After Deshaun Watson's Achilles injury, it has become clear that, despite Cleveland's best efforts, this new football marriage isn't working.

FOUR DAYS BEFORE the Cleveland Browns' 2024 season opener at Huntington Bank Field, Deshaun Watson was asked if he still considered himself one of the league's elite quarterbacks. Watson, for whom Cleveland traded three first-round draft picks to the Houston Texans and guaranteed $230 million for five years in 2022,

Watson ruptured his Achilles in Sunday’s loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. This ended his 2024 season and likely the Watson era in Cleveland at the same time. Second-year player Dorian Thompson-Robinson also left the game with a finger injury, and his status for this week is still up in the air.