The Cleveland Browns don’t know for sure just yet whether or not they will ever see Deshaun Watson take the field for them this season as they await word on the ruling from Sue Robinson, the NFL-NFLPA joint disciplinary officer, and whether and how long he will be suspended.
And yet they don’t appear to have any plans to fall back upon the man who has been their primary starter—and their former first-overall draft pick—for the past four seasons. The man to whom they are indebted the better part of $20 million guaranteed under his fifth-year option, unless they can trade him.