When the Browns swung a trade for quarterback Deshaun Watson back in 2022, they believed they had landed the franchise quarterback that had eluded them for the last two decades. While the franchise continues to wait for the full returns on their investment from Watson, their trade partner, Houston has already found a worthy successor.
Ohio State product C.J. Stroud took the NFL by storm this year in his rookie season. The second overall pick compiled 4,108 yards – the third most by a rookie in NFL history – 23 touchdowns and just five interceptions. He led the league in touchdown to interception ratio to boot.
After Newton added that the humanistic side can sometimes take over, Watson continued, “Nah, I ain’t even that type of dude. I ain’t even that type of dude to sit there and have any type of hate, cause I’ve been there, you know what I’m saying? I won a wild card game.
“It didn’t go our way. Business is business and we parted ways. But for me to see C.J. and how you was with me – we trained together, I came up – C.J. was the same way. In California when me and Q (Quincy Avery) was out there, he was right there with us. We got the same agent.”
Watson seems to have no ill-will toward the rookie QB whatsoever, even embracing what he called a “big brother role” with him. Despite the fact that Stroud took down Watson’s Browns, he’s seems to be a fan of his work.
