NFL

Now. Today.

When the last "n" went from pen to paper

Could?

Try it already is.

Now, now sounds pretty good.

Yep. It was stupid to pay a guy who hasn’t played in 2 years a 250 mil guaranteed contract.

It was a disaster the moment it happened

It was a Disaster when it happened. Both financially and 'Fuck that ENTIRE organization right to the ROOTS'ly.

NOW. RIGHT FUCKING NOW.

Yes. Indubitably.

Aka it was a disaster the moment they made it... but only because they then doubled down and gave him that utterly ridiculous contract.

I'd say 'what a shame', but I'm not all that for Browns, so thanks Browns for trading for him from the Texans!

/Love me some CJ Stroud right about now.

Day 1?

When the Wilson trade isn’t a bigger disaster.

Now?

umm immediately after it was completed?

Now

It's already been deemed a disaster.Luckily there at least competitive

Now

The Browns are a disaster so his signing was just the norm

About 4-5 months ago

I mean we're way past that point.

We're 4-2. Let's just enjoy the season for a bit.

He had to come back and be a top 5 QB for it to be worthwhile. He has since been a bottom 10 QB on the rare occasions where he’s actually played.

It was pretty clear it would be a bad trade from the moment it happened, and it has been proven since the start of this year basically.

Let’s not forget - Saints, Panthers, Falcons also had trade proposals for Watson

The only thing that would make it not a disaster is getting to a couple SBs but until then...

When Watson was accused of sexually assaulting 23 people.

This subs total fixation with the situation is boring as fuck. Theres so much more interesting things going on in the league but there's 4 posts about this at the top of the sub every damn day.

Now. Also the day of the trade.

Also now. Whatever day you read this is a day too late.

It amazes me how no one in Cleveland tried to stop it. I still can't wrap my head around it.

I’m sorry, but I’m one of the few that still don’t see it as a bad trade. He has what? 3 more guaranteed years? If he makes a deep playoff run in that last year, it would be worth it- no?

Now

Wasn’t it dubbed that as soon as it was announced? And nothing he’s done since then has changed that narrative.

the minute it happened?

When they came up with the idea of trading for him knowing what he did

Has it not been being considered one for months now?

When it happened.

When everyone signed the contract

When the dolphins who were anti-tua at that point backed out of trading for watson at the last minute, the Browns should have rethought things. See, the thing about rushing to make a mistake as a franchise isn't just that you hurt yourself, it's that you keep another franchise from making that mistake. By not dumping Tua for watson, miami let the browns be the guys who made that mistake.

ATM Watson is the 26th rated QB by rating. He's 24th by qbr if you like it. Either way, this super expensive guy with a fully guaranteed contract who also cost you picks is stuck in the bottom quarter of QBs and needs to be dumped. But the browns can't dump him.

The biggest failure is if the Browns had an average QB, their defense would let them make a superbowl run. Baker Mayfield today, who the browns cut lose, would probably good enough with their defense to make a superbowl run. Crazy how that worked out.

At this point they've got a good chance of making the playoffs, but I don't think they'd last long. So considering how he's playing, it's already a disaster because the defense is ready now and he isn't.

https://youtu.be/EUMC_raxpSc?si=6YQfiIGqJHDrBK1C

Day 1 easily

1. Agreeing to a fully guaranteed, market-setting contract for a guy that hadn't played in two years.

2. Moving forward with the contract after he was credibly accused of multiple instances of sexual assault.

3. When he started and has continued to play like absolute dogwater.

Really, any of those would have been it, but combined they've set a standard for ineptitude that has exceeded even previous Browns-related expecations.

It’s been a disaster from the word go. The league’s ultimate underdog became instantly hated and the sex offender hasn’t been any good.

Not to mention the $230 million guaranteed

Now? The guy is a joke

lol the second the trade happened

At the point r/nfl stops obsessing over it

Is right when the trade happened an option?

I don't remember a single positive take on that trade from anyone other than the team's own press conferences. Not only did everyone from reddit to media pundits to your uncle think it was idiotic at the time, it somehow looks even worse in retrospect.

It was from day 1

End of next season

Yay this topic again.