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Daniel Oyefusi
Palm Beach, FLA. – Cleveland browns Co -owner Jimmy Haslam on Monday called a team shop for Quarterback Deshaun Watson “Big swing and Miska”.
In March 2022, Cleveland Watson won from Houston Texans In a business package that included the first three round. Browns then signed Watson on a $ 230 million contract that was fully guaranteed.
Since he joined Browns, Watson has launched only 19 games due to suspension and injury, published one of the lowest total QBR in the NFL and suffered a consecutive injury in 2023 and 2024.
“My Dehaun and I took a big swing,” Haslam told Monday at the annual meeting of the league. “We thought we had a quarterback; no. And we gave up a lot of moves to get it, so we have to dig out of the hole.
“… (Trade) was the whole decision of the organization and it ends with Dee (Haslam) and I, so I keep us responsible.”
Watson, a triple selection for Bowl with Texans, tore his true Achilles tendon in October and underwent the second operation in January after again returning to Achilles. Browns are expected to say that Watson will miss a significant part of the 2025 season.
His legal difficulties helped derail their career in Cleveland. Watson served in 2022 a 11-game suspension after more than twenty women accused him of sexual assault and inappropriate behavior during massage sessions. The pair of Texas of the big juries refused to promote criminal charges against Watson, but after the NFL and the Association of NFL players served the Association of NFL, they achieved an agreement on its discipline.
Cleveland still owes the Watson $ 46 million in each of the next two seasons.
Browns’ Quarterback The room currently consists of Watson and Kenny PickettWho the team traded in mid -March. Coach Browns Kevin Stefanski said Pickett would get the opportunity to compete for the start in 2025.
Despite the admission that Watson’s shop was unsuccessful, Haslam said the team was not tied to Quarterback with the second overall selection in the NFL 2025 design.
“It would be great if we could get a” quarterback “, but we won’t force it,” Haslam said. “We’ll be patient and try to accumulate as many good football players as possible.”
