{"id":185556,"date":"2025-07-06T09:53:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T09:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/185556\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T09:53:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T09:53:24","slug":"browns-shedeur-sanders-receive-a-troubling-update-on-deshaun-watson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/185556\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns, Shedeur Sanders receive a troubling update on Deshaun Watson"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cleveland Browns<\/a> have an incredible drama going on regarding their quarterbacks. They have four active QBs on the roster, including Shedeur Sanders, and have one with a huge contract, fully guaranteed in Deshaun Watson. Though Watson is injured, a new update on his well-being has been revealed.<\/p>\n

Mary Kar Cabot of cleveland.com reported that Watson \u201ccould be ready to practice by October, but it remains to be seen if the Browns would even think of activating him that soon after his second Achilles surgery,\u201d Cabot stated. \u201cSo, I think there\u2019s some thought, Deshaun is optimistic that he can do that. He\u2019s throwing the ball now to some receivers in the building.\u201d<\/p>\n

She went to explain that it\u2019s a longshot to see Watson playing in the upcoming 2025 NFL<\/a> season. The thing is that Watson\u2019s contract is an absolute whirlwind. Not only is it fully guaranteed, but it has an interesting clause that could change everything.<\/p>\n

There is an insurance policy on Watson\u2019s deal <\/p>\n

If Watson<\/a> is not deemed as physically unable to play, the Browns could recoup a huge part of the salary and cap space. Watson has been recovering from a two-time torn Achilles tendon. However, if the quarterback is medically cleared, this could change the landscape in Cleveland.<\/p>\n

\"\" Deshaun Watson #4 of the Cleveland Browns looks on during Cleveland Browns mandatory minicamp at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on June 11, 2025 in Berea, Ohio. <\/p>\n

According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, if Watson \u201cgets a clean bill of health, that\u2019s going to complicate Cleveland\u2019s plan this year. They\u2019d love for him not to play,\u201d Florio said. \u201cThey have an insurance policy if he\u2019s unable to play because of his twice-torn Achilles tendon. They\u2019d get back a lot of cash, they\u2019d recover a lot of cap space, and they don\u2019t really need him. They\u2019ve got four quarterbacks.\u201d Shedeur Sanders<\/a>, Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel are those signal-callers.<\/p>\n

This will go down infamously as one of the worst contracts in NFL history <\/p>\n

After a tumultous exit from the Houston Texans<\/a> where he was in the middle of legal battles and injuries, the Browns shockingly gave Watson a 5-year, fully guaranteed $230 million with $46 million in salary each year. After that, they have restructured Watson\u2019s contract twice.<\/p>\n

Now, it\u2019s in Cleveland\u2019s best financial interests that Watson is not deemed physically able to compete. In the sporting department, Watson\u2019s level has not been good. Watson was once touted as a prodigy, but his career has derailed drastically in the last few years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Browns have an incredible drama going on regarding their quarterbacks. They have four active QBs on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,2337,563,7,6,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-185556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-clevelandbrowns","12":"tag-deshaun-watson","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-shedeur-sanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114805684011643414","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}