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

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

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.

Oh look another Deshaun Watson post.

of all time?

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

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

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.

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

Is this a daily post now?

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.

Will go?

It was the worst contract the day it was written.

Already is

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

this thread is gonna keep getting asked every week and im all for it.

without a doubt

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

Not just the contract but the trade as well.

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.

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

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

Brock Osweilers' contract comes to mind. Bot as lucrative as Watsons, but Osweiler didn't have nearly the potential Watcon had.

Meh, next year browns fans will still be claiming he's just rusty at this exact point in the season. At which point he either gets hurt again or benched or hopefully just booted from league bc he's garbage at more than just football.

Albert Haynesworth still takes the cake to me. As fucked as the whole situation is, the Browns thought they were getting a franchise QB. It blew up in their face and I think most of us are enjoying that, but it still made SOME sense. Albert got a bag from Washington even though he was already proving more trouble than he was worth. His last year in Tennessee he was an All Pro.. And they still let him walk. Washington ignored that and I'm pretty sure they made him the highest paid DT ever at the time.

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.

Sam Bradford may be worse

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

11 games in 3 seasons, pretty damn bad.

Hey it's a good thing someone started this thread! No one has ever thought of this topic before!

I call dibs on asking this same question tomorrow!

always has been

I think so unless something even crazier happens in the future. I really don't know what they were smoking

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

I don't think there's any doubt about that.

From a pure numbers and production standpoint it's probably the worst in history without even factoring in all the accusations against him and everything Cleveland gave up to bring him in. The latter part just takes it to a whole new level of awful.

I doubt a sports contract will ever top his in terms of awfulness. The stars truly aligned for it.

I could have told you that before he ever took a snap. Getting paid more than NFL elites, they had to redo Patrick Mahomes contract bc this scrub was getting paid more. That’s why owners refused to pay beyond that in the offseason. Raising that ceiling would be ridiculous

Fully guaranteed quarter billion dollars to a serial rapist, let me get back to you on that one.

Kyler Murray has that distinction

Worst,, and dumbest.

So far....