00:00Got booed not once, not twice, not three times, not four times.
00:03By my count, five times he was booed.
00:07And I get it.
00:08Listen, I got to be honest with you.
00:10I hate this this morning.
00:11I love what I do for a living.
00:12Sure.
00:13I'm honored and blessed that I get to talk to the sports fans of Cleveland.
00:18I have a job because of your passion as fans,
00:22and I have tremendous respect for that.
00:25I hate what this has become.
00:26I hate that Shador Sanders, who is in his second year,
00:31he's an up-and-coming player, he's working on things himself,
00:35personally, professionally, to be better and become a franchise quarterback,
00:40and he's having to comment and chastise fans for booing his teammate.
00:45And I understand where he's coming from.
00:47That's his teammate.
00:48That's his brother-in-arms.
00:50And that's how he views Deshaun Watson.
00:52He doesn't view him through the same lens that I do, or you do, Nick,
00:56or how fans do.
00:59He has a different perspective.
01:00So, yeah, I'd love to blow up Shador for those comments, but I can't.
01:07I can't.
01:08I get it.
01:09Because I understand where he is coming from.
01:12But one thing I'm not going to do is sit here and tell fans not to boo.
01:16Right.
01:17Or not to react, or not to care, not be passionate.
01:20Okay?
01:21Here's another message to the fan, Daryl.
01:24This guy never wanted to be here.
01:26Deshaun Watson told you no.
01:29He told the Browns no.
01:31And then they floated $230 million in front of him,
01:35and who wouldn't say yes to that?
01:37But I think that replays in the back of fans' minds.
01:41Honestly, I would have come here for the $200.
01:43Yeah, yeah.
01:44The $30 is just a sweetener.
01:46Yeah, the first offer I would have come from, come for, right?
01:50Like, I just, that contract was bonkers, fully guaranteed.
01:56Who wouldn't have, you know?
01:58By the way, I know NFL players around the league have to be thanking Deshaun.
02:01They'll never see that type of contract again.
02:04It's too risky.
02:06No, no way.
02:07And at the time, again, put the onus.
02:10Instead of setting the standard.
02:11Put the onus on the organization, Daryl,
02:13because they thought they were starting the trend.
02:16They thought, oh, we just screwed Baltimore.
02:18We just screwed Pittsburgh.
02:20Now everybody's going to have to pay their quarterbacks fully guaranteed money.
02:24What's Cincinnati going to do with Joe Burrow?
02:27Ha, ha, ha.
02:28You know, Andrew Barry, everybody.
02:30We were laughing at the rest of the league.
02:32We were laughing at the Houston Texans.
02:34Boy, did they rob us with a Nerf gun.
02:38They robbed us with a fake gun in that Deshaun Watson deal.
02:42And we had the audacity.
02:43Like, Browns fans were laughing at them.
02:45Because we thought we had a top five quarterback in the league.
02:48What a joke this thing has turned into.
02:50What a complete and utter joke.
02:52And the onus is on the organization for putting you, the fan, through it.
02:56And if you want to show up on Thursday and boo whoever's the starter.
03:00Because I don't know.
03:01They've got a game to play in a couple days.
03:03And I don't know how they're leaving the stadium last night.
03:06There's the Thursday night football truck.
03:08The production truck is outside of the building.
03:11Waiting to get in.
03:12It's like, oh, boy, do you guys have an opening script already figured out for you?
03:17I'm going to do the PR job for the Browns right now.
03:21Sure.
03:22Man, this one's free.
03:23The next one, you've got to bill them for.
03:25I'm sure they're listening.
03:28Literally sure of it.
03:29A statement should be released today.
03:32Before Todd Munkin goes on Zoom.
03:34Don't do this.
03:35Don't put Todd up there as the mark.
03:37You know, because this is a guy in his first year.
03:40He's 60 years old.
03:42Waited his whole life to do this.
03:43And they're going to put him up there at 330 and just make him fend for his.
03:46Don't do to Todd what you did to Kevin Stefanski.
03:49Where it was Stefanski having to take the bullets all the time.
03:52Many times.
03:53You need to issue a statement this afternoon.
03:56That the team and Deshaun Watson.
04:00Have mutually agreed to part ways.
04:05Under the terms of his contract.
04:07And to be in compliance with.
04:10The collective bargaining agreement.
04:13Watson will be a member of the 53 man roster.
04:17However.
04:18However.
04:19He has no obligation to.
