The Cleveland Browns tied their fates to QB Deshaun Watson a few years ago and nothing has changed about that. Watson was suspended for 11 games in 2022 and hurt most of 2023 but showed some signs of progress.
The scuttle around the NFL Combine is that other teams saw enough to believe that the Browns quarterback will at least be good moving forward even if he doesn’t reach his previous high-end play. Cleveland also restructured Watson’s contract last offseason which pushes more of his fully guaranteed money into future years.