Browns QB Deshaun Watson restructuring contract | Breaking News

[@richardjames4528]

100% insanity. Goodbye should be the only answer.

[@Titus.The_Crucifier]

Watson will be the QB until at least 2030, mark my words. Bro is going to look like a Hall of Fame Qb now that Stefanski isnt calling the plays and Cooper is gone.

[@VFL8877]

​@@Titus.The_Crucifierwow. Stay off the weed.

[@jermainewalters1620]

Insanity is exactly what you’re suggesting. Hopefully you don’t work in any job that requires critical thinking

[@aaronclay4665]

Ur a moron, if they cut him he is gonna cost the team 132 million cap hit….they can’t feild a team with that hit, the only option is to keep him

[@theuriah01]

And pay him for NOT being there? Do you not understand the concept of Fully Guaranteed? 🤣😂🤣😂

[@Brenton44]

Wild how the original post got deleted. We aren’t dumb we know white dude said the browns and Deshaun would be “massaging” out the details of the contract. Shit was hysterical😂😂😂

[@GetChristified]

Enormous if true 💀 somebody has to have a screen recording of it, I'm sure of it

[@Brenton44]

@ bro I tried to record it on my phone from my tv but my KZbin refreshed and now it’s gone. I hope someone has it lmao.

[@theuriah01]

Well CBS is known for fake news to support their agenda.

[@juliusa4583]

I think Rodgers would be a good fit. Happy for Baker because he is thriving in Tampa.

[@hortanokilli7608]

It is nice to see that he was willing to.....MASSAGE the number to try and get under the cap.

[@droppin_sik_beets]

I see what you did there.

[@MONOblue1999]

Alright 🙄

[@nsd_respect]

Massage “jokes” in big 2024😂

[@user-vr9tf9ly2m]

What matters: Lean on Jesus! Jesus loves you and knows you by name! Christ Jesus is knocking at your door! Let Him in! Jesus has saved me!! ✝❤🙏💪

[@NCSnostalgia]

@@user-vr9tf9ly2mOk

[@Wade-22]

Put the original video back up with no edits.

[@theuriah01]

CBS is known for fake news and editing those famous interviews with certain people in a desperate attempt to fit their narrative. So who's surprised here? 😂

[@ScottCleve33]

Like it or not, Browns fans, Watson is still your best option at QB for 2025.

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

Browns need to start Watson next season. Play him no matter what. Best way to tank for Arch Manning.

[@cag19549]

Why would they want Arch Manning? I didn't know you drafted because of a famous name. Maybe I'm misinformed 😏

[@Fam1stCEO]

No manning is going to be ruined by y’all

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

@@cag19549 People are dumb (not you). Look at how many QBs have been drafted on hype, and how badly many performed (Trubisky, Zach Wilson, Tre Lance, Carson Wentz, Blake Bortles, etc.). Even if Arch is average, because of the incredible hype surrounding him, if he has even an average year at Texas he's likely to go in the top 5, if not #1 overall, because some NFL owner will see the name "Manning" and insist on drafting him.

[@atg1338]

Just find a way to pay him off so he can go away. That contract will haunt this team for a decade.

[@digdug9275]

This is why some teams are stuck at the bottom. Bad decisions. Being a successful NFL QB is probably one of the toughest jobs in the world. Plus takes nerves and balls of steel. But was this guy worth that much money? Not to mention his off the field issues which makes one question the psyche of this guy. Browns are pretty solid everywhere if they can get the right guy at QB they can be dangerous. I feel bad for Cleveland fans it'd be nice to see them bring the Lombardi trophy home.

[@brianherrera1390]

You say Cleveoand fans. You are a Cleveland fan. You just said bring the trophy HOME.

[@atg1338]

They get what they deserve 💯

[@jefeseason4990]

Name a QB that has had success with that coaching staff?

[@aaronclay4665]

He has been hurt 2 of 3 years suspended for 11 games first year…. The worst thing is he got hurt for 22 games and suspended another 11….

