The boos should’ve been louder. So much louder, and lustier. They should’ve lasted longer and started sooner, if we’re being honest, and reverberated across the Lake over these past four years. The inescapable sounds of rejection and resentment should’ve long been raining down from the Dawg Pound and ringing in the ears of the bosses who divided this fanbase by dolling up a flawed man as their franchise quarterback.Those particular fans in Cleveland who wasted precious hours of their lives Saturday afternoon at an NFL preseason game, then booed Deshaun Watson throughout his time on the field? They had it all wrong.Their boos should’ve been directed toward the owners’ suite. Let Jimmy and Dee Haslam, the managing and principal partners of the mess in Cleveland, hear the hissing and feel all of this fury.This disdain should’ve landed on the doorstep of the office of the general manager. Make Andrew Berry, the apologist for this joke of an organization, regret all that “faith” he had put into a man accused of serial acts of sexual misconduct.These are the people responsible for bringing Watson to town. They sucker punched the franchise by giving away draft capital and gladly gifting their team’s orange-and-brown laundry for Watson to wear — and even worse, a five-year deal of a guaranteed $230 million for him to possess.Around the league, the Browns’ decision to pay Watson (This guy?! Really?!?) was a blunder that broke the market for every franchise wanting to keep a semi-capable quarterback on the roster. Watson, who continues to deny any wrongdoing, has not earned a dollar of his ironclad contract and hasn’t at all looked like an NFL quarterback, especially during that Saturday make-believe matchup against the Buffalo Bills.What to expect from Deshaun Watson as the Browns' starting QBZac JacksonGuaranteed or not, with Watson entering the final year of the deal, the Haslams and front office could’ve shown some shame by cutting their losses and moving on. It’s happened before. The Denver Broncos swallowed their pride, admitting their mistake with Russell Wilson after two seasons of his five-year, $245 million contract. Same thing happened when the Miami Dolphins realized that Tua Tagovailoa could no longer be their starter, and so the team took a $99.2 million cap hit, the largest in NFL history, just to settle this divorce.The Browns should’ve abandoned their sinking ship, too, and taken the “L.” Before we even got to this place, the start of a new season in Cleveland with the locals in mutiny, the Browns’ leaders should’ve waived Watson, who had already missed the entire 2025 season anyway while rehabilitating his right Achilles.It should count that Jimmy Haslam has called the trade for Watson a “swing and miss.” Nice. A touch of honesty from the family running the show goes a long way. However, a modicum of decency four years ago would’ve gone further.By anointing Watson as their franchise savior, the Haslams disregarded all those women. All those massage therapists, who were just doing their job in private sessions with a professional athlete, until Watson allegedly exposed himself, touched them with his penis or requested sexual acts. The Haslams hid behind the two Texas grand juries that declined to indict Watson on criminal charges (though the NFL suspended Watson for 11 games under the personal conduct policy), and Berry cast his confidence on Watson.“We feel very confident in Deshaun the person, and we have a lot of faith in him,” Berry said during Watson’s introductory news conference in 2022.In total, Watson and his legal team settled or resolved 27 lawsuits. Watson has denied the accusations. He hasn’t shown contrition. Rather, he’s seen himself only as the victim.“Man, I didn’t have no reaction,” Watson said, fiddling with his diamond earring, when asked about the booing Saturday. “I think the biggest thing is, I think you guys know too, I think the whole world knows, it has nothing to do about the performance. It’s a little bit (more) personal than that. So, I think that’s a disrespectful thing.”Watson’s final stat line on Saturday: 5 of 12 completions, 36 yards, one interception, zero self-awareness.“Nah, I don’t regret anything in my life,” Watson said when a reporter asked if he regretted coming to Cleveland. “I think the Lord put me through situations for a reason, so I don’t regret anything at all.”So, why would fans boo this man … now? Why draw the line at those seven meaningless incompletions, as though it’s OK for Watson to be accused of being a creep — but he better convert that checkdown to undrafted running back Ahmani Marshall or else, booooo!Instead of targeting Watson, several of those same fans should’ve saved their wrath and looked in the mirror. Boo that person.This is not for every fan of the Cleveland Browns. It’s not intended for the silent majority who have suffered long for the team, while being incapable of stomaching Watson. Many in the fanbase did not agree with this morally suspect move from the beginning, and every misstep by Watson since then has only emboldened them to speak up louder and louder.It’s for the bottom dwellers who purchased one of those bootleg shirts sold outside the stadium ahead of Watson’s debut in December 2022, crassness spelled out to read: “B—- Give Me A Massage,” according to an account in The Washington Post. For the ticket buyers who were so desperate to get off the QB carousel in Cleveland that they defended Watson’s arrival. For the followers in No. 4 jerseys who deemed loyalty to a football team over empathy to more than two dozen women who said they faced sexual harassment or assault.And for those fans, lost in ecstasy, who roared Dec. 17, 2022, when Watson hit Donovan Peoples-Jones for his first touchdown at home. Boo yourselves.Watson has been named the starter at the beginning of this season, which will open the door for more jeering. Cleveland clearly has had enough with this man. Yes, he deserves the skepticism, the impatience, the boos. Just not as much as the callous bosses who created this indefensible, toxic situation and the fanatics who once cheered it.