When the Browns worked out a trade with the Houston Texans for Deshaun Watson back in March, they agreed to stay out of the legal wrangling regarding Watson’s pending lawsuits alleging sexual abuse and assault cases.
And the front office assumed that Watson would receive some sort of suspension to be served this year. They even situated his 2022 salary at $1.35 million to accommodate this possibility. Numbers were being thrown around as a six game suspension, maybe eight, and in either scenario that number might be cut down to four.
What the Browns did not expect, however, is that their new signalcaller may not play at all this season.