Deshaun Watson has chosen the Cleveland Browns as his preferred trade destination. Safe to say no one in the NFL saw this coming.
Watson will be a Cleveland Brown, at some point.
This comes despite the fact the Browns were reportedly ruled out by Watson’s camp as recently as Thursday afternoon. Such bad news wasn’t received well by the Browns organization, or Baker Mayfield when the team tried to coerce the bad relationship that’s formed in recent weeks.
Mayfield still wants out of Cleveland, and that’s much easier to do now that the Browns will have Watson in tow. With the addition of Watson, the Browns now have a quarterback solid enough to win the AFC North. He’ll have the contract to match.
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The fan reaction was mostly shock. Despite the fact that the Browns have a solid all-around football team, they’re still associated with futility. For a star quarterback to voluntarily choose that organization above all others will take some getting used to.
Every single media member covering the Deshaun Watson story pic.twitter.com/ZcjgZeXm86
— McNeil (@Reflog_18) March 18, 2022
Amari Cooper cleaning out Baker Browns locker for Deshaun Watson pic.twitter.com/dwMo1iEW7l
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) March 18, 2022
https://twitter.com/NFL_DovKleiman/status/1504914878166937606
The Falcons blew a 28-3 lead in the Deshaun Watson sweepstakes... pic.twitter.com/AfP0ViS01v
— TPS (@TotalProSports) March 18, 2022
Dan Snyder is still an owner and Deshaun Watson just got a huge contract but at least the NFL will wear pink this October.
— Maggie Hendricks (@maggiehendricks) March 18, 2022
Deshaun Watson gets paid by the #Browns with the terms he wanted and then some. New contract talk has been percolating all this morning. Amazing stuff. pic.twitter.com/FSPBQftzPO
— JosinaAnderson (@JosinaAnderson) March 18, 2022
The Browns wanted "an adult" at quarterback.
— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) March 18, 2022
That's what they said.
Remember when people were talking about the “new look Browns” when they had Baker, Odell, and Jarvis. Times have changed, results prolly won’t lol https://t.co/QVZpLFbmu6
— Opp Pack Giannis (@Lil_Giannis) March 18, 2022
There were many more where that came from, as Browns fans and the rest of the NFL cannot believe Cleveland is the primary destination for Watson.
Given his reaction to the news — an instagram post expressing excitement and him in a Browns uniform — it is a very real concept.