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."

The marriage between the Browns and Deshaun Watson is all but over after the recent comments by owner Jimmy Haslam.

The Browns' decision to trade three-first round picks, a third-round pick and two fourth-round picks to the Texans for Deshaun Watson, and then give Watson the biggest guaranteed contract in NFL history,