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- Mike Florio and Charles Robinson break down how Deshaun Watson's contract has put the Browns in a tough spot due to money guarantees and why the team needs to go for younger, cheaper players. #NBCSports #ProFootballTalk #nfl
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Let's be honest. Watson is never playing another snap once this contract runs its course. This is all the money he will ever make. This is all the football he will ever play. There is nothing that will resurrect his playing career.
The Browns will just have to pay for this. There is no other way out but through it.
I think the happy endings were his secret weapon. Without them he can’t preform
He was elite his WHOLE life until he was coached by Stefunsky the Mid 🙄
@@Nite2012Maredidn’t think it was humanly possible that there were any Deshaun defenders anywhere, people never cease to amaze me
@@danshowlund Baker is better without Stefunsky., Cousins sure didn't seem to miss him and Watson WAS elite before... Common denominator...Stefunsky is 💩
@@Nite2012Mare How about Flacco?
I'm so confused about why a sports reporter in Chicago is sitting in front of a map of Houston and wearing a Tigers hat, but I respect it 😆
As a Texans fan, I would like to thank Cleveland for being Cleveland and trading for Watson.
Imagine how great they would be if they just gave Baker a market value contract and kept all those draft picks?!
They wouldn't. People have revisionist history. Baker had fallen out with Stefanski and other teammates both on offence and defence like Myles. Two things can be correct. Baker had to leave, Deshaun bad. Worst thing Browns did was following Deshaun and giving him bag after he had said he didn't want to play for them.
He turned down $35m a year😂😂
Tf are you talking abt? And then requested a trade.
The baker bros have lost their minds
Or if they'd drafted Josh Allen instead 🙄
@@masibeeAlso Baker is on his 4th. He had the gift of desperation. It was stick with the bucs or who knows what.
@@330wiz7they never offered an extension. All that contract talk was hearsay to make the organization look good. As you can see the Cleveland organization is the bottom of the barrel. Worst organization in the NFL. They let go their GM Dorsey who is building a dominant team in Detroit with his talent evaluation.
Worst decision in nfl history
Definitely one of worst contracts ever in Nfl
Browns are stuck and suck. As long they have Deshsaun and that disastrous contract they are not going anywhere.
Keeping Flaco was a must. The locker room wouldn't have fractured
Well, the players would have demanded Flacco be the starter. Jimmy Haslem wasn't going to let that happen.
This really isnt a big deal. Jimmy has the money. We missed our window.
Trade everyone and with all the young guys you can afford Watsons cap hit. Get a bunch of picks for the guys we have and start building for the future
I never would’ve expected Bill O’Brien would be given credit for Deshaun Watson’s success in Houston lol
We love to see these coaches as bumbling idiots, but they're usually pretty smart at football. Otherwise, they would have never gotten there in the first place
Watson's Texans went 4-12 in his best stats season and plenty of that was in garbage time. Former Bears personnel guy Josh Lucas explained how Watson made his kiving in college & with the Texans by naking great plays outside of structure. Its why teams passed on him in the draft too. Finally media is starting to slowly admit that Watson had issues before getting to thr Browns. He has the abikity to omay much better but thats going yo tequire outting in the same worlmoff the field as othwr elite QBs. Watch Watson's game film vs the Commanders & decide whether it looks like he put in real work and time off field to get prepared to play in that game. If he keeps it up hes goong to end up in a position where off field efforts won't help.
Thinking Cleveland’s owners are doing everything they can to have the contract voided.
He will just have to be the higher paid bench rider in nfl history
For the Browns this was always a suicide pact. For the Texans this trade his has been the swindle of the century.
I remember when they had the press conference to announced the Watson deal. This was the QB who was supposed to take them to a SB. Those who attended said it felt less like a celebration and more like a funeral. If just about everyone else could see that this was a bad idea then I find it hard to believe that the owner didn't order the GM to do this against his better judgement
"Sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you." They knew the risks with this deal. They knew they would be stuck with the contract if it didn't work out, and they will pivot when the time is right. 🤷♂
Once again, the Haslams have screwed the Browns, its players, and the fans.
Watson doesn’t even look like he wants to try. On the field and off the field the guy just seems to be chilling.
Depodesta and moneyball run the Browns. Berry is a yes man and Stafanski is left to clean up the mess.
