He had huge red flags in terms of character, has been a compete bust and is making Jamarcus Russell’s deal look like a bargain.
Cleveland could have been a SB contender with a decent QB and instead they gave their fans this epic disaster.
If this isn’t the worst contract of all time, what signings are worse?
Unless he turns it around in a big way next year, yes, absolutely.
Not only did they give him $230 million guaranteed, but they traded a king’s ransom to get him. Three 1sts, a 3rd, and a 4th in return for Watson and a 5th is almost as much as Washington gave up to draft RG3 (three 1sts and a 2nd), and they got him on a rookie contract that only ended up paying RG3 around $21m total for his entire time there.
It’s worse than the Haynesworth contract, for example, both in terms of sheer financial cost and in terms of setting the team back for years in a much worse way. It’s worse tha. The JaMarcus Russell rookie contract by a mile when you factor in the draft picks spent in the trade.
As of right now, Watson has played a total of 12 games (including the ones he left early due to injury) for the Browns and amassed a total of 2200 yards, 14 TD, and 9 INT across two seasons, at the cost of over $91 million. Without even mentioning the draft picks they gave up for him, that is absolutely ridiculous.