Deshaun Watson doesn’t appear to be seeing the field like an NFL quarterback, which is causing him to be indecisive when reading post-snap. Even worse, it seems to be contributing to predetermination pre-snap.

It’s a horse that’s been beaten long beyond death, but he’d played only 12 games in three seasons prior to Sunday vs. the Cowboys. So it bears repeating that game speed can’t be effectively simulated. And to pile another expired steed on the stack, not getting any game reps in preseason has an effect — particularly given Watson’s lack of recent experience, the unknowns of coming back from shoulder surgery, and the installation of a new offensive system.

“Obviously” is an absurdly overused word, but obviously the left tackle situation is an obvious problem; obviously this should have been obvious three years ago but obviously wasn’t obvious to the organization because they’ve done nothing to address it. I’ve been critical of Jedrick Wills Jr. since Cleveland drafted him 10th overall in 2020. He’s provided plenty of provender for pundits to publicly pontificate about and practically pillory the player for producing a plethora of poor, pathetic plays to point out and pick apart. But James Hudson III is a downgrade even from the subcellar level of what’s been considered acceptable for four seasons from Wills.

Why we wish to wither in the winter wasteland of Wills which won’t work with wanting to be winners while wasting what we would otherwise win with, I’ll never understand. But Hudson is, well, worse. He gave up around a 10 percent pressure rate Sunday albeit against an admittedly ascendant, assailing association of adversaries antagonizingly attacking with animal aggression and asserting authority.

So Watson’s play felt like a struggle from the beginning and the protection did him no favors. How about the receiving corps? Nope. Not much help from them either.

Watson’s inaccuracy and frequent poor decision making are both inexcusable at the NFL level regardless of circumstance. That said, a 14.3 percent drop rate is abysmal. Professional receivers should be below five percent. Fourteen point three would be terrible for any individual, and that’s what Cleveland’s entire group posted. Awful.

Between the team’s laughable drop rate of 14.3 percent, the pass blocking allowing an astonishingly miserable 40 pressures, and Watson’s embarrassing adjusted completion percentage of just 70, the offensive output numbers are exactly that: offensive. These figures are uglier than a manure statue of the Roman god of pig anuses. Anything that hideous should be kept in a cage with a sheet over it and beaten for making you look at it on Sundays.

The Browns’ special teams play was two-sided. Corey Bojorquez had averages of 51 yards and 4.41 seconds of hang time on punts, both more than passable. But any celebration over that would need to be tempered when contrasting it against the punt he kicked like a flaming dart with a flight time of less than four ticks, which was returned for a Dallas touchdown.

Jaelon Darden brought the juice to opening day with a punt return average of 16.6 yards, which made up for his middling 24.3 yard average returning kickoffs. Compare that to the 34 yards Cleveland gave up on the only kick the ‘Boys brought back and Browns special teams coordinator Bubba Ventrone clearly has some work to do — possibly why Dustin Hopkins routinely kicked off into the endzone.

Hopkins did run his perfect total of 50-plus-yard field goals with the Dawgs to nine, on a 51-yarder to cap off their first drive after Dawand Jones’ false start on fourth and two caused head coach Kevin Stefanski to rethink any inclination of going for it. Hopkins also connected on both PATs.

There were some bright spots by the defense. They forced the Cowboys off the field several times on third downs — four times resulting in field goals — and allowing just six conversions on 21 attempts.

There was an unfortunate coverage bust on a third down midway through the first quarter which appeared to be Juan Thornhill’s responsibility based on the look. Had that not happened, the drive would’ve likely ended right there with a 39-yard field goal. Take away the return TD and the score may have been 22-17 in the fourth. And if a sawhorse had wings it’d be Pegasus. But at least we can find something uplifting there to be optimistic about.

The Browns have a long way to go from this start to get where we all want them to be. But they certainly have the talent on the roster to get them to New Orleans in February. Let’s hope they get the rig rolling in the right direction next week in Jacksonville.

—@PoisonPill4