Deshaun Watson has a message for the doubters.
Deshaun Watson will most likely be out for the entire 2025 season after rupturing his Achilles once again, and now people are wondering if he'll ever play football again. Watson was one of the most electrifying quarterbacks at a time in his career, and once he got to the Cleveland Browns, he could never recapture that success.
Though people seem to be doubting if he'll ever play again, Watson hears the noise and he's ready to prove them wrong, as he mentioned on his social media.
“Everyone is doubting me,” Watson said. “Everyone don’t believe in me, Everyone don’t think I can get back to where I was. But I know, and I believe the work that I put in, that I believe in myself. The peace that I’ve been channeling the last couple of months. I know, I’m gonna be way better than before.”
Not only did Watson have problems on the field as far as his performance, but off the field, a large number of women came out and said that they were sexually assaulted while they were giving him massages. That's been going on for years now, and some could say that's what ultimately led him out of Houston.
Recently, Browns owner Jimmy Haslam spoke about the trade that landed Watson on the Browns, and how they have to be held accountable for it not going the way they liked.
“We took a big swing and miss with Deshaun. We thought we had the quarterback, we didn’t and we gave up a lot of draft picks to get him. So we’ve got to dig ourselves out of that hole. [The trade] was an entire organization decision and it ends with Dee and I, so hold us accountable,” Haslam said, via Daniel Oyefusi of ESPN.
The Browns traded three first-round picks, a third-round pick, and two fourth-round picks to the Texans for Watson, and then gave him the biggest guaranteed contract in NFL history. At the time it seemed like a lot, and now looking ahead, it still looks the same, especially since Watson hasn't lived up to those expectations.
Cleveland predicted to make draft trade for QB
Should the Browns trade back into the 1st round for a quarterback?
The Cleveland Browns are perhaps the most interesting team in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft, as they likely will have a huge ripple effect on the rest of the draft based on what they will do with the No. 2 pick. The current buzz is that the Browns will take either Colorado's Travis Hunter or Penn State's Abdul Carter over quarterback Shedeur Sanders, but ESPN's Jordan Reid is predicting that they trade up from the first pick in the second round to take a quarterback.
“What the Browns do at No. 2 could send the draft in several directions,” Jordan Reid of ESPN said. “They have a huge hole at quarterback, but it seems likely they would go with the best available player on their board, picking either edge rusher Abdul Carter (Penn State) to play opposite Myles Garrett or wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter (Colorado) for an additional playmaker. But what about QB? The Browns will select one at some point in this draft. Since they own the top pick in the second round, don't be surprised if they use that (or other picks) to trade back into Round 1 for their signal-caller.”
It is unknown how far Sanders will fall in the draft, so depending on how far he drops, the Browns could target him in a trade-up. Other players like Jaxson Dart, Tyler Shough and Jalen Milroe could be in contention as well. Regardless, the Browns are very much in play to trade up.
Trading back into the first round for a quarterback would give the Browns the fifth-year option for the quarterback they take, which is valuable if the player ends up being good. It will be interesting to see who the Browns choose from at No. 2 between Hunter and Carter, and if they are able to move back into the first round to get a quarterback they like on draft night.
