Watson Joins Browns

[Shake n Blake]

(03-18-2022, 10:40 PM)Nately120 Wrote: I don't get it.  A month ago we were all talking about how being a Bengals fan had finally paid off after slogging through 30 years of mediocrity and abject misery, but we also don't mind laughing at the fans of team that trade a bunch of picks for QBs because they're going to be in hell before you know it.  Just seems a bit wacky.

We get one elite QB in 34 years and suddenly we are laughing at all the dumbass teams who "spent too much" to get their own guy.  I will say some Steeler fan pals of mine were lamenting that they weren't bad enough to get a franchise changing QB and I just asked them if they were really going to sit there and watch a 2 win season...because I've done it, damn it.  Trading a lot of picks for an elite QB isn't easy, but neither is waiting for someone like Joe Burrow to appear.

I mean, the last time the Bengals were this good I was in 1st grade and now I'm going grey, have a bad back, and see people who were born when I was in grad school going to grad school...but hey, at least I didn't have to watch us trade the picks we used to draft John Ross and Billy Price go to getting an elite QB, right?

I'd legimately trade the seven 1st round picks we used prior to Burrow getting here for Burrow.  Eifert, Dennard, Ogbuehi, WJIII, Ross, Billy Price and Jonah Williams for Burrow.  I'd make that trade. 

I don't necessarily think the Browns were wrong for doing it. I just know that it's extremely risky for a multitude of reasons. For one, Watson's legal issues. Then the size of the contract will necessitate bringing in "value" players...but they gave up a butt load of picks, so that might be a problem.

Also, the Texans were never good with Watson.

So sure, do it....but this looks like it could easily blow up in the Browns faces, and if it does, it'll send them right back to being the same ol Browns.

TL/DR: I'd be a fan of this if I were a Browns fan, but as a Bengals fan, I'm glad they had to do it this way.