Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson’s season appears to be over, but how long his recovery will take after Sunday’s Achilles injury remains to be seen.

Watson has a torn Achilles tendon and will undergo surgery soonaccording to Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot.

What is unclear is the nature of the surgery, with Watson considering both conventional surgery and a newer ‘speed bridge’ procedure that could result in a quicker return to action. That’s the surgery Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers had last season, and he was able to return to practice faster than most players with Achilles tendonitis.

Of course, Rodgers tore his Achilles tendon in week one and still couldn’t return at the end of the season. Watson tore his Achilles tendon in week seven, so even with the quicker recovery he wouldn’t play this season.

A quicker recovery could give Watson a flying start in the offseason, but does that matter at this point? Trading for Watson has been such an unmitigated disaster for the Browns that they would love to be done with him, but the huge guaranteed salaries he has for the 2025 and 2026 seasons mean he will be a major drain on their salary cap, or him now… on the team or not, and whether he’s healthy enough to play or not.