Also true. Browns had a bad case of FOMO at the time when there were several other teams hot to trot to sign him. They weren't the only team ready to go all in on him (no pun intended). I just don't think the Browns should be doing anything with Watson until the NFL discipline comes down. Of course it was a bad idea. I figured they knew something about the way the case was headed, but I guess not. They obviously prepared for him to get suspended with the way that contract is laid out, so they were clearly fine with the compensation they gave up even with a suspension. The question is whether he gets more than a year.
The Browns doing anything doesn't make any sense.
He didn't do anything while he was on their team, and they openly accepted everything he did when they traded for him.
The Browns have already shown they don't care, so at this point they're just going to keep their freaking mouth shut and let the NFL do its job.
You have to think the NFLs mind has to be on the post ray Rice aftermath, and how society has become quite a bit more invested in these kinds of things since then