Overview
- The Browns have not opened Deshaun Watson’s 21-day practice window and, per Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot, will wait at least until Week 12 to consider a return designation.
- Watson remains on reserve/PUP rehabbing a re-ruptured Achilles and posted “Be READY! More GLORY” as the team stays noncommittal on a 2025 return.
- Former strategy chief Paul DePodesta, now the Rockies’ president of baseball operations, said the 2022 Watson acquisition was an organizational decision that “we all own.”
- The Athletic’s Zac Jackson forecasts a post–June 1, 2026 release that could carry roughly $70–$80 million in dead money, highlighting the cap cost of moving on.
- Head coach Kevin Stefanski is sticking with rookie Dillon Gabriel at quarterback for now as the team evaluates longer-term options.