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?
He’s 5-1 this season.
that boy is getting everything he deserves… I use to think the universe stuff was BS but I’m a believer now…
cleveland deserves every last penny of that contract.
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.
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
always has been
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.
of all time?
Just wait. There are plenty of inept owners with more money than football acumen.
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
Yes. And while it continues to get worse, this isn’t news. There’s a post about it every week
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.
The only way Watson and the Browns can turn this into anything but the worst contract of all time is if they win the Superbowl and he plays a significant part in getting them there. Their defense is looking incredible right now. Given the cap space Watson takes up and the picks they traded to Houston to get him, that team could very well be Superbowl favorites right now if they’d spent all those resources at other positions and either kept Mayfield or brought in a significantly cheaper game manager type QB.
There’s still years to go to find out. I think it’ll be pretty hard for him to not be overpaid on such a contract, but if the Browns are successful during his tenure (which next year will be a big prove it year since he dealt with nagging injuries this year) then I’d venture to say it wasn’t the worst contract “of all time”
Overpaid though? Yes unless he like wins multiple MVPs and a superbowl
We see this question like three times a year.
I feel like some of the late-stage #1 picks have to top Watson and Haynesworth. Sam Bradford, didn’t he get $100m? The curbing of those contracts was essential because it basically helped keep this poverty cycle going for the worst teams. You got this crapshoot “top pick” AND you had to pay crazy dollars against the cap to even use them.