The Cleveland Browns made a great leap of faith when they exchanged for Deshaun Watson and signed it with a five -year agreement, according to reports, up to $ 230 million, all of which was guaranteed.
Watson’s performance in the field has been one to forget. He has gone from being a bowling player three times that it was a force to take into account in the field a field marshal with often injury that he has rarely seen the field.
All that is without the luggage of more than two dozen accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior that came with him from Houston to Cleveland.
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The Cleveland Browns Campo Marshal, Deshaun Watson, #4, poses for a portrait with General Manager Andrew Berry, on the left, and coach Kevin Stefanski during Watson’s introductory press conference on March 26, 2022, at Browns training facilities in Berea. (Jeff Lange / USA Today Network / USA Today Network through IMAGN images)
On Monday, the co -owner of the Browns, Jimmy Haslam, admitted that Watson’s trade was a mistake.
“We did a great swing and lost with Deshaun. We thought we had the field marshal, we did not do it, and we renounced many draft teams to get it. So we have to leave that hole,” he told journalists from the annual league meeting in Palm Beach, Florida. “Listen, I said this, I think that on numerous occasions, Deshaun Watson was a decision of organization of all
Watson was suspended to start his mandate in Cleveland and only appeared in six games in 2022. The next season, six games again. Then he only played seven games in 2024 after suffering a broken Achilles during a game at home.
The 29 -year -old field has not yet launched for more than 1,200 yards or touchdown passes. It has nine victories in 19 openings.
The owners of the Cleveland Browns, Dee and Jimmy Haslam, speak during a practice of the NFL soccer training camp in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Sue Ogocki, Archive)
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Cleveland arrived at the playoffs in 2023 when Joe Flacco assumed the position of Marshal of Watson Field. Before that, Baker Mayfield broke the drought of the Browns playoffs.
The Browns have reworked the Watson contract twice since December and null years are added to 2030 to give them some financial flexibility to distribute dead money in the contract instead of receiving great success in a season.
The organization also has insurance that protects the contract and could obtain some NFL relief if it is out for the season.
The draft also presents the Browns the opportunity to choose a field marshal.
Cleveland has the number 2 selection in the draft, which could mean selecting CAM Ward or Shedeur Sanders.
The Cleveland Browns Campo Marshal, Deshaun Watson, #4, goes to the bank during the first half against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, October 20, 2024 in Cleveland. (Network Jeff Lange / USA Today through IMAGN images)
However, Haslam stopped to say that the team needed to take such an early field marshal.
“I think the message is that if the right person is there, we will take him to him,” said Haslam. “If not, we will solve it for a year or two until we get the right person. There are good soccer players in this draft and we have to make sure to get the right ones for us.”
