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Yep seems like a safe bet, and let’s not forget the haul of picks they gave up for the honor of giving a rapist that contract.

The only way its not the worst of all time is if he wins a superbowl

Worst,, and dumbest.

So far....

Is this a daily post now?

Well the rookie pay scale is now in effect thanks to Jamarcus Russell.

Already is

that boy is getting everything he deserves.. I use to think the universe stuff was BS but I’m a believer now..

Idk how the city of Cleveland hasn’t booted this shit franchise out yet. What an embarrassment.

Will go?

It was the worst contract the day it was written.

I think it's borderline impossible to argue that there's a contract worse than it, in league history, through the first two years.

Because of the guarantees, he'll see out the contract and potentially have a chance to make it better, but through two years - yeah it's by far the worst.

Nope. r/NFL loves to hate on Watson and will post every day about him to get free internet points. You are all so dramatic. You can't predict injury. It's just unlucky. His play was starting to get back to normal. He's had valid excuses for some of his bad play. Rust is a real fucking excuse. While it's super frustrating, it's not the end of the world. Our window is still open, he's shown he can play at a high level still. He's shown he can last game winning drives (something Baker never could do).

Berry is also very good at managing the cap space. We have 33mil in cap this year that's gonna roll over.

And the 2nd worse isn't even in the ballpark. Haynesworth, D Jones, Wilson, Jamarcus etc don't even compare.

Watson is the worst NFL recent contract and Masoli would be the CFL version

Oh look another Deshaun Watson post.

I have full confidence that this Brown's FO has at least one more historically-unprecedented bad deal in them. I believe in them!

The Browns parted with three first round picks, one third round pick and two fourth round picks. They still owe Watson $138 million He played 12 games in his first two seasons.

cleveland deserves every last penny of that contract.

It was the worst trade and contract even if Watson wasn’t accused of sexual assault by 30 separate women.

There are very few players who would warrant 3 first round picks and a fully guaranteed contract— Watson was never one of them. I’d offer that for Mahomes and I think that’s it.

But, once you add the sexual assault allegations, the trade and contract went from “incredibly stupid” to “holy shit what the fuck are you doing” stupid.

He and Jimbo Fisher just swimming through pools filled with cash.

Easily. The Browns went all in thinking this was their move to get them to the SB and there's still time but the early returns aren't looking good. Generally speaking, Watson is better than Mayfield, but I do wonder how Mayfield would be doing with Cooper and Moore to throw to and this defense. Mayfield was throwing to Jarvis Landry, Rashard Higgins, and Donovan Peoples-Jones.

Mayfield is certainly not perfect but he has a 93.7 QB rating this year and only one more INT than Watson in 3 more games played.

without a doubt

Albert Haynesworth has to be up there. At least Watson has put forth effort when on the field and has had a couple good games. There's also still 3 more years for him to prove that the contract is not as terrible as it currently seems.

The problem is that even if he plays well, the cap hit after this season is massive. 63 mil a year for a single player insane. They're going to have to work magic over the next few years.

Too early to tell imo. He’s obviously not his old self, but he’s been teetering on the good/bad. Could still come out with upside.

Injuries happen. I think while it’s gone bad right now, it’s being blown out of proportion due to his off field shit.

I will always think less of my Falcons for even considering bringing him to Atlanta. I would rather lose than win with a loser.

I call dibs on asking this same question tomorrow!

We can only hope

Not at all! It was and still is a great contract and deal made to trade for him, and whoever is making these decisions for the Browns should be given a permanent spot :)

Sam Bradford may be worse

Deshaun Watson getting the contract he did solidified a thought in my head. These owners aren't smarter than me, they just had wealthier dads.

The contract/trade was a turning point for the Texans franchise as well. Texans are in a great spot and browns are fucked.

Browns also went from a team everyone was rooting for to being despised

of all time?

Just wait. There are plenty of inept owners with more money than football acumen.

Part of me wants to say it depends if they win the big game or not. If their D plus whatever they get from watson gives them a SB next year, it'll still be bad but because they got a SB out of it, it'll be worth. If not, yes it's pretty bad.

I can't believe nobody has brought this up here before until right now

Until the next time a bad team overextends for a bad player, yea.

This cuts so many ways because I think it ruins the potential for another player to make a similar request going forward. A cautionary tale, if you will.

The Browns will outdo themselves. Just give it time

always has been

Gauranteeing $230 million to a known sex pest was a bad idea from the start. Even if he bounces back and wins them a Super Bowl, they still gave a sex pest $230 million guaranteed. That makes it the worst contract until someone else gives another sex pest even more money.

Considering his background before coming to Cleveland, how bad the trade was followed up by a contract that gave him the most money ever to an NFL player, and now include the injuries along with what was really just decent QB play that the team could have had from many other QBs at 1/4 the cost; it has to be considered the worst contract and maybe even trade the NFL has seen.

The thing is... even if the Browns make it to the playoffs and win a game, the contract would STILL be the worst in NFL history. Like they potentially went from winning their first playoff game in like 30 years with Baker to winning another playoff game with Watson for an extra $250 million. Only thing that could justify this contract is a Super Bowl berth, which is clearly not happening.

The browns are 6-3 how can anyone say this early on the signing was a disaster? Outside of the off the field problems there's been nothing wrong with the signing so far. If they go deep or win the superbowl under this contract will be a non-issue

Not for him

bro was 5-1 until he got hurt. so uhh I'm gonna go with no lol

How many times is this gonna get re-posted?

Very original post, very novel thoughts, definitely haven’t seen this in this sub 14 times this year, well done

It was the moment it was signed.

Yes. And while it continues to get worse, this isn’t news. There’s a post about it every week

The only way it isn’t is if Watson wins them the Super Bowl. Otherwise it is the worst contract by far and a reason no one else is offering even better players comparable contracts

It somehow manages to be worse than the Haynesworth/Russel Contracts AND worse than the Hershel Walker trade and Ricky Williams draft haul trade.

So it’s not just the worst contract, but the worse personnel move in all aspects in NFL history.

Not just the contract but the trade as well.