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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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[–] BlaBlub85@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The Jawalrus situation isnt even comparable to Watson imho, huge upfront (without having seen them play in the NFL) contracts for the no.1 overall pick were just the norm at the time.

Now idk if he had any character concerns before the draft because its been well over a decade but hes "just" a high level draft bust imho. We remember him for the insane storys (empty CD), cause he checked out and got fat once he realized he cant just wing it anymore at the NFL level and has to put actual work in and cause he was drafted no.1 overall and busts of this level are pretty rare at that position. Even the first overall picks that dont work out stick around as journeymen or backups for a while (D.Carr, Jameis)

Now Watson on the other hand....known character AND legal issues, huge investment in draft capital and a huge ammount of money guaranteed structured in a way that completely fucks over the franchise even if hes only mid instead of the trash weve seen from him since....that contract wins worst of all time by a margin