The Browns have restructured QB Deshaun Watson's contract, a league source told ESPN, in a move that creates $35.832 million in salary cap space.
Mina Kimes and Tim Cowlishaw break down their level of concern over the injury statuses of QB Deshaun Watson and RB Nick Chubb. Daniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN, he covered the Miami Dolphins for the Miami Herald, as well as the Baltimore Ravens for The Baltimore Sun. You can follow him on Twitter @DanielOyefusi.'s contract, a league source told ESPN's Field Yates, in a move that creates $35.832 million in salary cap space.
The Browns are expected to roll over the majority of the cap space to have financial flexibility in the 2025 offseason, when they are already projected to be $44 million over the cap, according to ESPN's Roster Management System. Wide receivers This marks the second time the Browns have adjusted the contract of Watson, who signed an NFL-record $230 million fully guaranteed deal upon being traded from thein March 2022. Ahead of the start of free agency in 2023, the Browns cleared about $36 million in cap space by restructuring Watson's contract and adding a void year.
While the Browns did not add any years to Watson's deal, the restructure further ties them to the 28-year-old, with significant dead cap hits if they were to move off from him before the deal expires. Watson will have cap hits of $72.9 million each in the 2025 and 2026 seasons, with $172 million and $99 million dead cap hits, respectively.
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