How To RUIN YOUR FRANCHISE QB in Just One Year (The Deshone Kizer Tragedy) 

What "failed NFL experiment" should I cover next? I feel bad for Deshone Kizer...

The list of guys who never made a real name for themselves because of the teams they went to is INSANE

He should’ve stayed for his senior year as per his head coach in college said.

I remembered seeing him play, He showed flashes of being good during that 0-16 season but yet again Browns franchise was a complete mess at the time.

Wait a second.. this guys college coach said “he has no business going to the nfl, he isn’t mature enough and needs to return to college” he then was a second round pick, and never played well once in his life lol this video shouldn’t have even ever been made

He was NEVER a potential franchise qb. His accuracy was terrible. He was just a big arm. He went on to play in Green Bay and wasn’t good there either. Where are we creating these terrible narratives from?

I wouldn't even call him a bust, he was a second round pick and he shouldn't even went that high

As a diehard Notre Dame fan who has fond memories of that 2015 team, myself and most other ND fans still knew Kizer wasn't going to do anything in the pros. He had the size and the arm strength, but his accuracy and decision-making were very suspect. Couple that with being on the Browns, and yeah... He was also a dick whenever I saw him around campus, so I'm kind of glad things didn't pan out for him.

He really wasn’t an NFL caliber QB. Didn’t see it in college. ND’s struggles in 2016 were mostly on him as they had a TON of talent around him. He just had to play hero ball every single game and saw it as his NFL audition instead of playing for Notre Dame. He was a Diva in college. Plain and simple. Had the talent but never the mindset to be great.

Kizer never really had franchise vibes from what I saw. I didn’t watch his college days but I didn’t have to. The only place he was starting was on teams like the browns, he wasn’t starting on any of the other decent or above teams

Got to say , not a Cleveland supporter, but doesn’t the player have a responsibility to prepare himself ? Take his job serious and not lead the league in interceptions during his party year ?

I played on the same baseball team as Kizer for years , He was a cool dude . Never in those moments would I have thought I was playing catch with a future nfl QB

I remember decades ago when Buffalo was the place where NFL careers went to die. Something about that "Rust Belt," I guess :/

You cant ruin a good QB unless its an Andrew Luck or a Tim Couch. Where they are ruined by the beating they take and injuries. Deshawn Kizer was only with Cleveland for 1 season then traded. Baker came in the next season and was just fine. This like saying the Cardinals ruined Josh Rosen career. They just ain't have it for the NFL. Its just as simple as that.

I don't think the Browns should get any draft picks until they start consistently playing better. Tossing a young player to them, is almost always going to be waste of time and talent.

The way they thew him away like a used napkin after his first season to get baker mayfield still bothers me til this day

His college coach was like yeah he isnt ready.

I don't know why anybody would have thought this guy was ever a franchise quarterback. It wouldn't take long of watching him play to see he is not that.

His own coach said he should have stayed another year in college he was never a franchise QB no matter if he went to the browns or not. Born and raised in Cleveland the browns have always picked guys that shouldn't be picked at the spots they are drafted etc. Outside of the last few years most guys we drafted would not start for other teams or even make the team lol.

It hurt seeing our boy go through this but lots of us agree he needed another year

He retired to start his own company! How is that a tragic story?! He is happy pursuing a new dream and is saving his brain

He had raw arm talent and athleticism, but he wasn’t ready to start games his rookie year. Going to the Browns almost certainly didn’t help…

"Superstar at Notre Dame"? 19 picks in 2 years. 4-8 record when it was "his" team. 60 % completion pct. doesn't make it these days. EVERY NFL team had a chance to pick him before he went in the 2nd round.

I remember thinking we found our guy after Kiser threw what I remember it being like a 30 yard bomb during the preseason.

He came out of college as an unpolished prospect. I think he should've listened to his coaches and go back for a year before entering the draft. I think that would've helped him better develop and improve on his game before going pro.

I would love to see a video on Limas Sweed. Real heartbreak of an NFL career after a very promising run through college.

He was so good in college I thought he would make it in the nfl sad he didn’t

Finally some love for this poor bastard

I’ve been a Notre Dame fan for a long time and damn that man was so good and so fun to watch. He really had great potential but he decided to enter the draft possibly too early.

Cleveland has had teams that could win it all since 2019, especially those 2020 and 21 teams.

I remember he tried to grind out a W at home against the Steelers.

