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 Browns co-owner Jimmy Haslam called the team’s controversial acquisition of quarterback Deshaun Watson a “big swing and miss” on Monday.