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- Deshaun Watson spoke to the media for the first time as a Cleveland Browns on Friday.
- During his introductory press conference, Watson made the surprising revelation that he didn’t know the team was going to offer him a $230 million contract before he decided to sign with them.
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Deshaun Watson signed a massive $230 million fully guaranteed contract to join the Cleveland Browns, but he says he didn’t know about the contract before signing with the team.
Watson made the surprising revelation during his introductory press conference on Friday.
Deshaun Watson claims the $230M fully-guaranteed contract was not the reason why he chose the #Browns.
Says he didn't even know about the contract offer until after he decided on choosing Cleveland.
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) March 25, 2022
Here’s Deshaun Watson saying he didn’t know about $230 million contract before deciding to sign with the Browns pic.twitter.com/wJUorLucUN
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) March 25, 2022
“It had nothing to do with the contract, I didn’t know about the contract until I told my agent that I wanted to come and be a Cleveland Brown. That was secondary, that was after the fact that we spoke on the phone.”
NFL fans immediately called B.S. on Watson’s claim that he didn’t know about the $230 million contract before signing with the team.
https://t.co/NtZiRQKt7X pic.twitter.com/juVghiMKMb
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) March 25, 2022
So what drew you in Mr. Watson?? Was it the lack of wide receivers they have ?? Or is the the non existent offensive line
— GLOKU (@GlokuSSG) March 25, 2022
Watson chose Cleveland because of the incredible weather, unprecedented franchise success, and recent history of thriving QBs https://t.co/Iq01TRD1Zg
— Mike Nicastro (@MikedUpSports1) March 25, 2022
So truth is definitely not his strong suit https://t.co/zlobi81HRm
— John Chapman (@JL_Chapman) March 25, 2022
Deshaun claims a lot of things we don’t believe https://t.co/mUbxywV92v
— Brother Bill (@BrotherBill716) March 25, 2022
https://twitter.com/w3stsideBG/status/1507426141862174721
I also accepted a job without knowing the salary and hours and benefits. Just said yes https://t.co/EclpyThz50
— A-lex from Btown (@YaboiCocos) March 25, 2022