04:21Be around the team.
04:23He is welcome to take personal leave.
04:26We support him.
04:28In that.
04:29Yep.
04:30And we wish him well.
04:32In his future endeavors.
04:33And that's the last.
04:34You really got to stay about it.
04:35And that's it.
04:36Until you release the statement.
04:37After the season.
04:38That we've agreed to the post June 1st release.
04:40Of Deshaun Watson.
04:41And that's how this thing can end.
04:43Like yesterday should be as ugly as this thing gets.
04:47Like don't let this get worse.
04:49Please.
04:50I'm begging you.
04:51Don't let this get worse.
04:53You need to resolve this today.
04:55Do not drag this out tomorrow.
04:57Tuesday.
04:58Wednesday.
04:58Thursday.
04:59Get it done today.
05:01Sit Deshaun down.
05:03Deshaun.
05:03We understand and respect how you feel.
05:05You're right.
05:06Okay.
05:06Right.
05:07We understand it hurts to be booed.
05:09By fans that are supposed to support you.
05:12It look.
05:14We thought bringing you here was going to be transformative for our franchise.
05:19We believed in you.
05:21Obviously our financial commitment to you reflected that.
05:24What we gave up to get you here is reflective of that.
05:27Unfortunately it did not work out.
05:30And it is not fair to you for us to put you in that position.
05:36It's not good for your mental health.
05:38Clearly.
05:38It's not good for the fans.
05:42We're not going to pit our players against our fans.
05:46Because our players, your teammates need to stick up for you.
05:49Because you're brothers.
05:51Okay.
05:52We're not going to do that.
05:54So you can be on personal leave.
05:58If you want to be around the facility.
06:00That's your choice.
06:00But you will have no team obligations this year.
06:04We will make sure that you get your game checks and all that.
06:09There will be no appearances on behalf of the team.
06:12Nothing.
06:13That's it.
06:14We're done.
06:14We wish you well.
06:16And sorry it didn't work out.
06:18Because they do need to sit him down.
06:20From a mental health standpoint.
06:22He sounded like a broken individual up there at that podium yesterday.
06:26Like they do need to sit him down this morning.
06:28Before Todd meets with you guys.
06:30This afternoon at 3.30.
06:31From a human standpoint.
06:34With Deshaun Watson.
06:35And get his finger pulse on where he's at.
06:39You know.
06:39Does he even want to play for this thing again?
06:42Because last night it sounded like he did it.
06:44Last night it sounded like he was ready to be done.
06:46And look.
06:47I get it.
06:48I understand it.
06:49I do.
06:49And we played the clip coming out.
06:51Michael played the clip at the top of the hour there.
06:53Coming into the segment about.
06:55Like Shadour is right.
06:58They are human beings.
06:59These aren't robots.
07:01They have families.
07:02They have feelings.
07:04Emotions.
07:05They live and die.
07:07By their profession.
07:08Which is football.
07:09Okay.
07:11And.
07:12One of the things that comes with that profession.
07:14Is harsh criticism from the media.
07:15And people like me.
07:17And you.
07:17When things don't go well.
07:20Okay.
07:21It's booing from fans.
07:23When things aren't going well.
07:25Like that.
07:26That's part of what you sign up for.
07:29Okay.
07:31People ripping me for things that I either post.
07:33Or I say.
07:34I sign up for that.
07:36Okay.
07:37Look.
07:37As long as you don't get into personal attacks.
07:39And threats.
07:40And.
07:40Hey.
07:41You'll call me stupid.
07:42Or my take is stupid.
07:43Or what.
07:43That's fair game.
07:45I understand that.
07:46Some people think that they're giving me a bad day.
07:49When they troll me or whatever.
07:51No.
07:51I'm just getting just as much of a kick out of it as you are.
07:54And sometimes I enjoy showing the world.
07:57The depravity.
07:59And the absurdity.
08:01Of some things.
08:03But.
08:04There is a human element to this.
08:07And as I said in the first hour.
08:09By the rules of our society.
08:12Deshaun Watson's paid the debt.
08:13He was never charged with a crime.
08:16He was sued in civil court.
08:18He settled those lawsuits with those alleged victims or accusers out of court.
08:27Terms undisclosed and kept private.
08:30That's that.
08:31He served his 11 game suspension with the NFL.
08:35He paid his $5 million fine.
08:37He went through whatever program or counseling that he was required under the terms of that settlement.
08:44He complied with it.
