"They Must Move On" - Rich Eisen Reacts to Browns QB DeShaun Watson's Huge Injury Setback

[@colmodriscoll33]

This deal will go down as one of the worst deals of all time.

[@archon9383]

The worst in NFL history, unquestionably. Wasted a period of time where the Browns had potential HoF talent on both sides of the ball, and mortgaged their future for the next half decade because they guaranteed absurd money to a sexual predator without a Super Bowl ring.

[@StereoClassics]

500 million?

[@Tommy9834]

If there was any doubt about that, the football gods put a final stamp on it.

[@mattpujol1111]

Not only the contract, but trading the haul of picks to acquire him. Just the biggest front office blunder of all time and maybe only the Russell Wilson trade/contract comes remotely close.

[@Ballin-97]

Also consider they got rid of Baker by trading him for a future 5th round pick to make room for Watson too. The Watson trade is easily the worst in history

[@SophisticatedBob]

Nobody wants to hear it, but this is karma. The Browns ignored everything awful about that man, and paid him an obscene amount of money, and karma has bitten them in the rear.

[@johnchedsey1306]

Oh, lots of people acknowledge this. And you're right, it is karma.

[@mafia_dave32]

This is all on Hasslam .

[@dkgdkg2178]

Absolutely Right!! He got what he deserves and the Browns got what they deserved. So very sorry for the fans.

[@E3cubed]

Plus, Mayfield revitalized the franchise and they treated him like dirt for this guy. Definitely got what they deserved..

[@neal5068]

What's "awful" about him?

[@dominicpecze1194]

Shout out to everyone who gave the side eye when they signed him to $230 million guaranteed with 2 dozen cases

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

Shout out to the Baker Bros. They were right all along.

[@A04QUE]

It’s not your money….

[@mw7379]

Greatest agent of all time! 19 games and 230 mil! Good lawd!

[@curtisb8557]

19 games played, over 20 women accuse him. that's more than 10 mil per start. good for him,and shame on everyone involved. remember if you did what he did, you would be in prison.

[@TheIkeman74]

Injuries n Performance is the issues here guy . Athletes that have dealt with “cases” but performed are Atlantic Ocean long . You perform, nobody cares

[@DYoon007]

The Browns and Watson really deserved each other.

[@lexingtonconcord8751]

Perfect comment 👌🏻

[@AsifKhan-hf9zy]

The Cleveland Talibans?

[@Kube_Dog]

They need to get Tyreek, Antonio Brown, unretire Cam Newton... just keep getting more and more clown.

[@trevorD1156]

However they got there everyone in Cleveland is happier drafting a new QB than being a WC waiting on Baker to throw a pick 6 and blow it.

[@thomy1955]

​@@Kube_Dogwhat has Cam Newton done that comes even close anything that AB, Tyreek or Watson have done?

[@primafacie9721]

Even the Bears look like QB wizards when it comes to the Browns handling their QB situation.

[@hightide7662]

A peak browns qb is better than a peak bears qb unfortunately tho. We’re still waiting for a qb to throw for 3900 yards

[@revlo1557]

😂😂😂 that’s hella hella bad!

[@hightide7662]

@@revlo1557 we’ve crossed the 3800 mark only twice in 100 years I’m pretty sure. It’s tough being a bears fan we watch games hoping our offense can manage to get a good punt off and then see if the D/ST can put points on the board

[@matthewgrasso7167]

You are correct. But, the Bears took Trubisky over Watson (and Mahommes), if only the Bears took Watson, traded him to the Browns for the first rounders then we could have enjoyed the comedy of the Bears blowing all three of those picks. FML.

[@russc788]

To be fair, Caleb should be alright with a decent coach and OLine (and running game).

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

Miss Baker yet?

[@lottji]

I called this one so hard when it happened. Such a dumb move, and they have nobody to blame but themselves 😂

[@robertpesa4157]

Not at all, I went down to Tampa with him to watch all his success 😂.

[@FaceDisabler]

Nope. he quit on the browns before that season was over, revisionist history 🤣

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

@@lottji They LITERALLY HAD THEIR GUY. And it STILL WASN’T ENOUGH.

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

@@robertpesa4157 At this point, if Baker keeps winning playoff games, that will be enough of an indictment against Cleveland.

[@tanksherman9875]

Baker this year: 4500 yards, 41 TDs, 16 picks😂

[@DavidAllen-dk1ib]

Damn I hope the Bucs win a SB.

[@A1BASE]

I had Baker in fantasy. It certainly FELT like more picks than that! X)

[@softjones3128]

@@DavidAllen-dk1iblol not a chance. Baker choked against saints which was basically a playoff game. Saints are so bad it didn’t matter.

[@aclarkedesign]

@@A1BASE Me too. He was averaging like 23 points. He had a couple of duds but pretty much money all year.

[@alekwhite5560]

MVP numbers lol as well

[@chrishoj5277]

Baker Mayfield was the adult in the room.

[@user-vr9tf9ly2m]

What we need: Repent and follow Christ Jesus! Praise Jesus Christ! Pray to Jesus! Have faith in Jesus! Get Baptized in Jesus Name! Read the Bible! 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!! ✝❤🙏💪‬

[@batdogbestdog3917]

No no no remember they had to get a REAL adult in the room who has done absolutely nothing but drain the franchise dry.

[@adangracia3763]

Not when they dumped him he wasn't. He became an adult later, after the bucs took him in..

[@atg1338]

No 💩

[@curiousityman8327]

As as browns fan from Cleveland, a local sports talk analysts said it perfectly like right on the dot…..if the browns had been more mature and baker had been more mature the relationship could’ve worked. Neither were. You can’t blame it on one more than the other.

[@robertcongdon6296]

The Browns screwed the pooch and must pay the consequences. They made a massive misjudgement and I have no sympathy for them. NFL owners have more money than common sense.

[@metpach]

I'll never understand how so many stupid people can have so much money. I thought you had to be smart to get rich. I guess I'm wrong on that account. Maybe you just have to be lucky.

[@DeeMay-u4r]

What I want to know is what was he doing to rupture his Achilles. I thought he was rehabbing

[@datoxic]

​@@metpach you should check out this dude named Elon musk

[@wrathofoprah9557]

All the BS slander they threw at Baker to try and make Watson palatable, they deserve this.

[@Hiccuple]

I'll never understand why they moved on from Baker. I was screaming from the mountain tops, "YOU IDIOTS!" They had a legit QB in a shitty place and on a shitty team who wanted to be there. My mind is still blown how a team could still chase after defeat/to lose instead of wanting to win. There's no way you can say that team/ organization was serious about winning when they went after Watson.

[@DrPhill96]

Because Baker was TRASH.

[@rkane19]

Browns 100% put themselves into this situation themselves. They deserve everything that comes with this.

[@DeeMay-u4r]

The owner for sure but not the fans

[@jacklawrence3971]

The problem with him being 31 isn't that a QB can't come back at 31, it's that he's a scrambling QB coming back from an achilles injury at the age of 31. He's a mobile quarterback who has to come back from two successive achilles tendon ruptures at the age of 31. They use the example of Matthew Stafford, but this isn't like Stafford. This is more similar to RG3

[@lynnglidewell7367]

It was ridiculous of Rich to compare Watson to Stafford. Are you kidding? Watson will never be a Stafford. Watson's value was his legs Stafford is his arm. Get real.

[@skidMark_69]

He doesn’t even scramble anymore. He even scoffed at the idea of having more designed QB runs this year before his injury. Massive case of karma came around and booted him in the nards 😂

[@CorePathway]

The problem with a QB that sucks is that he sucks AND is getting older. Well, at least he can afford lots and lots and lots of “massages”

[@Kube_Dog]

You're right, but don't overthink it. DeClown is just a clown. Period. Turn the page. Close the book.

[@mellotainment]

Nope ! Rg3 did not have no where near character flaws like this jerk , he just got injured and mishandled by the redskins coaches and let that boy play in that game ,I was there mike shanahan should be ashamed of himself

[@insertclevername4123]

Jameis looked like Joe Flacco 2.0, then turned into Jameis Winston 2.0.

[@nnjjee1]

lolol

[@edwardlamar3650]

Winston is a bust

[@alexanderednie1205]

This is the universes way of saying don’t be a sexual predator

[@DDog-e9y]

No, this is the universe's way of saying don't reward a sexual predator with a fully guaranteed contract. Watson will get all of his money and now he doesn't even have to play.

[@Mumbojumbo20]

He still came out of this a multimillionaire so karma not hit him that hard

[@charlie-obrien]

@@DDog-e9y K.A.R.M.A!

[@AsifKhan-hf9zy]

universe is saying, here is 200 mill, spend more time getting massages while being injured instead of spending same time earning the money on the field..........

[@clintzeke]

@@DDog-e9y let me start by saying I wld never condone any woman getting hurt or disrespected in any way…..but people keep speaking of S.A. but what did the man really do? He got charged in public opinion but not in court. I’m not a fan of the Browns or him, just don’t like a man getting ran through the mud for no reason. Finally the contract is horrible even if it was Mahomes

[@Ishai1]

All of these injuries started after he could no longer get his massages...

[@nofxrancid9837]

😂 true

[@nelsonc6173]

LMAO!

[@the_art_of_leisure]

well played lol. That is a good.

[@LeaveMyFreedomBe]

LOL but he's laughing his way to the bank.

[@Possiblechange]

@@LeaveMyFreedomBeand still broke inside …

[@freddyc1995]

Couldn't have happened to a worse dude.

[@softjones3128]

No worse than how many dudes in the league. Basically Robert Kraft

[@freddyc1995]

@ Braindead take. If you can’t see the difference idk what to tell you.

[@Kube_Dog]

@@softjones3128 Worse. He's terrible. He should move in with Tyreek and live happily ever after.

[@MichaelRucker-ns5po]

There is gonna be a 30 for 30 on this dude. His fall from grace on and off the field is ASTOUNDING wow. This was an awful trade and deal

[@eseir64]

Yeah, but he is $230M richer. That right there is success

[@MichaelRucker-ns5po]

@@eseir64 yeah he is lol. Cleveland is left looking stupid

[@someperson8151]

Minus the settlements and what the government takes.

[@TheIkeman74]

Fall from grace my axe. For $230m you’ll sign up for worse than what he went through

[@TheIkeman74]

@@MichaelRucker-ns5po some of you do not understand money. What Cleveland gave Desean is also what Jerry Jones paid for a Yacht. Cleveland will be just fine . Btw anybody in Denver crying about RW contract?

[@Bi9Clapper]

Browns still picking QBs in the draft and Baker is in the playoffs, love to see it.

[@lucasgales3008]

I never rout for injuries but this was sweet to hear

[@hmsljj]

How does Brown's GM Andrew Berry still have a job?

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

Taking credit for John Dorsey’s foundation.

[@insertclevername4123]

I think because Haslam has more fingerprints on this than Berry. Even if Berry were 100% the driving factor behind going after him in the first place (which would have been bad enough in all sorts of ways), after Watson turned them down the first time I don't think there's any way the deal gets THAT stupid without the hillbilly Bond villain signing off on selling out the entire franchise to change his mind.

[@mikephillips1043]

It clearly wasnt Berrys Idea it was Haslems. If a GM wasted a quarter billion on a guy being suspended for SA and does nothing but get hurt and lose when he actually does see the field would you let the guy that wasted a quarter billion continue to run your team? Or would you keep the guy somehow managing to keep your best players while finding other key guys to play all while being a competitive team IF you have a competent QB under center that week?

[@someperson8151]

Maybe Dee has a liking for him😅

[@Nate12-]

You know the answer.

[@formulam6]

baker has to be laughing his butt off.

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

@@formulam6 I don’t think Baker thinks about them at all XD

[@MarcangeloRodriguez]

Never wanted baker to leave, he’s why I became a browns fan. Now i got no words left.

[@BODHI__]

One of the best arguments to make you believe in karma.

[@chrisanders713]

Doesn't exist.

[@thomy1955]

I guy gets paid 200 mil despite 20 plus cases against him is not really karma

[@ChampaBayBeast]

THANK YOU FOR BAKER

[@dwjoseph59]

"The factory of sadness" STRIKES AGAIN!!

[@michelrenehasselberg3468]

This is now unanimous the worst deal in NFL history. There is no discussion anymore. None. It’s Over.

