Cleveland’s controversial franchise quarterback is not prepared to shut the door.
Deshaun Watson subtly fired again at what Jimmy Haslam needed to say about him on the NFL’s Annual League Assembly.
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The Cleveland Browns proprietor was candid about Watson’s time in Northeast Ohio.
“We took an enormous swing and miss with Deshaun,” Haslam mentioned, through Daniel Oyefusi of ESPN.
“We thought we had the quarterback, we didn’t and we gave up quite a lot of draft picks to get him. So we’ve obtained to dig ourselves out of that gap.
“[The trade] was a whole group resolution and it ends with Dee and I, so maintain us accountable.”
The commerce noticed Cleveland quit three-first spherical picks, a third-round decide and two fourth-round picks to the Houston Texans for Watson again in March of 2022.
Since then, Watson has appeared in a grand whole of 19 video games out of a doable 52 during the last three seasons.
He’s presently rehabbing his proper Achilles tendon after rerupturing it, placing his total 2025 season in jeopardy.
However none of that’s stopping the previous Professional-Bowler from believing in himself.
Watson took to Instagram to place out a transparent message, he nonetheless believes he’s a beginning quarterback within the Nationwide Soccer League.
“Everybody’s doubting me,” Watson mentioned.
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“Everybody do not consider in me.
“Everybody do not suppose that I can get again to the place I used to be. However I do know and I consider the work that I put in, what I consider in myself.
“The peace that I have been channeling these final couple months, I do know I will be approach higher than earlier than.”
Watson’s message to the general public angered followers, who took to the remark part to drop quite a few explicit-filled rants concerning the quarterback’s latest performances and hypocrisy.
It is noteworthy that Watson’s video of himself takes place contained in the Browns facility as he continues his rehab.
Whereas Haslam was extra easy together with his message to the general public about Watson, head coach Kevin Stefanski was extra buttoned up.
“[Watson is] doing an incredible job with rehab,” Browns coach Kevin Stefanski mentioned on the league assembly.
“He is in there each single day working very exhausting, however he is the place he’s imagined to be within the rehab after which we’ll simply type of take that at some point by day.”
Watson’s future in Cleveland stays unclear, however what’s sure is that the Browns nonetheless owe him $46 million in every of the subsequent two seasons and have $173 million in cap hits remaining on his contract.
Whereas they’ve restructured his $230 million totally assured contract a couple of occasions, the purpose nonetheless stays the identical.
It has been undeniably the worst contract given to a participant.
And Haslam has solely himself in charge, as he lastly admitted.
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