[@thagamezova9310]

Thank God the Panthers decided not to guarantee his contract and got knocked out of the running for his services. 🎉🎉

[@lightingbolt8148]

They’ll still stink with him being the Qb next year

[@kyos8462]

It's simply a cap move. They know he's not even #2 material. There verdict is out. He's about to be the highest paid backup past present and future. I'd rather him cut...but screw the chance he gets even more cash on top of his guarantees with another desperate team, there's a few. He will be slower, less accurate, and more unaware 14 games in 5 years and he made PJ Walker look like a stud. Dudes done, they're stretching his contract to get more cap space

[@AttilatheThrilla]

It must seriously suck to be a Browns fan 🤣

[@ogtre746]

Aye could be worse… I’m a Falcons fan try stomaching 28-3 my guy!

[@lukegoodman2143]

It does 😢

[@OG.Bobby.Johnson.412]

​@@ogtre746Naw my guy the Browns franchise is the bottom of the barrel. Their fans are amazing tho for coming out week after week even during whiteout blizzard conditions. Falcons had good times with the Michael Vick experience and Matty Ice MVP/Super Bowl run even tho it ended miserably. Browns haven't been serious contenders since the early 80s and the 50s with Jim Brown before that

[@ogtre746]

@ yea that Mike Vick era was absolutely insane! But other than that all bark no bite! I just wanna win one SB! Hopefully Penix can bring us some joy.

[@OG.Bobby.Johnson.412]

@ogtre746 I'm hoping the best for Penix as well 🙏 💯

[@checkdown3774]

Worst signing ever.

[@Cells.Interlink]

Haslems should have the team taken from them. I don’t mind the browns sucking, but when you are taking taxpayer money and then doing such despicable things with it, there should be ramifications. If the taxpayers, some who are not even fans, are paying for the stadium, they should have input who is in it.

[@larryhammer5183]

Less cap hit and more years of Groper Cleveland! Hahahaha!! Cleveland is gonna Cleveland!

[@bakerman1971]

As a Buccaneers fan, I want to personally thank the Cleveland Browns organization for being so stupid.

[@aaronclay4665]

Baker is avg….. baker is only good if he has a whole ass team….. baker will let you down. But grats

[@bakerman1971]

@aaronclay4665 You're hating on Baker but the last time Cleveland won a playoff game, he was the quarterback. Cleveland was trash for over twenty years before Baker got there and trash since the Browns did him dirty.

[@unsane78]

Football is a whole ass team sport

[@bakerman1971]

@@unsane78 Cleveland made a bad move by signing a whole ass and shitting on Baker.

[@Wade-22]

Yes. You’re happy and then sad. The Baker experience.

[@followerofchrist4060]

Thank God probably means no qb in the 1st looks like the browns are trying to keep Eli in brown next season as a raiders fan couldn’t be happier

[@droppin_sik_beets]

He will be on the bench by week 6.

[@jasoncampbell5518]

Really ? He won't even be eligible to return to the field until week 8 2025. Unfortunately DTR will be the starter week 1 and Watson if healthy will play the rest of thr year .

[@kicka11]

Less money but open access to physical therapists.

[@DZCARDZ]

Best play he has made in 7 games

[@SportsProductionzzzzz]

Just get rid of him man

[@lightingbolt8148]

They can’t. The hit would be massive

[@TimothyJohnson-lx4ct]

If the salary cap in 2025 stays close to what it is now, it will be around 255-260 million. If they release Watson they will have a dead cap hit 119 million is 2025 and 73 million in 2026. They would need to trade their 7-8 highest paid players for draft picks and then use the cheapest roster constructed in the past 10-15 years. They'd basically be playing only players on rookie contracts. It's their fault, they never should have given him all that guaranteed money.

