Former Browns QB announces retirement

Former Cleveland Browns quarterback PJ Walker has introduced his retirement from the sport, according to his agent via 3DownNation.

Walker is one in every of many quarterbacks whose final identify seems on the notorious Browns quarterback jersey. An undrafted free agent in 2017, he bounced round to a few groups earlier than the Browns signed him in 2023. He was instantly thrust into beginning motion in Week 6 of that season when Deshaun Watson and Dorian Thompson-Robinson they had been each injured.

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Walker’s stat line was removed from fairly that sport, as he was 18-of-34 (52.9%) for 192 yards and a pair of interceptions. But, he did assist lead two late drives for discipline targets to take a 17-16 lead (although the latter discipline objective drive was all yards by way of the operating sport), and the 49ers additionally missed a 41-yard discipline objective as time expired. Still, Walker might proudly say he was 1-0 because the Browns’ starter on the time.

Walker’s higher outing really got here the next week, when the Browns beat the Colts in a wild 39-38 shootout. Deshaun Watson really began that sport, however shortly gave method to Walker, who was 15-of-32 (46.9%) for 178 yards and 1 INT. Ultimately, Walker had an arm able to enjoying on the NFL stage, however was crammed with too many errors. In each of these ‘wins’ with the Browns, penalties or early whistles by the official helped erase what would have been a game-changing turnover: