Former Browns HC Kevin Stefanski was against the Deshaun Watson trade

The Cleveland Browns have always been tight-lipped about the Deshaun Watson trade.

The organization has stuck to the script, sharing the glory in the immediate aftermath as well as sharing the stain of trading everything for an alleged serial sexual offender. The team has been oddly professional about the entire ordeal. A rarity in Cleveland. However, that shared accountability ended after Kevin Stefanski’s firing, late last night, CBS reported Stefanski was against the Watson trade.

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The Watson trade will go down as the worst trade in NFL history. It was a Challenger-level implosion, and the team is still struggling to rebuild from the wreckage four years later. Everyone wants to know what really happened behind the scenes. It will be the first question every team asks Stefanski during his interviews. His answers will soon evolve into a game of telephone around the media. The first leaks have just begun. Rumors will quickly be swirling around Berea.Meanwhile, Watson is lurking silently through the halls.

It makes more financial sense for the team to keep him around. However, there’s no telling what a disgruntled former Superstar will do. The Browns’ offseason drama with Watson is just beginning.

This article originally appeared on Browns Wire: Former Browns HC KEvin Stefanski hated the Deshaun Watson trade