the Browns play the Jaguars in Jacksonville on Friday
here's Kevin stefanski coach. The Browns from yesterday
talking about his plans at the quarterback position because
DeShaun Watson reported this last week. They plan to use
them in the preseason. He's free and clear what stefanski
going to do.
Let's hear it.
We have a framework. Jacob how we're going to handle this
preseason? As, you know, you always reserve the right to
change your mind based on
you know how practice goes and those type of things. But We're
pretty confident in the plan, we have
want to make the trip.
Yes, I'm really comfortable in what you cope. He's done to
date with his reps. He's gotten a lot of them.
He's gotten some with the ones, some with the twos
and we'll stick to our plan
absent, any new information,
Here is one area of new information.
Yeah. I could be a factor.
Hmm. There's one way. This goes. Where DeShaun Watson
isn't making the trip and can't play in the game.
If Peter Harvey
today or tomorrow issues his ruling
and gives the League this
indefinite banishment, minimum one year.
I think he's gone at that point.
You know if it's just a six game or a 12 game he stays
through the preseason. The suspension begins,
as of the conclusion of the final preseason game, or at
least the preparation for week. One, at some point, he's got to
go, but he can stay for now. Right, if they do this,
this changes on this, this is interesting. I don't know if
I knew this, if it, if the end result is
banishment for one year, calendar year, not a number of
games, but if it is, you are out of here for one year and
then you have to apply for reinstatement. You know, the
the ultimate substance abuse policy.
Punishment. That doesn't happen as much anymore because they've
changed the policy. But you had guys in recent years, like
Martavis Bryant and Josh Gordon, right? And others
Justin Blackman.
You get that minimum one year that you're gone and then you
have to ask back in. If that happens in the next two days,
there's a good chance that he is told by the league. You have
to go
now. Look that that that's the kind of thing that could spark
an immediate effort to go to court and get It would be
weird. Okay, we want to get him back in the facility
until his suspension begins week one because we didn't, we
didn't appeal the six game suspension, so I don't know
that they would go through that fight for something that boils
down to a couple of weeks. But
when you think about what Roger Goodell said, yes to do, you
really think the NFL wants to see no on its brand new
and it fell? Now?
Right.
80 bucks a year, right? 999 a month. Whatever it is. Alright.
Preseason games, you really They want people dialing up and
say, there's DeShaun Watson, I thought they weren't letting
him play. I thought he was suspended. Why is DeShaun
Watson playing? Well, this is so, this is an interesting
development.
Well, a very interesting development today or tomorrow
would be hey, DeSean, you're gone for a full year. Bye-bye,
don't show up in the preseason. We'll talk about this next
August.
I just want to put that on our ones radar screen. I'm not
saying I'm gonna happen. Yeah. But it needs to be paid
attention to. I Mike, I never really, I did not think of that
aspect of it. It. I thought you know even if you got the year
suspension and all that that he would still be able to continue
and
that would be whoa. Quite the development and for a lot of
reasons because you know, I first off Kevin stefanski who's
handled this with with as much class as he
possibly can. And I think he's a pretty smart guy and well
thought out, and I'm sure they do have a plan here. All right,
they're stuck in his spot as far as those coaches are
concerned,
but I was just getting ready to say off of that,
you know, your suspension, they That they have this balance
that they got to figure out a little bit here. We're like,
first off, I agree with you. I don't think the NFL wants to
wants him being seen on TV associated with the
NFL right now and and, and I, you know, when you lay it out
like that, I wouldn't be shocked to see it go that way.
You know, we,
you know, I think I brought that up a few times when we
were talking about the cement suspension last week, where?
Yeah, I don't think the NFL wants that guy on the TV for
four hours,
the best player on the team,
and And all that stuff that goes along with it. There's
just no way the NFL owners of The Shield is going to like
that, look. And even though it's preseason, I still don't
think they're going to like that. Look for all the things
we talked about,
this is a world country matter, this crosses the line of,
you know, just football stuff here.
So that's not a good look. Here's the football aspect that
really
would scare the crap out of me if I'm Jimmy Haslam or even
Kevin stefanski and, you know, he's lucky enough to continue
to be successful.
There and Coach, the Cleveland Browns, to the next few years.
If this comes down the way you say, it comes down,
holy crap. Will that be the, it'll be the worst 230 million
dollar contract, and I would really be worried about. We're
going to go two years without this guy, playing any football
and then he's going to come back next year.
You know, that's where they have this balance right now. As
it lays out where we think oh hey, he'll be able to play
preseason and do that.
He needs to play in the preseason.
Season. You know they need to get your Colby percent ready,
we know that but to protect their investment and to get
what they want out of this guy
man you do want to get him to play and get the cobwebs off
a little bit. I don't care who you are. We've heard Peyton
Manning when he was heard talk about it. A lot of guys Tom
Brady didn't look like Tom Brady in 2009 when he
came back from the knee injury,
it takes a while.
It's a sport that is
it. You just can't practice it. And you heard me say before
it's especially the quarterback. Position and that
would like, really change my thought of DeShaun Watson
and what he could be,
you know, a year from now, or whatever. And that just makes
the contract even crazier, but to go two years without
playing.
Whoa, that's a game-changer, in my opinion, I don't care how
good you are, how talented you are.