The Cleveland Browns went “all in” as the saying goes in the spring of 2022 by trading for quarterback Deshaun Watson.
Not only did the team give up three first-round draft picks to the Houston Texans to acquire Watson, they then handed the quarterback a five-year, $230 million contract that is fully guaranteed.
There are legitimate on-field risks associated with a contract like that, such as what happens if Watson suffers a major injury? Or what if, after a 700-day layoff, he never returns to being the same player who averaged 4,288 passing yards, 33 combined passing and rushing touchdowns, and completed 68.