[@orbitsun]

The only thing that comes close was The Steelers hiring Tomlin.

[@nikonmark37814]

Who feels sorry for DeShaun Watson? NOT ME!

[@BobBaker-v9v]

NOBODY

[@DrPhill96]

Me

[@liraloo]

@@nikonmark37814 He laughs all the way to the bank

[@MG-ei7pt]

And remember when Shannon Sharpe thought Texans drafting Watson was much smarter than Chiefs taking Mahomes?

[@RhysFletcher-e8w]

Karma for giving a predator this contract. The Browns deserve all of this.

[@SGBassplayer]

Kirk Cousins has a no-trade clause in his Falcons contract because of course he does. The likelihood of him agreeing to let the Falcons off the hook by agreeing to play for one of the few organizations in the League worse than the one he’s already on seems pretty slim.

[@vistalite]

Slim, but Kirk has a relationship with Stephanski, his old coach from Minnesota.

[@GivinGame]

The falcons are one of the worst organizations as well

[@jarred9317]

If I were Sanders or Ward I would tell everyone right now, "Cleveland can kick rocks, I'll train for a year if they pick me."

[@bradyazell]

The Brownies had Baker and let him go. That's got to be right up there with the worst QB moves of all time.

[@JohnRigby5011]

As a Browns fan I was happy when I saw this news this morning thank god

[@DrPhill96]

Did your kid write that comment?

[@keim3548]

The cause of this injury started years ago when DeShaun told the therapists "no, not my calves"

[@gregsutton2400]

QBs should be able to refuse to go to the Browns.

[@rcud1]

Why does nobody ever talk about that the Browns probably should have kept Baker and the Jets should have kept Darnold??? Heck can you imagine the Bills cutting Josh Allen after his first 2 years?

[@angelawilliamson6107]

The Jets are about as good at making decisions as the Browns, so it doesn't surprise me they gave up Darnold. I'm actually really happy to see him thriving on the Vikings now. Sometimes the problem is the organization, not the player. In the Browns' case it happens to be both.

[@charlesfaure1189]

Put Darnold in a Jets lineup, you'll get the same Sam Darnold.

[@NoToBigBro]

When he was at Houston, I thought he was the slowest "mobile" QB in NFL history. Numbers looked good, but I never understood the hype.

[@Kube_Dog]

Great at Clemson. The running QB can be productive immediately in the NFL and he was for a Texans team desperate for someone to believe in. Plus media hype for any halfway decent DEI quarterback. So, that's how.

[@blackspider1405]

@@Kube_Dog so the one black dude is the DEI quarterback... how... convenient..

[@DavePybus1]

Who the F makes up these deals?

[@theVHSvlog]

Jimbo James Haslam

[@toddtaylor6506]

Moronic owners who think they can buy a SB with one player.

[@robertpesa4157]

Jimmy Jam

[@frippertonics6421]

Owners who don't let football people make football decisions...

[@FrankBevins-kh7mq]

Right man i work harder than these guys at labor jobs for 8 hours. 😂 pay me like that

[@scottym.9077]

The Browns organization deserves this for being so desperate that they inflated the QB market to an unsustainable level for the whole league. It’s been 25 years guys. Learn how to develop QBs for Pete’s sake!

[@bryanclark3151]

Watson hasn't had a good QB season since 2020. He's started just 19 games since then and hasn't played well. There's a strong chance he's done as an NFL starting QB.

[@jamesknapp64]

He was the worst starter in the league last season. B3fore he got hurt. He's done

[@kbob9625]

Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person…

[@toddtaylor6506]

His career is over. The off the field stuff will forever hang over his head, he wasn't good when he did play in Cleveland and now, he's hurt again. The NFL is a cold business, as it needs to be, and it's all about what have you done for me lately.

[@jeff8366]

Imagine how good this team would be with Baker, all those draft picks, and no massive cap issue.

[@matthewsawczyn6592]

Imagine all the players they could have signed with that $230 million guaranteed

[@lobsterhands]

Thank you Kharma.

[@ChrisSmith-tr4lg]

I may be wrong, but if he is on IR for the whole season, only half his salary hits the cap. This may be the best case scenario for the browns for cap space.

