Deshaun Watson to Browns

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by crispystl

Baker looking sharp AF just makes it even worse. I told my wife and son at the time the Browns should've just kept baker and all the money and draft capital they'd be a force to be reckoned with had they done so and drafted well with the picks.

The irony is he got thrown under the bus for having an off year while playing through a shoulder injury. Baker is not a rock star but the browns are probably competitive enough with a game manager which baker can do.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

The irony is he got thrown under the bus for having an off year while playing through a shoulder injury. Baker is not a rock star but the browns are probably competitive enough with a game manager which baker can do.

I love that.

The Browns and their fans did Baker so dirty for having the audacity to try to play through injury. Apart from that one year, his development arc looked like a normal young QB.

And the Browns just shit all over him then dumped him while gutting their cap and picks for the privilege of doing so.

They deserve this.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I love that.

The Browns and their fans did Baker so dirty for having the audacity to try to play through injury. Apart from that one year, his development arc looked like a normal young QB.

And the Browns just shit all over him then dumped him while gutting their cap and picks for the privilege of doing so.

They deserve this.

If they'd kept and paid Baker (and retained their picks), they'd be pretty nasty right now.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

If they'd kept and paid Baker (and retained their picks), they'd be pretty nasty right now.

I mean presume they retain Mayfield - the cap benefits alone to this point would be massive.

And if they just take the consensus player at 13, they end up with Kyle Hamilton in 2022. Let's say having Mayfield instead of Watson in 2023 puts them in the same position Tampa ended up -- they could take Zay Flowers at 19 with the pick they gave up and then in 2024 lets say they draft at 25 -- they could have taken Nate Wiggins to help cover for Ward's concussion issues.

Hamilton, Flowers and Wiggins plus likely around $50 million in cap savings or at LEAST no need to engage in the sort of cap ****ery that's going to sabotage them over the next 2-3 seasons.

I mean yeah - the entire exchange was catastrophic.