Cleveland’s highest-paid offensive player is back on the practice field for the first time this season.

Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was designated to return to practice, opening a 21-day window for the franchise to either activate him to the 53-man roster or shut him down for the remainder of the 2025 season.

Watson is recovering from multiple Achilles surgeries since January and was thought to be out for the season while healing from the procedures.

The Browns have started three different quarterbacks this season: Joe Flacco and Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders. Flacco was traded to the Cincinnati Bengals in October. Gabriel started four games before dealing with a concussion, which opened the door for Sanders — a rookie drafted 50 spots behind Gabriel in April — to take over a

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