[@aaronclay4665]

@@TimothyJohnson-lx4ct nah, it had to be done….baker requested a trade like a bitch when the browns looked around so they were stuck, so they had to throw a fully guaranteed contract at him. It was a good move that turned out bad, but for a lot of reasons, Watson has played no more than 6 games a season He was 3 and 3 5 and 1 ‘( Chubb got hurt the game he lost) And 2 and 4 or 5 this year… That’s 500, 800 and 250 He was suspended 11 games Hurt for 11 games And hurt for 11 or 10 games The worst thing that happen is the injuries, not just to him but the team these 3 years, browns online have been hurt and a mash unit for the last 2 years……this is no one’s fault, injuries happen, but coaching has not been the best on offense either. What happen to the browns these last 3 years are death by 1000 cuts, but we even made the playoffs last year.. I’m not excusing everyone, has Watson played bad. SURE, but with a shoulder injury that no one’s seen in football( it’s a baseball injury) and not even one whole year of playing full games, just can’t pin it all on him and add coaching and injury and wr dropping passes and fumbling….. confidence in himself the team and fans I can see why ppl are mad,and throw on top of it how the media said it was a bad contract( it’s was not it was 46 million a year…….Our gm just kept pushing cap hit back in years which is why the hit is so high now, but he did that to fit players under the cap 46 million a year for a qb is cheap) But ppl listen to media and there narrative so they blame it all on qb, Watson is too emotional and he lets it bother him. As a browns fan I just have to hope, we are healthy next year, Watson is ready by week 5 or 6 And is mentally tough and has a chip on his shoulder and is good next year and the year after, cuz we have 2 more years of him regardless.

[@andrewschuschu3499]

Oh yay, Cleveland is going to love hearing he could be around longer 😜

[@chirocket4791]

Browns forced to kick the can down the road again.

[@franthevan65]

Don’t matter dude never been the same now with a torn Achilles he definitely ain’t gonna be the same

[@PinstripePride85]

Such a waste of money. He will just come back to get injured again and let the entire browns organization down again for what the 4th time in how many years? 4. Dude can’t play a full season

[@jay-zeelterbilinsky3977]

Watson deal was worse than Keuhn for Colavito

[@PinstripePride85]

They should draft a starting qb that can play more than a half season.

[@jackburton7562]

Well at least we're not the Jets

[@alexandresylvain2186]

this shouldn't exist shame on Nfl

[@IanRobinson-m8j]

We all know the Browns ownership and management are a joke, the fact they sat down with this guy to 'restructure' is just confirmation that they are even more idiotic than we thought.

[@kleard2]

Will restructuring the contract make him play better?

[@droppin_sik_beets]

Nope

[@nextlevelmartialarts]

Worst signing EVER!!!!!!

[@uptobro]

Free Myles Garrett he's way too talented to be on such a dud team. Send him to the Ravens, thanks

[@charmerci]

"Hey, I'll give you guys another year to overpay me." Oh how generous!

[@crackheadjoedirt]

Hopefully this means they aren’t drafting a QB, unless this restructure is for trade value.

[@anthonyslazas6413]

Now they can a bunch of dead cap money when he's no longer under contract!

[@nextlevelmartialarts]

Yeah, another great idea

[@jasoncampbell5518]

Extending Watson a year keeps him under contract until the 72..9 million cap hit falls off .

[@ClydeMcGuire-f5m]

I told my close friends this was the worst deal in Brown's history. Before they signed him. Plus two weak back up QB's. Need new Owners, front office and coach.

[@user-cg6os5jk8w]

Browns need a complete overhaul from top to bottom and probably new ownership as well

[@kevintuffy2235]

The browns could pay him one dollar and the fans would still want him out. TAKE THE L BROWNS OWNERSHIP.

