Trade: [CLE/HOU] Deshaun Watson (signs 5 years, $230M) and 2024 5th for 2022, 2023, and 2024 1sts, 2023 3rd, 2024 4th

[Troy McClure]

Please oh please let it be him doing something he wasn't supposed to be doing. Void the contract.

 

[Hasbro]

Please oh please let it be him doing something he wasn't supposed to be doing. Void the contract.

Snuck in a White After Labor Day clause in his contract.

 

[John Price]

 

[End of Line]

His career has to be over after tearing it again right?

 

[Unholy Diver]

I don't buy it, the Browns are just trying to pull one over on the league and they will pay him to go away

 

[StreetHawk]

I don't buy it, the Browns are just trying to pull one over on the league and they will pay him to go away

There is no out for the Browns, unless Watson was doing an activity that he should not have that caused this second surgery. This is not the NHL with LTIR. There is no relief for the Browns with Watson's fully guaranteed contract. They do not get extra cap space to sign another player.

 

[EpochLink]

There is no out for the Browns, unless Watson was doing an activity that he should not have that caused this second surgery. This is not the NHL with LTIR. There is no relief for the Browns with Watson's fully guaranteed contract. They do not get extra cap space to sign another player.

Browns screwed up so badly on this.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

lmao Lamar Jackson is the 3rd best QB in his division

the beginning of this thread is awesome

 

[GKJ]

the beginning of this thread is awesome

Win some, lose some

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Win some, lose some

you’re not the only one, that one made me laugh though

 

[EpochLink]

Lamar Jackson is not that great to begin with. Let's be honest.

Freezing cold

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Freezing cold

thats the other one that made me laugh

woulda been fine if he just added “in the playoffs”

 

[EpochLink]

Baker is still able to be held by a team for three more seasons (5th yr option plus two franchise tags), so I guess it comes down to how many teams think they can salvage his career and get him back on track.

Tampa Bay!! Man’s career has been reborn

 

[EpochLink]

Watson and Cooper will be an interesting duo to watch

After 20+ years the browns finally have a franchise QB

Watson became ass and Cooper didn’t crack a smile once. Only thing Watson did with Cleveland was collect checks, play air guitar and play absolutely terrible football.

 

[Troy McClure]

Tampa Bay!! Man’s career has been reborn

Really was. Good for him. Shame it took him needing a couple of failures to figure it out, but there are lots of QBs who went his route of bouncing around yet never got it together.

 

[Terry Yake]

lmao Lamar Jackson is the 3rd best QB in his division

 

[EpochLink]

While Watson is really good, I just don't think he's better than Burrow. Not to mention than healthy Ravens are better team. So, I guess this will be your typical era of Browns football. I don't expect much from them even with Deshaun.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have ourselves a winner!

 

[Troy McClure]

There is no out for the Browns, unless Watson was doing an activity that he should not have that caused this second surgery. This is not the NHL with LTIR. There is no relief for the Browns with Watson's fully guaranteed contract. They do not get extra cap space to sign another player.

Ah, but that's not entirely true. Him being unable to play is going to provide the Browns with something like $44 million in cap relief for the 2026 season.

the beginning of this thread is awesome

Did you predict Watson being bad?

 

[StreetHawk]

Ah, but that's not entirely true. Him being unable to play is going to provide the Browns with something like $44 million in cap relief for the 2026 season.

I forgot that there is an avenue for cap relief if the browns paid to have the contract insured. That came up as an article back when Rodgers injured his achillies. The insurance money would have helped offset some of the money/cap charge.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Luckily he can always fall back on his sharp precision passing if this double whammy on his achilles has an negative impact on his mobility

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Ah, but that's not entirely true. Him being unable to play is going to provide the Browns with something like $44 million in cap relief for the 2026 season.


Did you predict Watson being bad?

im ngl i was looking thru this thread and one on another forum i post on to see if i posted anything about it but i dont think i did

i feel like i was more hesitant about it making the browns amazing than a lot of ppl but i dont have any receipts lol

either way it’d still be funny. got no problem laughing at my shitty old takes

Tampa Bay!! Man’s career has been reborn

thank you sean mcvay and dave canales

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Freezing cold

You could have least have waited for him to beat the Steelers in the 1st round before quoting me

 

[Troy McClure]

im ngl i was looking thru this thread and one on another forum i post on to see if i posted anything about it but i dont think i did

i feel like i was more hesitant about it making the browns amazing than a lot of ppl but i dont have any receipts lol

either way it’d still be funny. got no problem laughing at my shitty old takes

But are they shitty old takes? At the time the trade was made, everyone employed in the NFL and covering the NFL thought Watson was an awesome QB.

That's why there was a big bidding war. It's why everyone covering the NFL said it was a massive game changer.

 

[Terry Yake]

there really wasn't any reason to think watson's time in cleveland would end up this bad aside from just assuming it would because browns gonna browns

pretty much everyone figured the browns had finally landed their franchise QB and that watson gave them a better shot at the playoffs than baker did

the lamar posts are fun to read though. oof

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

But are they shitty old takes? At the time the trade was made, everyone employed in the NFL and covering the NFL thought Watson was an awesome QB.

That's why there was a big bidding war. It's why everyone covering the NFL said it was a massive game changer.

when watson looks as bad as he looked yeah theyre bad takes even considering context. it’d be one thing if he were at least a capable starter. everyone was dead wrong, including those NFL teams and front offices. they forgot that the browns are still the browns