08:46Unfortunately, he sucked on the football field.
08:49Unfortunately, he got hurt not once but twice but three times.
08:54Not his fault.
08:56Unfortunate.
08:57He got hurt.
08:58Can't help that.
08:59But.
09:01Yesterday.
09:02When you're going up against the back end of the Buffalo Bills roster in the third quarter.
09:07And you're not able to hit open receivers.
09:09You're not able to do the basics.
09:12Of being looking like a quarterback making $40 million a year.
09:18Yeah.
09:19Fans are going to boo.
09:20And then obviously there's the other ancillary stuff.
09:23And baggage that you came with that's on top of that and behind the boos.
09:26And the four years of previous misery that you contributed to.
09:32Thrown in there too.
09:33And then after the game.
09:35Okay.
09:36You said what you said.
09:37Okay.
09:38Fine.
09:38We're done here.
09:39That's how it goes.
09:41No problem.
09:42But also too.
09:44We're getting in a situation where you got a young player like Shadour who is impressionable.
09:49Who's learning from you.
09:50Looks up to you.
09:52And now he's calling out fans.
09:55The people that are supposed to be supporting him.
09:58And I'm guessing those fans aren't going to appreciate that if that continues.
10:02Right?
10:02If Shadour has to keep reminding us.
10:04Don't let it fester.
10:05All to be respectful and in those type of things.
10:08And again I don't have a problem with what Shadour said.
10:11I really don't.
10:12I get it.
10:13They are people.
10:15And I will admit sometimes in my role I forget that at times.
10:19I am man enough to admit that.
10:22Because I'm looking at results.
10:26So there is something to what Shadour had to say yesterday.
10:30But we can't be pitting the new young up and coming player against the fans either.
10:35Because of this guy.
10:36You got to cut the cancer out.
10:38You got to be done with it.
10:39You got to be done with it today.
10:41You can't let this thing fester.
10:43You can't.
10:45Because it's going to get ugly real fast.
10:48Did you think going into yesterday.
10:50Yes or no.
10:50That it could have gotten worse than what it already was.
10:53That it was a $230 million disaster.
10:55These last four years were horrible.
10:58From an on the field perspective.
10:59I wondered if it could get worse.
11:01I looked at anything he could contribute this year is gravy.
11:05Like I had no expectation that Deshaun could do anything this year.
11:09Me neither.
11:09I thought he was completely washed.
11:11So I really didn't think it could get worse.
11:13Because my expectations were this guy is what he is.
11:16And he's washed.
11:16But because of what he said yesterday.
11:18I absolutely.
11:20It cements my thoughts.
11:22That I've expressed for months.
11:24Of not wanting to invest any more time and energy in this guy.
11:27There was nothing to ever gain from it dude.
11:30Nothing.
11:31There was nothing that they could have ever gained from this.
11:33Every ounce of energy should be poured into Shador Sanders.
11:37Taylor Greene.
11:39Yep.
11:41And Dylan Gabriel.
11:43Those are your three.
11:44Those are the three quarterbacks that remain.
11:46All energy should be poured into those three men.
11:49And we're done with Deshaun.
11:52It's that simple.
11:54And the salary cap.
11:56You'll deal with it.
11:57You'll deal with that over the next two years.
12:00Again it's the bed that you laid.
12:02You've got to figure out the math.
12:04We're not paid to sit here and talk about the spreadsheets.
12:07The dead cap hit.
12:09How you're going to space that out and drag it out.
12:11Don't care.
12:12You've got to get rid of him today.
12:14You cannot let this fester.
12:17Do not let Todd Munkin get on Zoom this afternoon.
12:20And have to take these bullets.
12:22Todd Munkin didn't bring Deshaun Watson here.
12:25Nope.
12:26Okay.
12:28That's not fair to Todd.
12:29And listen.
12:29I understand.
12:30Hey.
12:30You know.
12:31He signed up to be the de facto spokesperson for the organization.
12:35Face the organization.
12:36I think he's done a pretty good job.
12:37I respect the candor and whatnot that comes from him.
12:41Yeah.
12:42So don't let this black cloud.
12:44This dark cloud follow him.
12:45Don't put him in that position.
12:48Jim, Chuck, Eric, Larry, Greg.
12:49See you guys.
12:50We're going to get to you next.
12:512-1-6-4-7-4-0-92.
12:53I don't know how the Browns come back from this with Deshaun.
12:57Other than to move on.
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