[@mikephillips1043]

It's like not 1 person in the comments understands contracts in football. The salary cap goes up 8-10% every year. So they add on another year but dont pay him any more money. If they cut him now its like 140mil dead for 2 years. If they hold on to him this year and cut him for 26 it effectively splits the 80mil ish over 2 years meaning about 40mil and thats AFRER the cap has had 2 8-10% increases meaning the cap is a fair bit heavier. This isnt a credit card where pushing money down the road means you'll get fucked in football YOU WANT TO KICK THE CAN!! It's accounting 101. This is a great move for the Brown's. Was the Watson deal bad sure but they went for an MVP caliber player who just never got his game back. At least they tried. It failed. Move on.

[@Brandon-h3d8h]

If I were him, I wouldn't do it . He's done after this he's not even a backup in this league anymore

[@klove5765]

Why would you spread guaranteed money in 2 years over 3 and not get extra money, this guy is leaving things out

[@tarikshell9719]

Bad ownership and front office management on Cleveland part

[@kyledurning]

Is he asking for less, because if he came to me asking for a raise with these stats, i would send him back to college (to get a clue).

[@mvpsportscenter6172]

Idk if people remember this but Watson actually for as good as he was had a few injuries in college though his 4yrs bro probably just needs a New Team/franchise to get right n healthy he hasn't been healthy or played a full season since he got there to Cleveland he missed only 1yr in Houston ☠️☠️ n like 4 games another.

[@Present4]

Whats his win/loss record since he has been at the Browns?

[@YusefUno]

No sympathy for the Browns organization who made their own bed when the club decided in 2017 to tank that entire season to draft Baker Mayfield. Deshaun fell right to them at pick 12 and they traded it Houston. Nobody in Cleveland wants to acknowledge those facts that the Browns could have taken Deshaun straight up at number 12 in 2017, but Jimmy decided they would be better off losing every game in 2017 to get Baker Mayfield. Remember Jimmy used a first round pick to draft Johnny Manzeil. You can’t make this shit up. So what happens when Deshaun becomes a free agent, Jimmy has to throw mad money at him to make up his stupid decision not to draft Deshaun in 2017 The Browns made their own bed with ass backward decision making. I pray Deshaun makes a full recovery. Karma is real and there’s a Karmetic reason why the City of Cleveland has gone through 60 years of football frustration. You kinda get what you deserve.

[@RCDesertRat]

So the Browns officially removed themselves from the 2025 and 2026 playoffs.

[@richardfratus7726]

at this point of the season, wouldnt the Browns be stupid to try to win the last two meaningless games??

[@Rem1Gnova]

He should be having his liberty restructured

[@cguy2guy511]

I came here to downvote and complain because this is not breaking news, I guess even cbs's clickbaity

[@johnreyes1749]

He should actually play for free considering how horrible he’s been😖

[@Scout951-h3g]

Browns deserve all the problems this idiotic contract brings.

[@jefeseason4990]

The hate for Watson is ridiculous this is not the worst contract in history not the worst trade.

[@Wethecitizens1776]

What trade and contract was worse?

[@jasoncampbell5518]

You Sir coukd not be more wrong even if your comment wss on purpose .

[@channingbanks5786]

He’s getting cut or traded💯

[@curtisb8557]

traded haha😂haha😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@charlescole3040]

Haslam is an even worse owner than the execrable Art Modell was. What a woebegotten franchise!

[@SpontaneousOracle]

I pity the QB the Browns draft. Until he gets a chance to leave his career will be a dumpster fire.

[@sheldoncedwardthibault3599]

Dumpster fire in #ClevelandBrowns in 2025 & 2026!

[@bbkmm1]

Browns is going to absolutely bring in QB competition......as long as he's worse than DeShaun. Or he won't make the team. Competing to be the worst.

[@debrajohnson4689]

Happy Ending ;)

[@danoutdoors1]

Thanks for the nothing burger report! Watson's sponsors (Hand and Stone Massage and Spa Envy) are relieved he is still the face of the Browns.

[@lowrollerscratcher3563]

Mayfield baker is laughing to the brown. Karma hit them badly by let mayfield baker go.

