A little over a month ago, when Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry was addressing the status of quarterback Deshaun Watson, he focused his assessment through the health of his player. Watson had been lost for the season to a torn Achilles, and the first priority was the quarterback’s health and recovery. After that?
“Everything else we’ll deal with at a later moment,” Berry said.
That later moment, and the options to facilitate the health and recovery of the franchise, are now exponentially more interesting. For the first time since Watson’s performance and health went off a cliff — taking the Browns’ 2024 season with him — the Browns may be presented with a realistic bridge out of the Watson era.