We are in week 5 of the NFL 2025 season, and the Cleveland Browns have only a single victory in their win column after stumbling in four games. They have suffered a humiliating defeat against the Detroit Lions, 34-10, and ended up sending fan favorite, veteran QB Joe Flacco, to the division rival Cincinnati Bengals. Everything is going in the wrong direction for the Browns, but it wasn’t like they entered the season on positive notes, as they got the major blowback in January with QB Deshaun Watson ‘s news.
Deshaun Watson suffered a torn Achilles tendon back in Week 7 of the 2024 season, and then he ruptured it again in January 2025 during his rehabilitation. This was a major blow for the Browns. But that’s only one side of Watson’s status as the Browns’ head coach