer, but I’m on record that if I have to choose between Watson and Shedeur Sanders for this season, there is no comparison. In my mind, Sanders is the easy choice.Nevertheless, Watson was in control of this quarterback competition for most of camp — and judging from coach Todd Monken’s comments Sunday, he still might be. All Watson had to do was finish out the round against the Bills. His score was irrelevant. Bogey, double bogey, three-putt, four-putt. It didn’t matter. The job seemed all but his. Just play one quarter against the Bills’ backups, tap out on 18, sign the scorecard and head home as the starting quarterback.Instead, he threw his clubs in the water, ran over the gallery with his cart and set the clubhouse on fire.“I feel like I get more love on road games than I do home games,” Watson said.In case he’s forgotten, Jacksonville Jaguars fans serenaded him with chants of “You sick f—” during his first appearance in a Browns uniform, a preseason road game after the allegations against Watson became public.Watson is not an NFL quarterback anymore, and he’s only here because the organization stubbornly refuses to end this toxic marriage. The Browns build rosters by spreadsheets and have no sense of human impact or emotion.He should’ve been cut after he tore his Achilles, when I had members of the organization telling me “it felt like a cloud had been lifted” because he was no longer around.Well, the cloud is back.Any faint hope the Browns had at contention in the previous era ended when Watson was carted off the field. That injury provided them with the cleanest opportunity they were ever going to get to begin escaping the wreckage of the trade. They were not going to be a good football team for a few years, and they knew it.Why they insisted on clinging to the league’s heaviest anchor, rather than releasing him and enduring all of the devastating cap hits when the team was going to struggle anyway, is a question no one has properly answered. Now, here they are, still trying to dig out of this mess with a young, promising nucleus of players who just need a quarterback to guide them.Monken volunteered for the unenviable role of choosing between Watson and Sanders, neither of whom is really ready to lead an organization, for very different reasons. Monken has tried building both quarterbacks up in the media, and he still seems to be leaning toward Watson as his starter, although he hasn’t said so publicly to this point. Monken said he’ll name his starting quarterback on Monday.“All I’ve seen from him is a player that’s worked awfully hard to get back to where he is now and given himself a chance to compete at the highest level,” Monken said of Watson on Sunday. “I’ve been really pleased with how he’s worked, how he’s approached every day.”If Watson doesn’t want to get booed anymore, there’s a simple solution. Play well. Don’t turn the ball over. Don’t go 5-of-12 passing for 35 yards against backups who likely won’t even be in the league next week.He has been unable to do that for most of his time in a Browns uniform. There’s no reason to think he’ll start doing it now.Starting next month, the Browns will begin selling personal seat licenses to their new stadium, asking fans to spend tens of thousands of dollars for the right to buy tickets to a stadium that won’t open until 2029.Watson will be long gone by then, but he’s gumming up the sales pitch now. Imagine trying to convince season-ticket holders this is a franchise worth investing in if they trot Watson out at quarterback.Watson believes the fans owe him more respect.The Browns believe the fans owe them more money.Both might want to spend a little more time considering what they owe the people who have endured all of this.