For a team that has one non-losing record in the past decade and a half, the Cleveland Browns sure seem to have gotten themselves between a rock and a hard place. This is primarily due to their decision to go all-in on quarterback Deshaun Watson last year, which cost them plenty of resources both in draft capital and cash and cap space.
Writing for The Athletic, beat writer Zac Jackson argued, “The Browns have to be in win-now mode”. They basically have no choice; it’s the decision that they made a year ago when they committed $230 million to Watson over a five-year period.