[@wishlish]

Unfortunately, because his contract is fully guaranteed, his full contract will count against the cap. The only way the Browns will get salary cap relief is if something happens that would cause the commissioner to suspend him.

[@randyboyce4796]

They get some kind of salary cap relief from their insurance policies that they took out on him

[@alexamerling79]

From the Texans perspective, this is one of the greatest heists in NFL history.

[@FIFODavid]

Get well never, DeHarvey Watstein.

[@orbitsun]

Clever, and kudos.

[@bobsager]

Man, it must be SO tough to be a Browns fan!

[@lynnglidewell7367]

lol

[@dwjoseph59]

"The factory of sadness"

[@randomhandle]

40+ years of misery. You have no idea.

[@bobsager]

@@randomhandle bummer. 😐

[@orbitsun]

Especially knowing that the real Browns are in Baltimore.

[@orbitsun]

As a Baker Mayfield fan, I'm loving this. Screw you, Jimmy Haslam.

[@JoelElRican]

Thanks, Browns Sincerely, Bucs Nation

[@andriylakusta]

The name "Browns" for this organization is so appropriate, because they are deffinately a, well you know the word that matches the color, organization

[@rpm773]

The first incarnation has done alright for itself since leaving Ohio. Which probably makes it worse for the folks in Cleveland.

[@WilliamOwens-o3b]

Im serious here.. has there ever been a situation in sports where everyone including Cleveland knew this was a horrible idea and it still somehow ended being way worse then every one expected even though we all knew it was going be bad before he even took his first snap .....i mean this ended up exactly the way it should have

[@darinjost902]

Looking at the Brown's history of ruining QB-1's why would Dion and Shedeur Sanders not tell Cleveland to trade the pick away cause there's no way they'll sign a contract.

[@coreywinchester7381]

The Browns will be forced to trade the number 2 pick overall to the Raiders for the number 6 pick a 3rd round pick and a 2026 first round pick. Brady gets his quarterback, and the Browns get more draft capital....🎉

[@matthewdershewitz6311]

Doesn't sound like this story has a happy ending, unlike most of his stories 😩

[@OvSpP]

Browns, last great quarterback, Bernie Kosar went to The U. Cam Ward is right there… history finds ways repeat itself!

[@someperson8151]

They had Vinnie Testaverde too.

[@martyc2637]

I live in Cleveland. This deal has cast a pall on this city . Cavs and Tribe have been great,but this is a football town and this deal has kicked our butt .

[@Rev.DavidJTowns]

If he hasn't been playing how is he blowing out his Achilles? What does this man do in his free time?

[@jvmlucky13]

It happened during a ‘massage’

[@Craigers8637]

Move on? They should of moved on after 3 dozen women accused him of sexual assault

[@colethedestroyer225]

Take the opportunity and move on Cleveland!

[@Cimmerian415]

This contract makes JaMarcus Russell's look like a bargain

[@natej84]

Watson and the browns are getting all the bad karma they deserve

[@chrisanders713]

Karma doesn't exist.

[@kennysarkadi4225]

Hate this situation for browns fans, but this is what that front office deserves.

[@joemelendez9790]

Shedeur Sanders won't go to the Browns. Deion Sanders won't let it happen.

[@Mike-v4c5l]

Browns don't need another narcissistic qb

[@obi2fred]

This is absolute comedy gold

[@trapdoorfloyd]

Cleveland is cursed.

[@LeaveMyFreedomBe]

Some teams just cannot pick good players or they pay too much.

[@SusanJonesCLRC]

Pretty sure that neither QB is a good fit for Stefanski. With his job on the line, I don't choose one of those in a prove it year. Build around the QB position, get a serviceable QB vet that does play in Stefanski's style, and go with a better QB option in next year's draft. We've seen enough of Watson and trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.

[@someperson8151]

Their 4 starting offensive linemen will be 30+ in age. The next QB won't make it through the season.

[@DeeMay-u4r]

Agree 💯

[@Sly_404]

That’s like crazy. Tearing the same Achilles tendon twice is happening very rarely.

[@Khanh.Nguyen369]

Surprised you and other Jets fans don’t trade next five first round picks for Watson and say he’s the missing link to a Super Bowl run.

