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True Dough

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15. This will make you feel so much better, Auggie!

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 03:16 PM

Mar 31

PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Cleveland Browns co-owner Jimmy Haslam on Monday called the team's trade for quarterback Deshaun Watson a "big swing-and-miss."

In March 2022, Cleveland acquired Watson from the Houston Texans in a trade package that included three first-round picks. The Browns then signed Watson to a $230 million contract that was fully guaranteed.

Since joining the Browns, Watson has started just 19 games because of suspension and injuries, posted one of the lowest Total QBRs in the NFL and suffered consecutive season-ending injuries in 2023 and 2024.

"We took a big swing-and-miss with Deshaun," Haslam said Monday at the league's annual meeting. "We thought we had the quarterback; we didn't. And we gave up a lot of draft picks to get him, so we've got to dig ourselves out of that hole.

"... [The trade] was an entire organization decision and it ends with Dee [Haslam] and I, so hold us accountable."

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44479689/browns-co-owner-admits-big-swing-miss-deshaun-watson

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Browns restructure Watson's contract again. [View all] Auggie Mar 7 OP

Five years True Dough Mar 7 #1

I'll counter with Andrew Berry, GM ... Auggie Mar 7 #2

I wonder if that one Browns fan Prof. Toru Tanaka Mar 7 #3

He dismantled it Auggie Mar 7 #4

I looked up the story about the jersey just now. Prof. Toru Tanaka Mar 7 #5

Indeed. There's a wikipedia page, though not as imaginative: Auggie Mar 7 #6

Finally! True Dough Mar 11 #7

Yeah, but what about my 49ers? Auggie Mar 11 #8

Hey, you seem to be a two-team kinda guy True Dough Mar 11 #9

I had it all 4 times: Cavs vs Golden State Auggie Mar 11 #10

And which team were you rooting for in each of those championship games/series? True Dough Mar 11 #11

Well ... Auggie Mar 12 #12

As of now, True Dough Mar 12 #13

Too early. Ask me in August. Auggie Mar 12 #14

This will make you feel so much better, Auggie! True Dough Mar 31 #15

That must make Watson feel good Auggie Mar 31 #16