Following the Cleveland Browns 3-1 start to the 2026 NFL season, their best start since 2021 and the first time the team has been in sole control of first the lead in the AFC North since 2014, quarterback Deshaun Watson attributed the team’s success to their attempts to give back to the community.

“I’m a big believer in karma,” Watson remarked following the team’s 27-24 victory over their AFC North rival in the Pittsburgh Steelers. “I truly believe that all the good that some of us have probably been putting we have been putting into the world is coming back right now on the football field.”

Watson and his teammates have begun a new program with local Cleveland elementary schools where they devote parts of their free time reading and writing with children aged 5-8.

“Nothing makes me happier than spending time in the greater Cleveland area, showing some of our biggest fans that we’re nothing more than humans ourselves.”, Watson reflected, as a tear fell from his eyes. “It’s truly something that no amount of money or NDAs money can’t buy.”

Watson, in the final year of a five year, $230 million contract, doesn’t have all good experiences during his volunteering, however.

“I’m not gonna lie, they [the kids] do make me kind of mad sometimes. I was playing a game of chess against this one little guy, particularly annoying little delinquent, and he absolutely smoked me. I didn’t really know what to do, so I just told them I had an emergency and left.”

Watson and the The  Browns will look to continue their winning ways next Sunday, October 11, when they travel to take on the New York Jets, although Watson will be notably absent on attorney’s advice to not present himself in the state of New York.