[@davev3559]

They traded Baker for a creep who goodell called a predator.Mayfield won in the playoffs at Pittsburgh. Was undefeated against Cinci. Flacco went to the playoffs and they declined to renew his contract. Berry is content throwing 2 more seasons away cause Haslam secretly bets against the team to make millions. Berry is a racist which is the only thing that explains keeping 3 black qbs that aren't even in Baker or Flacco's league of talent. throw Jimmy and Dee in jail for their rebate fraud scam where these 2 creeps belong.

[@DragonGodSmith3000]

The fbi says otherwise about watson. Yes he’s been trash i’d say it’s more mental with watson than anything his offensive line and wrs haven’t helped at all even under Winston this is showing how shitty they are. The browns have a skill issue and coaching problem. They need fa help and draft help on offense defense they need linebackers and edge rushers

[@tjizzle8155]

With an o line Watson will be unstoppable....gotta have an oline

[@MattGunn-r6j]

Deshun Watson finna be the goat wen he comes back from injury

[@Dan-tp3py]

Spell check?

[@MattGunn-r6j]

@Dan-tp3py he's the goat of Cleveland spell check that

[@Dan-tp3py]

@@MattGunn-r6j who, Deshun wen he finna ….. ??? Wordz is hard, fool.

[@richardzacharias2197]

Watson, the biggest joke in the NFL

[@DisturbedOne2000]

Miles Garrett talent wasted

[@tdog1983-v6c]

He FINESSED the browns for 230 mill. Was a garbage qb from the get go, getting all his money

[@williejohnson5172]

One of these days you Browns fans are going to have to wake up. Haslem has been one of the best owners in football. The Browns stank and still stink. They were at best a .500 team with Baker (don't get distracted by those two lucky playoff years). Baker was not beating the Lamars and Joe Burrows of the world. They had to get someone to compete. Watson at the time was an allworld qb. There was a bidding war for him. Haslem put his money where his mouth was and went out and got him AT A BARGAIN!!!! Good qbs were going at 50 a year when he got him and are at 60 million a year now. Over 5 years he beat market prices so money wise he was correct. Player wise Watson stinks but that's not his fault. THAT"S STAFANSKI'S FAULT!!!! Or at least partially his fault. Haslem took a swing for the fences and missed but at least he tried. Any qb you get you will have to pay a large premium. Even a draft pick could refuse and just go back to living off his NIL money. What they should do is tank these next two years (that's why you keep Watson). Trade back. Get boatloads of picks and trade Myles. Reload and rebuild and have a solid team for when the stadium is built.

[@szn1580]

Massage time!!

[@raulhavana5448]

Going to become a 30 year mortgage. 😂

[@user-vr9tf9ly2m]

What matters: Lean on Jesus! Jesus loves you and knows you by name! Christ Jesus is knocking at your door! Let Him in! Jesus has saved me!! ✝❤🙏💪

[@Drock35-d5p]

I can’t believe there keeping him around . He is not a leader and has always been overrated . ✌🏻

[@andrewgrove1691]

Good choice

[@Rob_G716]

Watson is garbage

[@chicagokid8735]

Had too 😂he the reason every quarter back getting 250 million 🚨 Lamar should got 250

[@maraboutserieuxethonnete9255]

Un jeu qui me fait plus peur

[@DrPhill96]

Get that money, D-Wat!!!! 😏

[@larrykinsella8282]

Really?

[@DrPhill96]

@ - REALLY!!

[@73ajd1]

Try earning it.

[@DrPhill96]

@ - It’s not about what you earned it’s about what you can leverage. Glad he is a $230M man - ALL FOR SURE MONEY!!!

[@73ajd1]

@DrPhill96 maybe you'd see it differently if you had to pay that money for nothing in return.

[@RickG-d5m]

Well, that sucks just like watson sucks! Unfortunately, that means his lame ass will be in Cleveland for at least 2 more years!! Worst trade ever!!!

[@michaelroelant7134]

As a cards fan kyler is the same as watson