The Cleveland Browns announced this past Wednesday they opened the practice window on former Clemson star quarterback Deshaun Watson.
It marked Watson’s first time formally being on the field since he suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon tear during Cleveland’s Week 7 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Oct. 20, 2024. Less than three months after his initial tear, Watson tore his Achilles for the second time and underwent a second surgery in January to repair it.
While the Browns opened the practice window on Watson, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that “they did so in order to give him his first practices this season so that he would not be away from football until next spring.