[@TheLumpyOne]

Yeah....but that's obviously unrealistic. I mean, what's his Madden rating?! 🤣

[@Khanh.Nguyen369]

@ haha facts

[@insertclevername4123]

Your mouth to God's ears.

[@lynnglidewell7367]

lol

[@miked1400]

But I have always been told that black quarterbacks are never given a fair chance. This guy gets every chance and benefit of the doubt you can get. It seems the supply of racism has fallen short of the demand once again.

[@markb3451]

$73 million cap hit the next 2 seasons.

[@aaddaamm0088]

Don’t hear people saying that the Dolphins should’ve traded for him now…

[@jonathanstewart4800]

He deserves the humiliation and infamy that his career has become. The Browns Organization deserves the ridicule as well.

[@chrisanders713]

That is stupid. None of the charges stuck.

[@Slapnkids]

I don’t want to make light of an injury. But this entire Watson deal has become comically disastrous

[@BobK58]

He's got massage money.

[@chrisloomis1730]

I wonder if there is a good masseuse that could help

[@richardhoover7569]

Karma is real !!!!!!!!!!

[@Palefox27]

I remember saying this would bury the browns for a decade when they made the move.

[@jacobjohnson4763]

19 games in 5 years. This is a lesson for other owners. Not that they didn't hate this deal from the moment it was signed

[@martyharless5097]

Between sitting out an entire season in Houston, all of the sexual assault allegations, long suspension, and now these serious injuries along with being very ineffective in the time that he was not injured no team is going to want anything to do with him. He will be very fortunate to even be signed as a backup.

[@DeeMay-u4r]

I think he'll be out of the league

[@StereoClassics]

I doubt he even wants to play football anymore.

[@kadaffeeanderson3158]

As a Texans fan, it’s been the best case scenario for Houston and worse case for Browns. They were a winning team with Baker.

[@jackbryan4676]

Trades: Deshaun Watson (Browns), Russell Wilson (Broncos), Aaron Rodgers (Jets) Total draft picks given up: 14 First round draft picks given up: 6 Combined money spent: $429M guaranteed Combined win-loss record: 26-41 Playoff appearances: Zero A cautionary tale for all current and future GMs.

[@DavidWilliams-nm5jv]

"Next time he plays football." Yeah, right.

[@ComedyJakob]

I appreciate that BEFORE THIS Rich said it was an overreaction to move on from him

[@nicholasbraxton1342]

If you are talking about strictly football Shedeur is a great fit for Stefanski’s offense. I believe that he would be really good there because he fits that offense to a tee and, that offensive scheme fits his skillset

[@idiocide6609]

I dont think he starts another game for any team ever again.

[@paulkick7870]

Nice pun on "flexibility."

[@JBBooks-qv2kp]

Long-term deals are not usually good for the team.

[@IronMike212]

This will be the first time I think I’ve ever seen an athlete try to come back from a double Achilles rupture

[@christopherweise438]

What makes you think he will try to come back? He's got so much guaranteed money he doesn't have to come back. He's never getting another deal passed this one anyway. He's done.

[@blumpkins8000]

3 1st rd picks is crazy stuff

[@myrajhall7690]

It couldn’t have happened to a “ nicer “ guy.

[@amstel5468]

I was convinced months ago but now we don't have to listen to analysts tell us why they should pass on quarterback 🙄

[@commonsense752]

Truer words have not been spoken.

[@mackenzieblair8135]

Shadeur Sanders to Cleveland would be hilarious.

[@neuman281]

Wonder what Cleveland may have known about the achilles tendon situation. Is this a way for Clevelnad to get cap relief by extending contract void years? Tapping into insurance? Some combination to spread cap impact? Can this become the least painful way to walk away from this deal?

[@CycleCruza]

The Browns will never be much as long as the Haslems own the team. One of the best teams in the NFL is the old browns, the Ravens. It took the Browns moving to Baltimore and new ownership to be successful.

[@eseir64]

This is actually good news for Cleveland. They have been toasted from day one. Now they can move on.

[@DK-BayBay]

Publicly they were supportive, privately they've been looking towards potential replacements since spring. Once he got injured that was a wrap. The post season interview with players and coaches was really clear. As fans we didnt ask for this.