Andrew Berry on Deshaun Watson's Injury Progress, Evaluating Trade
Cleveland Browns GM Andrew Berry says the team is happy with how Deshaun Watson is progressing through his injury and that it's too early to grade out the trade.
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00:00 >> Deshaun coming along and where do things stand in terms of moving forward
00:04 with him and is there any precedent for an NFL quarterback or another athlete
00:10 that you're kind of going along their timeline for
00:12 having suffered a fracture going on?
00:14 >> Mary Kay, more generally, Deshaun's progressing well.
00:21 He's doing everything in his power in terms of rehab.
00:24 He's coming along well.
00:28 We anticipate him being on a normal or potentially ahead of schedule time.
00:32 I hesitate to say that because it still is early.
00:36 But we're really pleased with this progress so far and
00:39 certainly looking forward to getting him back when he comes in the spring.
00:42 >> And do you have anybody that you have,
00:45 one dad that has suffered this same kind of pressure?
00:49 >> I'd say that's probably a better question for our medical staff.
00:53 But probably the bigger takeaway is,
00:56 we feel really good about the recovery.
00:59 There's nothing that would suggest that there should be some type of limitation or
01:03 anything like that moving forward.
01:05 >> And kind of off of that, Deshaun, it seemed like every time he would,
01:10 seemed like he was turning a corner, the rotator cuff and
01:14 then Baltimore game and the broken shoulder.
01:17 Do you feel comfortable with how much you've been able to
01:21 evaluate of him in game settings?
01:26 Kind of going forward?
01:28 >> Yeah, we'd all love to have him on the field more often.
01:31 I think that's safe to say, himself included.
01:34 Do feel really good about him, happy with the progress that he's made within
01:39 our organization, both on the field and off the field.
01:42 And we're looking forward to getting him back next year.
01:44 We think he's gonna have a really big year and
01:46 have a ton of confidence in him as our starting quarterback.
01:49 >> How would you characterize the trade?
01:50 So almost to the halfway point,
01:52 he's played 11 games since 2020, he's coming off right shoulder surgery now.
01:57 How would you characterize the way the trade has gone to this point?
02:01 And then what gives you optimism that he's gonna get the level of Mahomes,
02:05 Stroud, Lamar, and Allen who hosted the first round playoff games?
02:10 >> Yeah, Jake, I honestly haven't spent a ton of time thinking about that.
02:13 When we made the trade, we really looked at it as, hey,
02:16 this is something that we'll evaluate a 10 year time horizon,
02:21 because these guys play.
02:23 Obviously, we want him on the field more often than he's been.
02:26 He can't help the shoulder injuries this year.
02:30 But we're really pleased with him.
02:32 He's very talented, he's very hardworking, he's adaptable.
02:36 And we really feel good about him moving forward.