The Browns swung big. Most pundits agreed with their gamble. No one could have foreseen ALL the off field garbage. And worse, no one would have predicted his talent tailspin. I really feel sorry for the Browns and their fans. The team needs to bench him before they loose their locker-room and fans.
The owners weren't happy with this contract when it happened so none are going to work with the Browns to get out of the contract. The Browns earned and deserves all this.
It was not denver, houston traded osweiler, a second round and a six round picks to the browns for a fourth round pick
They extended Stefunsky, possibly the most mid coach in the history of mid coaches. 🙄
Translation: You started watching football 3 or 4 years ago and don't understand the sport
@@Btwixed assuming is the tool of ignorance... If you have ACTUAL facts bring them if not be dumber 🤡👍
@Nite2012Mare I'm a vikes fan, stefanski was our OC and thrived in the organization for a decade +. His .528 win percentage and 3 playoff appearances (and a playoff win) is highest for the Browns since the mid 80s almost 40 years ago with Martyball. Again you don't know ball but it's ok stay with the reddit tier takes though kid
@@Btwixed his offense scored 10 or 13 points his last game....he's CRAP and Cousins was better without him, as Baker is as Watson WAS 🙄🙄🙄
@@Btwixed he'll be LESS than mediocre after this year and about to run his 2nd QB out of town 💩
Sorry but owners donot admit mistakes. Owner is still making money, win or lose.
Except Andrew Berry was in the driver seat with this one. Not Haslam. That’s coping. All the Cleveland media reported it was Berry
Berry was vice president of player personnel in the years the Browns were 1-31. Sure did a great job.
Why would they need to tank? When they can just convert the money into bonuses like they have to lesson the cap hit. The real hit is to the owner who swung and missed and would have to pay it off. They will also have to fire the O-coordinator which will likely happen anyways and re-install last years gameplan, which DTR and Winston could easily run. What is the Owner going to do otherwise who is begging for tax payer money, only to hear the fans boo Watson which has and will happen.
I’m a Browns fan since 84 and always been something even if we had Baker Mayfield it was something we can’t get right 💯
A deal way more disastrous than the Herschel Walker Trade. The Texans will probably win a title on this.
How many teams would even consider Watson for a backup QB now let alone a starter?
Raiders probably
@@nicknuno9451Deshaun can't live in Vegas of all places after all this
How do we know that the coach can’t bench him?
He couldn't bench Baker.
At least they got “An adult in the room”! 😂
Cleveland got the ultimate karma, and i absolutely love it.
If DW had any pride or honor, he would leave Cleveland ASAP, take a huge hit on his contract, and work to prove his worth elsewhere. There is always wishing.
Lmao,so let the team that made huge mistake off the hook.Haslam and the Browns are getting exactly what they deserve deserve
This talk of being in a bind is completely off base. Even if Cleveland completely eats the remainder of his contract, they are still able to pay a backup QB or rookie deal QB. Sure they can’t go and compete for contract for a Kirk Cousins, but that is not the way most teams acquire new QBs so who cares. So they draft a new QB next year and play Jameis for 2024/2025. That is not being in a bind.
I'd say even hold off on getting the QB and draft the O-line that will protect the QB they'll draft in 2026 or even '27 if they want to spend the '26 draft on shoring up the defense, putting the framework in place before bringing in the triggerman to run the show.
Haslams have "Out of the Box" themselves 😅
Can't be cut and you can't give up draft picks to move him as that is going to be your only lifeblood while you eat the rest of the cap space you owe on him. You probably just keep playing him and hope he turns it around somehow, if not you get a great pick next year and take a QB to start the rebuild. Maybe next year you can trade Watson away if he agrees to give up the rest of his guaranteed money.
C Rob! Yahoo Stats and Info for the win.
Strap picks to Watson and send him to the Panthers! Tepper would LOOOOVE another retread project! 😝
Trying to attach draft picks in order to entice teams to take him is insane, and somehow it also makes sense.
Reppin the 304 💙💛💙💛 let's gooooo Mountaineer!!!
And Flores in Miami wanted Watson to replace Tua? Thank God that never happened..smh
But, Tua has concussion problems. Tua doesn’t need to be playing!
