A full-season suspension would push Deshaun Watson’s entire contact back by a year

[HotOffTheWire]

Much was made of the fact that the Browns gave Deshaun Watson a base salary for 2022 of only $1 million, given that the approach would reduce dramatically the financial consequences of, for example, a six- or eight-game suspension. If Watson misses all of 2022, it doesn’t matter. A full-season suspension by rule would toll [more]

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