Kizer should’ve stayed at ND for one more year. He wasn’t ready for the NFL

Let's be totally honest here! He was at best average at Notre Dame! And accusing the browns of ruining his career is a far fetch.

Packers didn't need him .He was a project quarterback that the Packers didn't need at the time ,they just needed a solid back up witch they didn't have. Rodgers at the time had many years left. The way Love was handled was much better for an ageing Rodgers. The right coach who could of cleaned up his mechanics would have made him a hell of a prospect with that arm and talent as you see with Love in his first year.

In all seriousness, I always thought Deshone Kizer was never really a good draft pick, but I also believed the Browns kind of ruined him. From what I saw from him in '17, he looked a hell of a lot like Ryan Leaf, completing a mere 53% of his passes and throwing an appalling, league-leading 22 interceptions over his measly 11 touchdowns. Obviously, those numbers are abysmal numbers, but it wasn't all on him. To be quite frank, he never had any reliable receivers to throw to outside of Josh Gordon and David Njoku (Tight End), not to mention that Hue Jackson and his coaching crew did nothing to help promote success from him. At this point, I think the Browns never gave Kizer a fair chance of success. Had they had more convincing receivers on offense, Kizer may have fared better. This isn't anything personal, but sometimes I get the feeling they might've been better off not drafting him so soon, and maybe not at all. Clearly, they aren't good at drafting quarterbacks, hence why very few of them have made the pro football hall of fame throughout the team's existence.

I'm from Toledo. He was a BEAST in high school

Kizer wasn’t even good enough in college

He knew he wasn’t ready for the league and he went anyways that’s on him …

I thought the thumbnail was Deshaun Watson, both of their careers died in Cleveland

Baker was fortunate to get out of Cleveland.

You forgot to add PERMANENTLY in your video title.

I don't think this is the Browns fault. He was very inaccurate and he had some of the worst awareness I've seen. He would hold onto the ball for an eternity until he was strip sacked.

As a Browns fan, I remember him being hyped as our Big Ben. We just turn everything into a disaster somehow.

Kizer is my boy. Growing up close to Notre Dame, I loved this guy. I collect his cards to this day.

He seems like the kind of dude who would be into NFTs

as a browns fan i remember watching this game and while he did show flashes he still wasn’t good rookie or not. I never really saw growth game to game even if it was just a little growth. I think both things can be true: The browns set him up to fail AND He just simply wasn’t cut for it

Notre Dame doesn't produce NFL QBs, WRs, RBs, CBs, LBs. They've produced s few quality O Lineman. But it's not shocking to see why they get blown out everytime they play in the CFP.

I was hoping for his success. He was one of my favorite QBs coming out of college. I felt like Cleveland stunted his development.

what he did wrong was he entered the NFL too early. he needed to stay another year at Notre Dame at least

Sometimes players are not built for the NFL…. Here’s an example of that

Deshaun Kizer was never that good lol

Deshone Kizer feels like a fever dream that I remember from time to time

I think he should’ve went back to college for another year to hone his skills

Starting QB of the 0-16 Browns team.

He was not a can't miss pro QB. He was okay in college not elite

Kaiser was never a franchise Quarterback he was a boom or bust pick he had a chance to be groomed under Aaron Rodgers and was cut so don't blame it on the Browns try Marcus Mariota, Josh Rosen,Aaron Murray Paxton Lynch Taj Boy and ,A.J.McCarron but nobody wants to bring him up he was the biggest bust of QBs at that time

He really had the worst possible situation, but I don’t think he would have done anything even if he had better coaching and a chance to learn. He just didn’t process info and wasn’t accurate enough to be an NFL starter.

Teams drool over tools but they should have seen this guy didn't have it between the ears or in the heart... even if the Browns are a dumpster fired.

I don't recall him ever being labeled a franchise QB. As sad as that browns team was, they didn't ruin him. 1 year doesn't ruin anyone. If he went on to succeed, the narrative would have been how leaving Cleveland saved him. Many great QBs had horrible stats in year 1. If they didn't get another shot, you'd just blame the team.

I watch every single one of those games with my father we may have turn them off early but every single Sunday the Cleveland Browns played we watched I was 11 and felt bad for the qb I was young but I knew our franchise threw bra in da fire💯💯

If there was one qb to cover that was ruined by the Browns its Tim Couch. He got destroyed behind that offensive live. Led league in sacks ever season he played for them. Kizer would have been a first round pick if teams thought he was gonna be a really good qb.

