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Will Deshaun Watson’s contract go down as the worst NFL contract of all time? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Chippopotanuse@alien.top to c/nfl@nfl.community

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He had huge red flags in terms of character, has been a compete bust and is making Jamarcus Russell’s deal look like a bargain.

Cleveland could have been a SB contender with a decent QB and instead they gave their fans this epic disaster.

If this isn’t the worst contract of all time, what signings are worse?

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[–] Vengefuleight@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

A - Browns absolutely tanked any goodwill people outside their market had towards them. Signing a known predator will do that. They went from love able losers to major villains overnight.

B - Signaled to any future QB that’s drafted that not only will you be destroyed playing here, you will be tossed away at the first opportunity (Baker Mayfield).

C - Fully guaranteed a contract for an amount that was so out of the market value, the next few contracts actually fell back in line thus proving how stupid a contract it was.

D - for all this loss of goodwill and money…they likely won’t even get a single solitary playoff appearance out of Watson.

There was zero upside to this. None. Nadda. They would have been better off riding Baler Mayfield until his arm fell off. They would have been better trying to get a 46 year old Brady out there. They would have been better trying to ritualistically summon the ghost of Johnny Unitas to try and play for them.