Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe talk blame for the Deshaun Watson trade on Monday's Orange and Brown Talk.

Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam went in some detail to acknowledge the swing and a miss the Deshaun Watson deal was for the organization.

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

Give Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam some credit for finally acknowledging that his team's trade for quarterback Deshaun Watson in 2022 was "a big swing and miss" when asked a

"Swing and miss" doesn't quite put the Deshaun Watson deal in the right context, but admitting you have a problem is the first step to solving it.

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,

Finally, the Browns seem to be admitting defeat. Browns owner Jimmy Haslam met with the media at the league's annual spring meetings and said the Watson trade was a mistake. Haslam called the Watson trade "a big swing and a miss" and said the franchise is still recovering, via Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

Cleveland co-owner Jimmy Haslam admitted on Monday that the Browns “took a big swing and miss” with their 2022 trade for quarterback Deshaun Watson.