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Watson will never play another snap in Cleveland. He will go on IR this year, and then be cut or stashed the year after.

Cleveland's roster was good enough 2 years ago to make the playoffs with 5 separate QBs starting games. The roster isn't bad at all. There are holes, sure. But there are holes on pretty much every NFL roster outside of Philly. They need a QB. With good QB play, they can compete. With QB play like last year, you go 3-14. Not rocket science.

At this point he is worth the risk. Like others have said, if he proves himself, you found a QB in the 5th round. If he shows to be a pain AT ALL, you cut him and move on. You can't do that with a 1st or 2nd round pick. I believe it's only happened with a 3rd rounder 1 in the last 20ish years. But 5th rounders get cut all the time. He and Gabriel are opposites so far. Gabriel apparently interviewed extremely well and came off as extremely smart. Sanders interviewed extremely poorly and was a pain. But Sanders has a lot more potential. I do agree drafting 2 guys is very odd, but when Kenny Pickett is currently listed as your backup, its not hard to just cut him either if the 2 rookies look reasonably good.

Philly must have wanted to be 100% sure that no one traded ahead of them. They reported they were trying to trade up all the way from 22 but couldn't get the trade finalized.

It was an ankle injury during last season, no after 2023. He played in the first 4-5 games last year, and had 2 pick 6s in those games. He extremely talented, bit can get beat because he plays so aggressive. But it leads to turnovers as well.

Brock Bowers last year? Turned out ok.

Graham has been WAY more productive than Grant. Grant is extremely talented, but isn't near the player Graham is as of now.

Michigan Overhyped: Will Johnson. He is very good, but you can't convince me that he didn't quit on the team last year. He also is elite in several aspects, but he can be beat deep and tries to jump too many routes. Donovan Edwards, as a RB. I actually think he could be an excellent slot WR, but he lacks vision as a RB. Underhyped: Mason Graham. I think he is the best player in the draft. I honestly think he has Aaron Donald potential. May not ever be THAT good, but he is good in every facet of the game.

But why would Detroit make that trade?

He checks all the PHYSICAL boxes. He hasn't checked all the mental boxes all the way through college. He was a below 50% passer in high school as well.

He was a 2nd rounder, but your point still stands. There were rumors and such before that draft of him going #1 overall simply by being the "top" QB, but it just turned out to be a horrible QB draft.

Yes, once he would get any extended playing time, he will most likely be back to the way he looked at Michigan, and then at Tennessee. All the talent in the world and a rocket arm, but has no touch and little accuracy.

You plan to trade up to #2 Overall, or even #9, for a couple 2nds and 3rds? It would be pushing it even including #30. Those teams need "generational talent" just as much as anybody else, probably more.

At the rate he was going, an early wheelchair.

Amazing that you can make that judgment based on 0 information. I also read a separate article that hinted that they think he might retire, not that he doesn't have the ability anymore.