{"id":37590,"date":"2025-11-13T23:32:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T23:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37590"},"modified":"2025-11-13T23:32:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T23:32:04","slug":"breaking-cleveland-browns-could-bring-deshaun-watson-back-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37590","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Cleveland Browns Could Bring Deshaun Watson Back in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><main><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1355567\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSesmskfCoiJfFhuC-cQSAPz-OVKLVpUBJOVg&amp;s\" alt=\"Nothing Would Shock Me' -- Browns Insider Delivers Verdict on Deshaun  Watson's Rumored Return\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a lost season for the Cleveland Browns, and especially for Deshaun Watson, who\u2019s twice ruptured Achilles tendon has kept him off the field all year long. Recently when asked whether the $230 million quarterback could make an appearance for the 2-7 Browns, head coach Kevin Stefanski was entirely noncommittal. But that was for this season, but what about next?<\/p>\n<p>Watson will be headed into the final season of his five-year, $230 million contract in Cleveland. For now, only Watson, third-round rookie Dillon Gabriel, and fifth-round rookie Shedeur Sanders are on Cleveland\u2019s roster. Another QB could be added to the mix, but that doesn\u2019t mean the Browns are certain to part with Watson.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, ESPN\u2019s Bill Barnwell believes there\u2019s at least \u201ca chance\u201d that the Browns bring Watson back in 2026, for what would surely be his final season in Cleveland, barring an unexpected twist.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe Browns have two first-round picks as a product of their\u00a0draft-day trade with the Jaguars, and they might need only one of them to land the quarterback they prefer in next year\u2019s draft. While coach Kevin Stefanski all but acknowledged that the Browns\u00a0have no intention\u00a0of bringing back\u00a0Deshaun Watson\u00a0this season, there\u2019s also a chance that the organization could decide to bring its disastrous acquisition back into the fold in 2026, which will be the final season of his contract. Gabriel should be on the roster next season, but it probably won\u2019t be as the starter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>ESPN\u2019s Bill Barnwell on Deshaun Watson<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>We can\u2019t imagine another team being in a rush to try prying Watson away from the Browns this offseason. That could essentially mean they\u2019re stuck with him for one more year.<\/p>\n<p>That is, unless Cleveland is willing to just cut him from the team, but his $46 million salary is already fully guaranted. At that point, why not roster him? Of course, these decisions could be in the hands of another general manager if the Browns do switch things up after another season without a playoff appearance under Andrew Berry and coach Stefanski.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though he&#8217;s unlikely to play this season, the Cleveland Browns could bring Deshaun Watson back in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland-browns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING : Cleveland Browns Could Bring Deshaun Watson Back in 2026 - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37590\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING : Cleveland Browns Could Bring Deshaun Watson Back in 2026 - 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