Browns probably wouldn't mind Watson being out next year
>If Watson does not play a down of football in all of 2025, the Browns would receive
$44.3 million in insured relief. This is all but $1.7 million of Watson’s guaranteed salary in 2025.
This would be recouped in cap space the following year, meaning the Browns would see that 44.3 million hit their account in 2026 if Watson is indeed out all of 2025 as he recovers from his Achilles injury.<
If Deshaun Watson cannot play in 2025, the Browns have almost the entirety of his 2025 salary insured to give themselves some relief
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