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39 minutes ago, BBTV said:

 

I'm not sure if this is serious or not, but if so, I think there's insane cap hits for trading someone with Watson's contract (something like his remaining guarantees would all be added up into dead cap next year) and the Panthers would have to take on those guarantees (I think... I'm not sure if Cleveland would still be on the hook for anything.)

 

BUTTTTT... Carolina has proved themselves to be one of the dummy teams, so they might actually do that if it was proposed!

 

It was half serious, but a few years ago the Texans gave the Browns a bunch of picks and Brock Osweiler and the Texans got nothing in return except for the favor of getting Brock Osweiler's contract off their books so it's not unprecedented. If I was the Panthers I would not try to solve a mistake like drafting Bryce Young first overall with another mistake like acquiring the biggest contract/pariah in NFL history. Bryce Young stinks, but at least he's cheap. 

 

However,

 

24 minutes ago, McCall said:

I feel like Carolina's further on the "cheap" side rather than on the "reckless spending" side of the payroll-roster spectrum to be blowing money on an obvious-albatross contract situation such as that of DeShaun Watson.

 

I don't think the Panthers are definable as cheap or reckless. They threw some silly money around before the 2023 season. They are on the Loose Cannon, Meddling Owner spectrum, though, which is way more fun and unpredictable.

 

Just saying if I was the Browns I'd make the call. Every other team is a guaranteed no, but the Panthers are goofy. 

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10 minutes ago, SFGiants58 said:

I’m just imagining the Browns contemplating all possible schemes to get rid of Watson. Seeing if Tepper is stupid enough would be perfect.

 

the Browns are hoping against hope that there's some legal thing that comes out of nowhere (maybe this latest accusation... but probably not) that voids the thing. 

 

But contracts are pretty iron clad.  It blew my mind that baseball players could get contracts that were based on their stats when they were on roids, and then they had to stop juicing so of course their stats declined, but the contracts were still valid even though they were essentially given to a different human being.

 

I can't imagine the union or his agent allowing for there to be an "out".  

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I’m imagining a Prince Fielder situation where he can’t play football anymore and the contract is insured. I don’t know how insurance works in football contracts, but I can’t imagine it’s that different from baseball.

 

Maybe the Browns encourage him to take up rally car driving or motorcycling in the offseason?

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1 minute ago, SFGiants58 said:

I’m imagining a Prince Fielder situation where he can’t play football anymore and the contract is insured. I don’t know how insurance works in football contracts, but I can’t imagine it’s that different from baseball.

 

Maybe the Browns encourage him to take up rally car driving or motorcycling in the offseason?

 

I think I've read that there's cap implications even if the guy retires, even if it's because of injury.  When they wrote the CBA, they intentionally tried to eliminate any chance of either foul play or for a guy to "retire", come off the books, then magically find his smile and come back for his old or even a new team.

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So Brock Purdy is the guy. It’s a shame he has only one receiver (and it’s not the guy who inked a mega deal), no RB’s, no tight ends, and absolutely zero defense.

 

I wanted the Niners to draft defense, yet they had to do the WR carousel game that wasted everybody’s time and energy. It’s gonna be one of those seasons this year.

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10 minutes ago, The_Admiral said:

My new favorite nickname for Watson is "Groper Cleveland." That's all I have at this time.

 

Funny, because depending on how things shake out in November, that nickname could apply to someone else.

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I always get him and Garfield mixed up (I guess it the G name) and thought, yeah, I guess the Browns could just shoot him. Do NFL franchises have the same immunity that presidents do? 

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0-3 doesn't look good at all. I feel like once this Bengals team reached the Super Bowl a few years ago, they began to develop an ego and now just talk too much. They need to consider making changes, whether it's by getting rid of Zac Taylor or revamping the team.

 

They can't keep being this bad so early each season.

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