For years, the Cleveland Browns stood by Deshaun Watson, despite innumerable on- and off-field issues. On Tuesday, roughly three years after acquiring the quarterback via trade and rewarding him with a record $230 million fully guaranteed contract, Browns ownership declared the move "a big swing and a miss."

"After the Deshaun Watson fiasco, though, the Browns are desperately short of significant homegrown talent on rookie deals," Barnwell wrote. "The mass of picks the organization enjoyed from their various trade downs during the tanking years have mostly graduated to second contracts or left the organization."

The Cleveland Browns find themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place, thanks in large part to a move for quarterback Deshaun Watson that has blown up in their face in spectacular fashion. After sending a massive trade haul to the Houston Texans and promptly signing Watson to a long-term contract,