![]() ![]() Nothing negative or anything like that, but just what can we do to be better offensively and as a team,” Watson said at the end of the season. “We are going to have a man to man conversation. Watson knows he can be better but is confident that with a full offseason and no suspension looming that he can turn things around. “I’ll just say I felt every one of those 700 days,” Watson said. He acknowledged that rust after his first start, which came against his former team. Some rust was expected from Watson, who had spent 700 days on the sideline between starts. Watson - who led the league in passing yards in 2020 - showed glimpses of his Pro Bowl form but completed 58.2% of his passes for 1,102 yards and seven touchdowns with five interceptions. Watson’s sits at 103.9.A post shared by Jordan played the final six games for the Browns after an 11-game suspension, with the team going 3-3. Even with a poor 2022 under his belt, Watson has played in 10 fewer games than Jackson in the NFL and has thrown 230 more completed passes, 10 more touchdowns and just three more interceptions. Prior to his legal issues, though, he was actually more like Lamar Jackson. That’s the kind of company Watson is in now when it comes to quarterback comparisons. ![]() (In four previous seasons Darnold exceeded a 79.1 rating once - barely though he did perform well for the Panthers, scoring a 92.6 rating.) He also switched teams twice, unable to hack it even with the Carolina Panthers, who were so desperate for better QB play they turned to former Jets first-round bust Sam Darnold for relief. For context, Baker Mayfield, who the Browns gave up on for Watson, had a 79 rating last season. On his way to a 3-3 record as a starter, he finished his six games with a paltry 79.1 quarterback rating. ![]() Though Watson was behind the eight ball in returning to NFL action after an extended absence to begin with, he did not impress at all last season. But their deal with Watson, which set an NFL record for guaranteed money, has already looked bad, not just due to its off-the-field, public-relations implications, but on the gridiron as well. The Browns - the AFC’s poster boys of long-standing futility - needed to rework the contract to clear salary cap space. ![]() That meant Watson would only lose $632,500 due to the suspension, while the fine amounted to an additional 2.2% of Watson’s total salary across the contract. The penalties against Watson handed down by the NFL were criticized by a number of media outlets and organizations, including the National Organization for Women, which said they were “ nowhere near enough.” ESPN reporter Ed Werder tweeted last August when the penalties were announced that Watson’s salary for 2022, which was long-expected to be limited by a suspension as the civil suits loomed, was a little more than $1 million. It appeared to the union that owners cooperated in an effort to disrupt the distribution of additional guaranteed contracts like the one Watson signed.īetween March and November 2022, Watson served an 11-game suspension and paid a $5 million fine after settling nearly two-dozen civil suits with women who accused him of sexual misconduct. In November, the NFL Players’ Association filed a claim against the owners, charging them with collusion. Bisciotti may not have been the only NFL owner who felt that way, or was even willing to ensure those challenges were mitigated through nefarious means. ![]()
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