NFL News OT: Deshaun Watson Could Miss All Of 2025 After Rupturing His Achilles Again

[sb1]

It's famous Jameis time!

 

[FortressX]

Both San Fran and Cleveland weakened good teams trying to upgrade the QB

 

[Grogan14]

It's famous Jameis time!

Maybe they go all in on Zappe LOL

 

[maust]

It's impossible to feel bad for Watson or for scummy Browns owner Jimmy Haslam who presided over and initially profited from the Flying J scamaramma.

Browns fans though, they've gotten the very brown end of the stick and at the very least the football Gods owe them a break or two. They lost their team when that dbag Model took the money and ran to Baltimore only to watch that team win a Super Bowl for their new city a few years later. They at least got a moment of hope and a 'new' franchise under the ownership of well liked and highly respected philanthropist Al Lerner. Unfortunately golden touched Al Lerner died a couple of years later and the team landed in the lap of his hapless jackass son Randy who managed to not just run the Browns but also FC Villa into the ground. He ended his ham handed ownership of both once proud teams by not only turning them into laughingstocks but selling them to even worse owners. At least he lost some of his inherited wealth on the Villa deal.

There's no need to go into the litany of indignities Browns fans have suffered at the hands of Haslam, suffice to say the team has lurched from one biblical level disaster to another since he got his greedy incompetent hands on them. Teams can fire front office people, they can dump coaches, players and even cities but their fans can't fire owners. Not only are owners immune from their errors, they're guaranteed a profit no matter how egregious their fails.

So F Watson and Haslam but as fans of a team that survived the incompetence of the Sullivans, the scumminess of Kiam and the attempted carpetbagging of Orthwein let's have some room in our hearts for the poor Browns fans. Their Factory of Sadness continues to produce without any end in sight.

 

[mike_usagisan]

The Browns aren't going to want to pay another QB millions while paying Watson. I have to think they're drafting a QB. With the Titans likely doing the same, who does that leave for the Giants?

 

[lancerman]

Oh well

 

[The Gr8est]

Make it the 2025 first rounder and its a deal

2026 is a stronger draft, and the Browns will probably still be picking high.

Maybe we can recoup the pick that Mayo cost us.

 

[Patjew]

**** that guy. I wouldn't mind if he needs an amputation as a result.

 

[Rob0729]

Release with injury settlement incoming?

He has a fully guaranteed contract. Why would he agree to an injury settlement?

 

[Rob0729]

This guy was a legit top 5 QB between like 2017-2020. I've never seen a QB go from that to an absolute scrubs so quickly.

He missed two years of football and then had no reason to even try to get back in form with a top of the market fully guaranteed contract for five years. It is hard to come back from a two year absence from football especially when you don't have any incentive to push yourself to be great again.

 

[Rob0729]

There's three teams at the top of the draft who need a QB and two somewhat-promising prospects. Which one makes a move for a vet?

The Vikes are sitting pretty if they decide to re-sign Darnold and trade McCarthy. They might be able to get as much as the Pats would have if they stayed at the #1 pick.

 

[XLIX]

The allegations came out in March 2021. The Browns traded for him in March 2022.

My bad. I just seem to remember that something came out after the trade was made which potentially gave the Browns the opportunity to void the trade - an opportunity they probably should have pursued, but didn't. But I don't particularly care one way or another about the comings and goings of the Cleveland Browns.

 

[XLIX]

The Browns aren't going to want to pay another QB millions while paying Watson. I have to think they're drafting a QB. With the Titans likely doing the same, who does that leave for the Giants?

Travis Hunter

 

[FortressX]

The Vikes are sitting pretty if they decide to re-sign Darnold and trade McCarthy. They might be able to get as much as the Pats would have if they stayed at the #1 pick.

If the Rams beat the Vikes will they decide that ?

 

[mike_usagisan]

Travis Hunter

If that’s the case, we take the best defensive player in the draft.

 

[Rob0729]

If the Rams beat the Vikes will they decide that ?

Depends on how the Rams win. I am not betting on the Rams winning. The Rams are in a weak division and really has no business hosting a playoff game other than that reason. You can make the argument that the Rams are the weakest team in the NFC side of the playoffs.

 

[TheRainMaker]

Time to retire.

 

[PancakeBlockPaul]

He has a fully guaranteed contract. Why would he agree to an injury settlement?

Thats why I was asking/stating!

 

[ctpatsfan77]

I think hes a ****ty person but certainly don't wish that on him...yikes.

OTOH, someone on Xitter posted after the first tear: please, PLEASE, God, take Deshaun Watson's pain, triple it, and give it back to Watson.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

So F Watson and Haslam but as fans of a team that survived the incompetence of the Sullivans, the scumminess of Kiam and the attempted carpetbagging of Orthwein let's have some room in our hearts for the poor Browns fans. Their Factory of Sadness continues to produce without any end in sight.

I feel bad for Browns fans who didn't want Watson, although anybody who did want a sex pest starting at QB is in FAFO mode now.