The Cleveland Browns took a major swing by acquiring Deshaun Watson in 2022. The Browns finalized a trade with the Houston Texans and quickly signed Watson to a $230 million, fully-guaranteed contract.
The Cleveland Browns need to bounce back this season. Though a lot of last year’s struggles can be traced to quarterback Deshaun Watson, the offensive line didn’t give him much of a chance, either.
While the Cleveland Browns navigate a four-man quarterback competition in minicamp, the man with the $230 million contract, former Clemson QB Deshaun Watson, is making headlines for his off-field extravagance.
The Cleveland Browns’ window of contention looked wide open a couple of years ago. Even without quarterback Deshaun Watson available, they reached the playoffs and looked like a team with a strong foundation.
The fully guaranteed five-year, $230M contract Cleveland handed Watson three offseasons ago has been nothing short of a disaster for the organization for multiple reasons.
When I think of someone being a dynamic football player, I think of someone who can do a lot of different things and can do all of them well. I think of a player who can change a game by making one play.
The Cleveland Browns entered the offseason with a big need at quarterback. Deshaun Watson is recovering from injury, and even if that weren’t the case, it seems like the team is moving on from him.
As the Cleveland Browns gear up for a contentious five-man quarterback battle in training camp, the odd man out, Deshaun Watson, is quietly undertaking his own fundamental reconstruction.
The legal battles for Cleveland Browns, and former Clemson Tigers quarterback Deshaun Watson are not over. A Houston judge is now weighing whether Watson must sit for another deposition in a civil lawsuit filed by a woman who accuses him of sexual misconduct during a 2020 massage session.
When it comes to the biggest contracts in NFL history, Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson are two names that instantly come to mind. Both entered the league in 2017, highly touted franchise quarterbacks, and both signed deals that shook up the financial landscape of professional football.
Former Oregon Ducks quarterback Dillon Gabriel was selected in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. Gabriel is competing for the starting position in a crowdedquarterback room...
Roughly two months remain until training camp, and minicamp is still weeks away. But the Browns’ quarterback competition will begin to take shape at OTAs, which started today.
Is there a more intriguing quarterback room right now than that of the Cleveland Browns? The AFC North team carries four healthy QBs at the moment, including Super Bowl champion Joe Flacco, offseason trade acquisition Kenny Pickett, and two rookies in Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel.
The Cleveland Browns may have just completed one of their best drafts in recent memory. With only seven picks, they efficiently reinforced key areas of their roster.
Fans have fired off plenty of criticisms at Deshaun Watson since he was dealt to the Cleveland Browns and signed a massive contract extension. That deal
The overwhelming majority of Cleveland Browns fans would prefer to never see Deshaun Watson stepping onto the field in a Browns uniform ever again after three disastrous seasons at quarterback for the club, but does there exist a world in which it could actually occur?
Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson is recovering from a torn Achilles, but recently, he was actually seen throwing to teammates at the Browns' facility after shedding his walking boot.
Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, recovering from a twice-ruptured Achilles tendon, has been out of his walking boot for weeks and throwing to receivers at the team's practice facility, Cleveland.com reported.
Deshaun Watson’s future in Cleveland was widely presumed to be on hold after he suffered a second Achilles tear in January. The Browns responded in the
Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com reports that Browns QB Deshaun Watson has been out of a walking boot for “several weeks” now following the Achilles tear he suffered last year and eventually reinjured. According to Cabot, Watson has been throwing to receivers Jerry Jeudy and David Bell indoors at the Browns’ facility.
Jimmy Haslam‘s admission on the 2022 Deshaun Watson trade could certainly be interpreted as the Browns closing the book on an expensive failure, and the team is now holding what appears to be a four-man derby for the starting job.
The Browns have added Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett to their quarterback room this offseason, and the club may still select a rookie passer in this month’s draft.
The Browns’ trade for QB Deshaun Watson has not gone as the organization imagined, as he’s played just 18 games in three years after signing a fully guaranteed $230 million deal.