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It is the gift that keeps on giving.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Cleveland Browns have provided an update on the worst contract in all of professional sports.<\/p>\n

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\"CLEVELAND,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The five-year, $230 million fully-guaranteed contract the Browns gave quarterback Deshaun Watson in 2022, after trading three first-round draft picks and a third for him, has undergone some minor tweaking.<\/p>\n

The Cleveland front office restructured Watson’s unprecedented contract to create $35.75 million of cap space.<\/p>\n

They did so by converting $44.7 million of his 2025 salary into a signing bonus.<\/p>\n

This move was expected as the Browns were nearly $23 million over the cap before it processed.<\/p>\n

This now makes Cleveland cap compliant and gives them a little bit of flexibility. Emphasis on a little.<\/p>\n

Watson and the Browns had agreed to a restructure back in December that made this move possible, while having an eye towards the future and a potential breakup in either 2026 or 2027.<\/p>\n

The embattled quarterback ruptured his Achilles tendon in October in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals, then suffered the same injury again in January away from football.<\/p>\n

He won’t be ready for the start of the 2025 season, and chances are he won’t suit up at all next year.<\/p>\n

There’s a significant chance that Watson won’t take another snap for the Browns again.<\/p>\n

If so, he will have only played in a grand total of 19 games during his time in Cleveland.<\/p>\n

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\"CLEVELAND,<\/p>\n

\"Watson's<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

He won only nine of those, with 19 touchdowns against 12 interceptions. Hardly a blip on the radar.<\/p>\n

But due to the historic contract the Browns gave him, it makes all of this a cataclysmic failure.<\/p>\n

Cleveland has no one to blame but themselves. It’s why the Browns are the Browns.<\/p>\n

And a reminder why teams don’t ever give out fully-guaranteed contracts.<\/p>\n

Right or wrong, the Watson chaos proves their point.<\/p>\n

As for what the immediate future holds for Cleveland at the quarterback position, nobody knows.<\/p>\n

They hold the second overall pick in April’s draft, and have been linked to Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders, should they choose to go that route.<\/p>\n

Or they could find a bridge quarterback for this season and figure it out the following year, in classic Cleveland fashion.<\/p>\n

By the way, their best player, Myles Garrett, wants to be traded.<\/p>\n

It’s a never ending circus on the shores of Lake Erie, that seemingly has no end in sight.<\/p>\n

And once again, the Watson contract rears its ugly head to remind everyone that he’s still there.<\/p>\n

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