Deshaun Watson used to be good. But since he started playing for the Cleveland Browns, he hasn’t played like his best days during his time with the Houston Texans. There is still hope for Watson to be THAT quarterback again, but it might also be a good time for the Browns to sniff around for potential QB options – like you know, Justin Fields of the Chicago Bears.
This idea has been raised recently by Ben Solak of The Ringer:
If they find a starter in Fields, they can escape out of the back door of what is proving to be a catastrophically bad Watson contract.
We know that Cleveland is interested in mobile quarterbacks. (Josh Dobbs, P.J. Walker, and Dorian Thompson-Robinson were all either in camp or starting games for them last season.) We know that analytically minded general manager Andrew Berry should always be interested in high-upside gambles at the quarterback position. And we know that new OC Ken Dorsey has worked with a big-bodied, physical QB runner before in Buffalo with Josh Allen. The fit is good.
Justin Fields To The Cleveland Browns?
The Browns would be a surprising player in the Justin Fields sweepstakes. The New England Patriots, Atlanta Falcons, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are among the teams most linked as trade landing spots for the Bears quarterback. But given the ineffectiveness so far of Watson as their QB1, Cleveland could be starting to get infuriated with its decision to mortgage the farm, so to speak, to acquire and sign him to a large contract extension.
The Bears have yet to decide on Fields’ fate in Windy City, but the closer the 2024 NFL Draft gets, the more it seems that Chicago is going to get a QB as its No. 1 overall pick, which means the former Ohio State Buckeyes star’s days at Soldier Field are numbered.