The Cleveland Browns and the Houston Texans made the trade for quarterback Deshaun Watson official yesterday, with the trade figures detailed as follows: Cleveland is sending the Texans first-round picks in 2022, 2023, and 2024, plus a 2023 third-round pick and a 2024 fourth-round pick, in exchange for Watson and a 2024 fifth-round pick.
On top of that, Watson got himself a new contract, part of a final push evidently spurred on by the Browns’ sense of inevitable divorce with Baker Mayfield, speculation emerging that they revised their offer after originally being informed they were out of the running for Watson after Mayfield requested a trade and, according to reports, made it clear he was willing to boycott playing altogether.