There’s nothing like knowing everything, and we finally know everything about one particular thing.
It was two years ago that the Cleveland Browns decided it was a good idea to trade quarterback Deshaun Watson. Cleveland reached the playoffs once during that span, and the best quarterback play in that stretch was Joe Flacco. Be careful…he’s not Deshaun Watson.
Incidentally, the Browns lost in a playoff game to the team that acquired Watson, the Houston Texans. Over the past two years, Nick Caserio has extracted everything the team got from the Watson trade and produced hit after hit. And now we can finally see the whole and complete package of this deal.
What the Browns received:
- deshaun watson
- Texans 2024 fifth-round pick: Traded to Denver for wide receiver Jerry Jeudy.
The Texans received:
- Browns’ 2022 first-round pick: Traded to Philadelphia Eagles… Kenyon Green ends up being their first-round pick, along with a fourth-round pick and a fifth-round pick in the 2022 draft. I got two
- Browns’ 2023 first-round pick: Traded to the Arizona Cardinals along with Defensive Rookie of the Year Will Anderson and other picks.
- Browns 2023 third-round pick: traded to Los Angeles Rams to promote and draft Tank Dell
- Browns’ 2024 first-round pick: The Minnesota Vikings receive their own seventh-round pick this year in exchange for a 2024 second-round pick, a sixth-round pick, and a 2025 second-round pick. Traded to Su.
- Browns 2024 fourth-round pick
