The $92 million in guaranteed money remaining on Deshaun Watson's contract after 2024 is reportedly going to keep the quarterback with the Cleveland Browns despite his struggles early this season.
"My sense through all of this is the Browns are resigned to their fate, having no choice but to ride this out and hope things turn," Jeremy Fowler wrote for ESPN.
Fowler believes that the Browns could decide to "bench Watson," but likely only with the guarantee that he will get the ball back later this season.
According to Fowler, Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and general manager Andrew Berry "need to give Watson superfluous chances to rediscover even semblance of his old game, due to the contract.