Yahoo Sports host Andrew Siciliano and senior NFL reporter Jori Epstein discuss if we could see Deshaun Watson take the field for the Cleveland Browns at some point this season. Check out the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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What to me will become interesting is if Shore doesn’t have that success on game day, And then you go to practice, and I think that if DeShaun is actually healthy, He’s going to look pretty good in practice Cause he’s one of those players who does really Have the fundamentals, too.
Again, we’ll see how the injury impacts it.
That’s where I think you say, OK, well, do we want to try to get in the last week or two of The season.
A sense of who DeShaun is, so we know For our future, our being the Browns here, or so you understand what other teams Might want to try and trade you for him, again, the Patriots did this with Joe Milton.
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Last year, of course, different stages of their career and different stages of the contract Value, but when Joe Milton lit it up in a game, then the Patriots were able to trade Joe Milton.
To the Cowboys, right?
Yeah, and there are a lot of layers.
I know I have overused that phrase as well.
Listen, there’s a scenario where the Browns are eliminated this week.
I personally think they’ll beat the Titans, but if they lose to the Titans, They’re eliminated.
They’re one of five teams with elimination Scenarios this week, and it’s a clean one.
Lose, and you’re out.
That’s it.
If they’re eliminated, let’s say you get to Week 18: Does it behoove you to put Deshaun Watson out there and blow your chance or Whatever your draft pick is at that point?
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I mean, Those conversations have to be had as well.
The insurance money and the cap charge, or the cap credit, rather, People have asked a lot; oh, well, how does this affect?
Look, it’s all prorated.
So, if you were to play a game or two, yeah, that would cost you a bit of the cap Savings you thought you were going to get, but the overwhelming majority of it, You would still get.
So its not going to be some massive hit or all of a sudden, All that money you thought you might get back in both cash with insurance and on the cap.
You’re not going to get it.
No, that’s not the case.
He has missed all these games, and that is still, that is, hey.
Truly in the barn.
We’re not there yet, is my point.
There’s no need.
Not to overreact yet.