After spending much of Thursday negotiating with the Seahawks and Browns, free-agent tight end Ben Watson opted to accept Cleveland's offer, a league source tells ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. Watson signed a three-year, $12 million contract with the Browns that includes $6.35 million in guaranteed money. Watson has spent all of his six seasons in the league with the New England Patriots. Check ...

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CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The Cleveland Browns continued to rebuild their roster by signing free-agent tight end Ben Watson to a multi-year contract on Friday as the team looks to snap a seven-season playoff drought. Watson, 29, has spent his six-year National Football League career with the New England Patriots, who drafted him with the 32nd pick of the first round in 2004. Terms of the deal were not...

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CLEVELAND -- The Browns signed unrestricted free agent tight end Ben Watson, formerly of the Patriots, to a three-year deal worth $12 million, including $6.35 million guaranteed, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. Watson, who spent all six of his previous seasons with the Patriots, knows Browns coach Eric Mangini and offensive coordinator Brian Daboll from their New England days. Watson, 29, was...

CLEVELAND -- After spending much of Thursday negotiating with the Seahawks and Browns, free-agent tight end Ben Watson opted to accept Cleveland's offer. Watson spent the past six seasons with the New England Patriots, where he previously worked with Browns coach Eric Mangini and offensive coordinator Brian Daboll. "We viewed Ben as one of the top all-around tight ends in the free agent market," B...

Make msn.com your home page The Cleveland Browns have signed TE Ben Watson to a 3 year, $12 million contract, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Cleveland struggled at the TE position in 2009 following the trade of Kellen Winslo and the loss of veteran Steve Heiden to injury. After Robert Royal was likewise injured, the team used a succession of players pulled from the waiver wire, with varying...

CLEVELAND—The Cleveland Browns have signed free agent tight end Ben Watson to a multiyear contract. Watson spent the past six seasons with the New England Patriots. He has worked in the past with Browns coach Eric Mangini and offensive coordinator Brian Daboll. Last season, the 29-year-old started all 16 games and caught 29 passes for 404 yards and five touchdowns. Watson should improve a po...

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This is a fun time of year for Browns fans.  This is the time when we get to improve (hopefully) and start to see the new regime start to mold the team in their images.   I get the sense from the conversations on Twitter that it is also a source of consternation for a lot of you.  It seems with every move the Browns make there is someone bemoaning every single move.  Whether it is someone hold...