Everyone knows since 1999 the Browns have been a QB graveyard full of the ghosts of what could have been and what used to be. It's not just Kizer so many have been drafted and just never lived up to the hype there. The best they had during that time (Mayfield) never seemed to be enough for them.

The Browns had a choice between the Rye or the Kizer.... They should have chose the Rye

Never knew what it feels like to win a game.

'franchise Qb" rent must be due

This is why players avoid going to the Browns.

I really don’t think Kizer would have been successful anywhere. He wasn’t accurate at all or committed to getting better. Notre Dame QBs just infamously never work out ever since Montana.

They didn’t ruin anything, he just wasnt a good qb. He was a shaky prospect going in and had a below average completion % and came from a college not known for producing nfl qbs i think he would have failed regardless as he would in gb, if he was any good he would have at least done a little better there…

Truth was he wasn't ready for the NFL. Totally needed another year of college.

Oh wow i had forgotten he was raiders backups & then got cut

Who scripts these for you? He was "thrown to the wolves" not thrown into the wolves...

Can you do deep dive on Josh Freeman . How the Tampa Bay organization ruined him.. well the coach at that time..

He chased the money when he was eligible for the draft. I remember him playing in college, he was ok, but not a franchise type Quarterback.

What is NFT?

Who is the biggest what if in your opinion?

Picking a crap quarterback in the second round who clearly is not a starting quarterback in the NFL and forcing him to be the starting quarterback is a clear recipe for disaster. It did not matter who chose Kizer, he was clearly not a starting quarterback in the NFL and I am not convinced he could be a competent backup either! Kizer could not make it in the NFL and it did not matter who drafted him or how patient they were with him.

The guy just sucked, the Browns didn't ruin him. If Mayfield was able to turn that team around the very next year, it definitely wasn't the Browns

Browns screw up every chance they get paid Deshawn record contract for him to not even play most of the last couple years

The Browns were screwed by the league (the other Owners) when they got their team back. They didn't get anything the Jags and Panthers got when they came into the league. Remember the Jags and Panthers both got to the AFC and NFC championship games in their second year. The Owners were like F that and the league shafted the Browns on players they could take from other teams. I'm not a Browns fan but have been keeping an eye on them and been rooting for them (because how the league screwed them) unless they play my team.

Kizer is from my hometown man sucked seeing his career go tits up , dude shouldn’t have left college so early Dude should’ve tried to play up in the CFL he had the perfect style of play for that league

Kizer had no chance, A lot of guys get drafted to bad situations and don't have what it takes/find success elsewhere. Kizer NEVER had a shot in Cleveland at this time

Not that the browns aren't QB killers but he was never going to be good in the NFL

Kizer dad sounds like he saw dollar signs in his son which is sad

Clever saw DeShawn Watson and was like we have DeShawn at home and drafted this guy then a few years later we're like okay let's get the other DeShawn, now they're probably gonna move on again after a few years of being decent

I am a notre dame fan and let me just say, Kizer was never gonna be that guy. No matter where he went. He just didnt have that dawg in him.

Kizer was NEVER gonna be a franchise QB. He was the black Joey Harrington. Decent to good college QB, but was never gonna be any more than "just a guy" in the NFL.

It's his own fault imo. Yes the Browns ruined him, but if he stayed at least another year in college this probably never would have happened.

They only drafted him cuz he looked like a knock off Bruno Mars

The Browns have messed up since their hay days in the 50s & 60s. Since then, their only good times came in Baltimore as the Ravens.

I seen him win that HS Championship!!!

Let me tell from a Browns fan point of view. I had high hope for Hue Jackson but I thought they should had hire Kevin from jump. Hue was a crap coach he just wanted the glory and a pay check. According to my family he was generally not most of the time he let all his staff run the practices. He only there for the cameras. Hue Jackson did care. That is my feeling about Hue Jackson. He threw everyone under the bus and it wasn't he fault it was the players and his coaching staff.

Bro maybe. If teams cut him left and right. He just wasn't good enough?

Bruh him and fullers careers ended as what could of been

Did you ever think he wasn’t good enough? Green Bay had good coaches to develop him

DeShone was bad at Notre Dame.

He’s the dude they start u with on mut🤦🏿‍♂️

Kizer failed because he didn’t have it, had nothing to do with being drafted by Cleveland. Decent athlete with a fairly strong arm but he took way too many chances with the football for a guy who had spotty accuracy. THAT is why he failed.

Kizer was as much a franchise QB as Manziel

Should have started Cody Kessler, would have won like 4 games.

I forgot all about him