Browns owner, March 2025:
“We took a big swing-and-miss with Deshaun. We thought we had the quarterback; we didn't.”
Browns, August 2026:
“Deshaun’s our quarteback!”
Deshaun Watson going 5-of-12 for 36 yards with a pick against the Bills backups and then criticizing the fans for booing him was apparently enough of a late push to win him the Browns QB job.
Highest rushing yards per carry by RBs in NFL history:
Jamaal Charles - 5.4
Jim Brown - 5.2
Nick Chubb - 5.0
Gale Sayers - 5.0
Barry Sanders - 5.0
(min. 900 attempts)
Peyton Watson is a swing the #Cavs needed to find a way to take this summer. This is a big bet on his upside. If he turns into the guy people think he can be, the ceiling for this team is much higher than it was.
Andre Iguodala: "I'm like, 'Man, that s--- was so dope to me, too.' I was a fan. That s--- was amazing. When he blocked it, I was like, 'Damn, somebody got shot.'"
Kyrie Irving: “I saw Iggy going up and I saw Bron coming like a bat out of hell. I was like, ‘Oh s--t, he got that?’”
Magic Johnson: “That block was better than any dunk I’ve ever seen. It was pure hustle, heart, and championship-level defense.”
Jalen Rose: “The block was biblical. If there’s a Mount Rushmore of Finals moments, that one is carved in stone.”
LeBron James: “I saw him drive. I saw Steph on the left wing and Draymond trailing. I had to get it.”
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The 73-win Warriors entered the Finals as the winningest team in NBA history, while Cleveland carried a 52-year championship drought.
On this day in 2016, Cleveland completed the first 3-1 comeback in NBA Finals history, winning three straight to capture its first championship 🏆
2 years ago Mike Brown got fired for calling out De’Aaron Fox for being an Idiot. Now Mike Brown is going to win a Championship because De’Aaron Fox is an Idiot. Full circle moment
@egoldie80@ESPNCleveland Well you already received one in Verse. I agree you need to hit on 2 more, with the hope that 1 is the QB. But it’s a good start.
I feel like people are way too low on Jared Verse all of a sudden.
He's not Myles Garrett - duh.
But Verse would be on a list of 5 names I wrote on a blank piece of paper of dream players I'd want back in a trade if I was trading away Myles Garrett.
He's an excellent EDGE entering year 3, so he isn't on blockbuster money yet.
Dude's racked up almost 160 total pressures in his first 2 regular seasons. He has 32 more across 5 playoff games.
He's got elite power. You want this guy on your team.
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Jared Verse only has 10 fewer QB pressures than Myles Garrett since he entered the league in 2024 (h/t @DanielOyefusi)
Garrett: 109 pressures
Verse: 99 pressures
And those were Verse’s rookie and sophomore seasons. This kid is still coming into his own.