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Don't forget, the Browns structured the contract to ensure Watson could minimize his financial losses in the likely event he got suspended for the sexual abuse cases.
The moment the trade was accepted
Right now
The minute after it was signed and announced.
The day they signed any contract with a washed serial rapist, let alone a guaranteed contract that completely destroyed the existing league pay scale, they lost not only their future prospects of success, but also any and all good will they had garnered as sad sack underdogs. The Browns will never win a playoff game with Watson and will have a hard time finding support or selling merchandise to anyone who isn’t a resident of Northern Ohio with Stockholm Syndrome.
When they paid a sexual predator
Honestly, this guy’s career will be so interesting to look back on in the future. He started out so hot and beloved among the league only to become a small footnote in the sport. Just shy of an awkward anomaly.
Hard to say its a disaster when the team is 4-2.
You’d think they looked like the bears the way people are letting their own hatred bias their judgment.
When they gave a sexual predator a guaranteed contract. They gave a bunch of money to a guy that couldn't get hired as a P.E coach.
The moment they made it
When everyone signed the contract
Now. Also the day of the trade.
Also now. Whatever day you read this is a day too late.
It was a disaster the moment it happened
When the last "n" went from pen to paper
Could?
Try it already is.
It was a Disaster when it happened. Both financially and 'Fuck that ENTIRE organization right to the ROOTS'ly.
Yep. It was stupid to pay a guy who hasn’t played in 2 years a 250 mil guaranteed contract.
Now, now sounds pretty good.
Now? The guy is a joke
lol the second the trade happened
Kind of blaffing really. Igorning all the rape, he quit on his team after getting a huge extention. That should have been the biggest red flag against trading for him. He actually sat out a year of his prime. No other elite QB has than that and now we exactly see why.
It was from day 1
Now?
Day 1?
About 4-5 months ago
umm immediately after it was completed?
Now
It's already been deemed a disaster.Luckily there at least competitive
Now
Yes. Indubitably.
Aka it was a disaster the moment they made it... but only because they then doubled down and gave him that utterly ridiculous contract.
I'd say 'what a shame', but I'm not all that for Browns, so thanks Browns for trading for him from the Texans!
/Love me some CJ Stroud right about now.
The Browns are a disaster so his signing was just the norm
When the Wilson trade isn’t a bigger disaster.
It amazes me how no one in Cleveland tried to stop it. I still can't wrap my head around it.
If Wikipedia is accurate in this case, Paul DePodesta (who was the inspiration for Pete in Moneyball, did you know?) helped facilitate the deal. Learned that just last week.
Also, the trade has killed any good faith non-Browns fans (including this Bills fan) ever had for the Browns.
How any team could acquire a human tire fire like Watson I'll never understand. Course, I'm not as smart as Paul DePodesta, so.
I mean we're way past that point.
I’m sorry, but I’m one of the few that still don’t see it as a bad trade. He has what? 3 more guaranteed years? If he makes a deep playoff run in that last year, it would be worth it- no?
Making the trade was a disaster in and of itself.
The contract is on another level.
The only thing that would make it not a disaster is getting to a couple SBs but until then...
End of next season
This subs total fixation with the situation is boring as fuck. Theres so much more interesting things going on in the league but there's 4 posts about this at the top of the sub every damn day.
We're 4-2. Let's just enjoy the season for a bit.
He had to come back and be a top 5 QB for it to be worthwhile. He has since been a bottom 10 QB on the rare occasions where he’s actually played.
It was pretty clear it would be a bad trade from the moment it happened, and it has been proven since the start of this year basically.
I don't remember a single positive take on that trade from anyone other than the team's own press conferences. Not only did everyone from reddit to media pundits to your uncle think it was idiotic at the time, it somehow looks even worse in retrospect.
Day 1
Let’s not forget - Saints, Panthers, Falcons also had trade proposals for Watson
Is now to early?
Signed a Browns fan.