THE Cleveland Browns have signed a new quarterback after Deshaun Watson’s feared season-ending injury.
The AFC North team are having a disastrous season, and are bottom of their division with a 1-6 record.
Their woes continued in Week 7 when they were beaten by the Cincinnati Bengals, 21-14.
Their controversial QB Watson was injured towards the end of the first half of the game.
He was carted off the field, and booed by both sets of fans at his home Huntington Bank Field.
The 29-year-old ruptured his right Achilles, and will miss the rest of the 2024-25 NFL season.
This is despite him being on a mega $230 million contract.
The Browns have now signed up a new quarterback as cover for him.
They have taken Bailey Zappe off the Kansas City Chiefs practice squad to bolster their options.
It is not known where he will be in the starting order ahead of their Week 8 clash against the Baltimore Ravens.
But Dorian Thompson-Robinson and Jameis Winston are the two leading options.
However, Thompson-Robinson is suffering from a finger injury.
If he does not play on Sunday against the Ravens, Winston will start.
Zappe is then expected to be his back-up.
The 25-year-old was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fourth round in 2022.
He started in eight games in two seasons under head coach Bill Belichick.
Diamonds are forever
Kansas City’s newest Super Bowl rings feature 529 diamonds, 38 rubies and a nod to their game-winning play.
The Chiefs flashed their latest piece of jewelry at a special ceremony on Thursday, June 13.
The new bling features the years of Kansas City’s Super Bowl wins – 1969, 2019, 2022 and 2023.
It also has a handwritten drawing of Andy Reid’s ‘Tom and Jerry’ play which won Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Kansas City beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime in February.
And the rings feature 22 diamonds to represent the points Kansas City scored in the second half and overtime.
Nineteen diamonds also represent their 11 straight winning seasons and eight AFC West titles in a row.
While there is also commemorative patch for the late Norma Hunt, the matriarch of the family which owns the Chiefs who died last summer.
However, he threw 12 interceptions, which was more than his eleven touchdowns.
Zappe showed brief flashes of success at the Patriots, but could never secure his starting spot.
The Pats drafted Drake Maye in the quarterback position in the 2024 NFL Draft.
And new head coach Jerod Mayo decided to release Zappe over the summer.
He ended up at the Chiefs, fighting for a space on their practice squad.
Patrick Mahomes and Carson Wentz were both the active quarterbacks on the roster.
Zappe was released by the Patriots over the summer after Drake Maye was drafted[/caption]