@@kenwigginsii6065 I agree. Still. If Miami would have gotten Watson, that team will be in even worse trouble.
Is D4 the only QB that "National Media" wants not to play? Isn't that the jurisdiction of "local media"? This seems fixed..., creepy. You don't live there. Do you?
Watson has too many lawsuits against him to ever give up that money.
That executive he refers to has to be Nick Caserio.
No team should ever sign Deshaun Watson. The man's morality is in serious doubt, given all these women that have come forward. If it is true that where there's smoke, there's fire, Deshaun Watson is an inferno. I would NEVER allow him anywhere near my team under any circumstances. I wouldn't even want to play against him, that's how awful I think he is. The NFL should ban him!
Remember when watson said he would only play for a black coach lol
If Watson never throws a pass again for the Browns, they will have paid roughly 750k per pass completed, which is only 310 in 3 years.
I, wanted Justin Herbert a long time ago...🙌
I do not get it. How is it "bad optics" to bench the worst QB in the league?
A bind he says 🤣
If Deshaun Watson's play leads to Travis Hunter..........well, let the chips fall where they may!
Please …. Leave us be. We don’t need a segment.
They are going to void his contract at some point this year due to the new application mark my words.
Call woody Johnson a d get the jets to give up a first round pick for him.
trade chubb to a contender, dude deserves better
Put him as #3 and just shame him. That's the only thing they can do.
Or
Get another QB and just de activate him on game day
The Browns. Brownsing it up since they decided to keep a NAME that no longer belonged to them. They should have named the team the HORNETS or something else. That team is cursed.
lol, Watson would welcome a trade out of Cleveland. You think? Yeah good luck finding a taker on that.
Watson needs to take a year off and spend it with a sports psychologist getting his head right. If nothing else so the Browns can move on.
How do the players set their and live with all the horrible decisions. Watch Watson in the meeting rooms over and over stand their with wide open receivers and hold thd ball and it not fracture the locker room ? They watch the same game tapes as we do . Sure they have had line issues and drops. But their has been enough playes their for them to win games and Watson does nothing. The only way the Browns get out is if Watson suddenly learns to play football .
No other team is going to want him. He is done in the NFL. The browns will have to suck it up until after his contract is done. They made there bed now lay in it.
All you do is bash this man every week where’s the energy for the white quarterbacks like Josh Allen Trevor Lawrence and Aaron Rodgers
NFL ownership isn't what it used to be. This is what happens when actual non-football men take over franchises
It's owner at the end of the day stafanski is done with him owner is forcing his hand
Florio you used to choke on Watson because a “conservative” prosecutor was on his case who “Overprotects” women. 😂 remember?
Browns need to play Deshaun Watson and lose every game. -Only way to get rid of him or he may just step up and start winning.
Something people maybe have not realized. In 2023 the five games D Watson started guess how many point the offense averaged??? Over 22. So now this season it's all his fault? Stop it! And this creep is just a hater and a clown
Genuine only way out is Watson gets found guilty of a crime so they can break the contract without paying him
Haslam is the problem. He has done this seral times now (Manziel ... probably O'Dell) and will do it again. He simple does not know football, but he owns the team and thinks he does. That is a recipe for disaster.... which we are seeing.
Haslam wanted personality at QB! He thought that aligned in some way with Skill? Or, he is just so narcissistic and egotistical that he thought and still does know better than anybody else and ignored all the dissenting voices, including the real adults in the room! Yes, he has pretty much picked all our QB’s since he bought this Clownshow!
NOPE! You made your bed.
If it were any other owner than Jimmy Haslam, I'd say cut Watson, eat all that dead cap, fill the roster with late-rounders and veteran-minimum castoffs, be steaming hot garbage for a couple of years, and then when the dead money finally drops off the cap, do a full-on rebuild.
Sure, Cleveland might go a combined 5-80 over five years, but they'd be building the next early-90s Dallas Cowboys or '70s Steelers core in the meantime.
Even Kamala voters can't support Deshaun.
Trump voters could. I mean he is a mirror image . .
@@greggmccort7096haha! Orange man baby hands
Go Deshaun!! Us Browns fans believe in YOU!
your on an island of 1
Why would he give up a penny to be traded. This is the dumbest conversation yet.