Browns QB Deshaun Watson faces criticism over a recent post
The video is harmless, maybe just the timing.
Browns QB Deshaun Watson faces criticism over a recent post originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has not taken an NFL snap since Oct 2024, when he tore his Achilles tendon.
He re-ruptured it in Jan 2025 and missed the entire season. He is heading into the final year of the fully guaranteed, five-year, $230 million deal he signed in 2022, which is still standing as the largest fully guaranteed contract in NFL history, having played just 19 games across four seasons. His 2026 cap hit sits at approximately $46 million after a March restructure.
On Tuesday, as Cleveland's voluntary offseason program opened in Berea, Watson posted a TikTok of himself cruising in a GLS Maybach. As shared by MLFootball on X. Watson's carefree TikTok lands differently given four years of disappointment in Cleveland The timing is actually what makes this so uncomfortable to watch for the Dawg Pound.
His quarterback competition opened in Berea the same day. Shedeur Sanders, who went 3-4 as a starter in 2025, enters the spring program as the frontrunner. Watson played only six starts in 2023 before a shoulder injury ended his season.