Deshaun Watson (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images)
With less than a month until the NFL Draft, Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam had a lot to state about the 2022 trade that brought Deshaun Watson to Cleveland.
While speaking to reporters at the NFL owner’s meetings in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday, Jimmy Haslam called the trade for Watson “a swing and miss” in an unexpected admission.
“We took a big swing and miss with Deshaun. We thought we had the quarterback, we didn’t and we gave up a lot of draft picks to get him,” Haslam said in part.
“So we’ve got to dig ourselves out of that hole. [The trade] was an entire organization decision and it ends with Dee and I, so hold us accountable,” Haslam said, via Daniel Oyefusi of ESPN.
The Haslams said the quiet part out loud when it came to the 2022 trade that brought quarterback Deshaun Watson to the Browns from the Houston Texans. Not only did it cost them three first-round draft picks, but also a fully-guaranteed $230 million contract over five years.
As we get closer to the NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns hold the No. 2 pick that could firmly find a replacement for Watson.
Fast-forward three years, and the Browns appear to be waiting for the moment they can financially part ways with Watson.
Haslem further made it clear that he hopes the team can land their star quarterback of the future.
The Cleveland Browns recently bought insurance for Deshaun Watson that grants them significant cap relief in 2026 if he doesn’t play in 2025.
Browns QB Deshaun Watson Has Done Close To Nothing With Cleveland
Deshaun Watson (Bill Streicher-Imagn Images)
Deshaun Watson has been terrible with the Browns.
In 19 games over three seasons with the Browns, Watson has thrown for 3,365 yards on 341-for-557 passing, 19 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions.
He has never looked like the quarterback that he was when he played for the Houston Texans.
Everyone Is Falling In Love With Grand Theft Auto VI’s New Female Character Who Looks Stunningly Real
GTA Lucia (Photo via Twitter)
Social media might be down incredibly bad as Lucia from Grand Theft Auto is going insanely viral.
GTA 6’s trailer 2 officially broke a record after the upcoming second look at the game, which has continued to take forever to come out.
GTA 6 broke the record for the longest wait between a first and second trailer for a Rockstar Games title ever.
Rockstar has built a rich world of criminals, lunatics, and thieves spanning from Liberty City to San Andreas and beyond. With GTA 6 on the horizon, fans have become ecstatic after seeing a picture of Lucia.
For those unaware, she is a female criminal in the game. Grand Theft Auto states that she did her time at a prison complex in the State of Leonida in the mid-2020s for an unknown crime.
As anticipation builds for the release of Grand Theft Auto 6, a picture shows Lucia stripped down to a two-piece bikini.
#GTA6 #GTAVI #GTA
GTA 6 Lucia pic.twitter.com/Is6BuMEi9b— Watchman (@DarkChannel_) December 26, 2024
Here is how fans reacted to Lucia’s apparent new look in Grand Theft Auto:
“Everything is woke if you’ve never seen a woman’s body irl,” one fan said.
Everything is woke if you’ve never seen a woman’s body irl
— Truffle (@Lynndor_Truffle) December 28, 2024
“They better have some awesome clothing to choose from. Gotta look cute while doing missions,” a second fan added.
A third fan knew they were no match for her: “If I was in a beauty contest against her, she’d get first place, and I’d get disqualified.”
“She’s beautiful, my sapphic heart can’t take it 🤧,” another X user added.
“not leaving my house anytime soon,” a fan stated about the impending release of the game.
“No arsenal, but ima be a gooner for sure, a sixth fan added.
One final fan added: “Anybody upset about a video game character needs to seriously reevaluate their life.”
Fans Have Waited A Long Time For Grand Theft Auto To Release New Game
After more than a decade of waiting, Grand Theft Auto VI is supposedly finally set to come out in 2025.
Despite their hopes for a release this year fading, the community remains engaged in hopes that a second trailer will be released in early 2025 and a release date of the actual game will come out.
With each passing day, the desire for more news grows stronger.
Hopefully, 2025 will give the fans what they so desperately want.
