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The Cleveland Browns may have to make some decisions after one season of Deshaun Watson's market-altering $230 million deal. When speaking with reporters at the NFL scouting combine on Tuesday, Browns general manager Andrew Berry would not rule out renegotiating the contract.
"That may be on the table, but there's a lot of leeway in terms of what we can do," Berry said. According to Over The Cap, Watson's current contract is set to pay him a record $54,993,000 in salary cap over the following four seasons. The contract is also completely guaranteed, with him earning a basic salary of $46 million every year.
Deshaun Watson's first year as a Brown was rough, and now it gets harder
Watson's contract, as well as the trade that brought him to Cleveland from the Houston Texans amid his sexual misconduct scandal, was already one of the most controversial decisions in NFL history. The Browns, however, were likely hoping for a lot more than what they got in Watson's first season with the team.
After missing 11 games due to his NFL suspension, Watson posted 1,102 passing yards, a 58.2% completion rate, seven passing touchdowns, five interceptions and 6.5 yards per pass attempt in six games, plus 175 rushing yards and one touchdown on the ground. His 79.1 passer rating would have been fifth-worst in the NFL had he qualified, sandwiched between Carson Wentz and Baker Mayfield.
The Browns went 3-3 in Watson's starts, and are now losing the advantage of his relatively low $9.4 million cap hit in the first year of his contract. The team currently sits $13 million above the salary cap threshold. All of that adds up to Watson needing to do a whole lot more with a whole lot less if the Browns want to break through in the AFC North, unless he wants to do the team a favor with his fully guaranteed deal.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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