For me the bottom line is it was worth the risk. I wasn’t a big Watson fan when he was in Houston. I let a bunch of people talk me into the top 5 talk after we made the trade, and I bought into it briefly. I did love him in college because I like when college QBs play their best when the stakes are highest. But what I saw in the NFL was a QB that works best without structure. For his mythical 2020 season where the Texans won 4 or 5 games, I wasn’t all that impressed. When we played them that year I thought Baker was better.
But I understand the rationale that went into the trade. It hasn’t worked out and my opinion is it is unlikely to. But if he can just have some flashes the Browns can be one of the last teams standing…if they get good coaching and the team in general performs at its talent level.
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