Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam went in some detail to acknowledge the swing and a miss the Deshaun Watson deal was for the organization.

The Browns traded for Watson in March 2022 when he was facing dozens of lawsuits for sexual misconduct, but Cleveland took the chance anyway, acquiring him in a deal with the Texans and then proceeding to pay him more guaranteed money than anyone in NFL history at the time with a five-year, $230 million contract.